Diane Beall Templin

Who is Diane Beall Templin?

Diane Beall Templin is an American third-party politician, who ran for President of the United States in the 1996 election, the 2004 election, and the 2008 election.

In 1978 Templin made her first run for public office when she ran unsuccessfully as an independent candidate for congress. In 1982 she ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for San Marcos City Council.

In 1994 Templin ran as a Republican for the California State Assembly in district 74. She lost the Republican primary receiving only 6.3% of the vote. In 1994 she also ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for Escondido Union High School District.

In 1996 her running mate was Gary Van Horn; that year she was on the ballot in Utah representing the Independent American Party, where she received 1,290 votes; in Colorado she represented the American Party and received 557 votes. The 2000 ticket of the American Party, Don Rogers and Albert B. "Al" Moore, promised that if elected they would nominate Templin to head the Environmental Protection Agency and to the United States Supreme Court. When she ran again in 2004, her Vice Presidential nominee was Al Moore; they were not on the ballot in any state. They replaced the brief American Party ticket of Robert Boyd and Walter Thompson, who chose to withdraw.