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Butch Ware
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| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) |
| Education | University of Pennsylvania (PhD) |
| Political party | Green Party (2024–present) |
Rudolph "Butch" T. Ware III (born 1974) is an American associate professor and hip hop artist who was the 2024 vice presidential nominee for the Green Party. He is one half of the hip hop duo Slum Prophecy.
Education
Ware received his undergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota in 1997. He received his PhD in history in 2004 from the University of Pennsylvania.
Career
A historian of West Africa at the University of California, Santa Barbara, he first began teaching at Northwestern University, and later at the University of Michigan.
Ware is also one half of the hip hop duo Slum Prophecy. Less than two weeks before he began running for vice president, Slum Prophecy released an album titled Aqsa Flood.
In August 2024, he was selected by Jill Stein as the vice presidential nominee of the Green Party in the 2024 United States presidential election.
Personal life
Ware is a Muslim convert. Ware stated that he converted to Islam at the age of just 15 after being introduced to it by an autobiography of Malcolm X and then reading the Quran. He follows West African sufi traditions.
Electoral history
| Presidential candidate | Party | Home state | Popular vote | Electoral vote |
Running mate | |||
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| Count | Percentage | Vice-presidential candidate | Home state | Electoral vote | ||||
| Donald Trump | Republican | Florida | 73,349,446 | 50.83% | 301 | JD Vance | Ohio | 301 |
| Kamala Harris | Democratic | California | 67,676,608 | 47.53% | 226 | Tim Walz | Minnesota | 226 |
| Jill Stein | Green | Massachusetts | 636,737 | 0.45% | 0 | Butch Ware | California | 0 |
| Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | Independent | California | 619,232 | 0.43% | 0 | Nicole Shanahan | California | 0 |
| Chase Oliver | Libertarian | Georgia | 570,843 | 0.40% | 0 | Michael ter Maat | Virginia | 0 |
| Other | 498,132 | 0.35% | — | Other | — | |||
| (Uncalled) | — | — | — | — | 11 | (Uncalled) | — | 11 |
| Total | 142,380,403 | 100% | 538 | 538 | ||||
| Needed to win | 270 | 270 | ||||||
Discography
- Aqsa Flood (2024)
