Statement on Ralph Nader’s Presidential Campaign

Feb. 24, 2004

Statement on Ralph Nader’s Presidential Campaign

Public Citizen has been receiving inquiries about Ralph Nader’s presidential candidacy. Mr. Nader has no formal relationship with the organization. He founded Public Citizen in 1971 to defend public health, safety and democracy, and we continue to be inspired by the principles he espoused.

However, Mr. Nader stepped down as president of Public Citizen in 1980 and since then has not held any position or served on its board.

Public Citizen is a nonprofit, nonpartisan consumer advocacy organization with 160,000 members nationwide. It does not engage in partisan electoral politics and hence has no position on the candidacy of Mr. Nader, or any other candidate, and we are not associated with his campaign, nor were we in 2000.

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