[5] Stewart Alexis Alexander was born to Stewart Alexander, a brick mason and minister, and Ann E. McClenney, a nurse and housewife, in the Mary Immaculate Hospital on the banks of the James River, near the Newport News Ship Building and Dry Dock Company, in Newport News, Virginia.

[6] While in the Air Force Reserve, Alexander worked as a full-time retail clerk at Safeway Stores and then began attending college at California State University, Dominguez Hills.

In 1986 he moved back to Los Angeles and hosted a weekly talk show on KTYM Radio until 1989.

[7] Alexander launched his campaign for mayor of Los Angeles in 1988, personally visiting over 14,000 doors to get the necessary 1,000 signatures to appear on the ballot.

[8] Alexander became an automobile sales consultant and began looking at other political groups outside of the Democratic and Republican parties.

[11] He also unsuccessfully ran for the Peace and Freedom Party nomination for governor in the California gubernatorial election, 2010.

Alexander/Mendoza lost the nomination to a ticket of comedian Roseanne Barr and anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan.

Shortly thereafter, Alexander resigned from the Steering Committee of the Peace and Freedom Party, citing a lack of support for socialist candidates by the PFP.