Robert Andrew Crawford Wells (born April 10, 1968) is an American politician and former college football coach. He was the head football coach at Savannah State University in Savannah, Georgia for the 2008 and 2009 seasons.[1]
In 2024 Wells is also available as an automatic write-inpresidential candidate in eight states (66 electors) along with vice-presidential running mate (and Party Party founder) Tony Jones.
Wells played football at Furman University, playing fullback and wide receiver. He was a member of the 1988 NCAADivision I-AA national championship team.[9]
In 2006, Wells was hired as the general manager for the Augusta Spartans arena football team where his duties included coaching, player personnel decisions, player development, team travel, fund raising and media relations.[9]
Wells' final position before joining Savannah State was as the defensive coordinator and football marketing director for one season at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina.[9]
Savannah State
Wells was hired as head football coach on December22,2007(2007-12-22). In his first season as head coach, the team saw as many victories as the previous four seasons combined. Wells resigned his position on January 28, 2010, citing personal reasons. He subsequently filed a lawsuit against SSU for reverse discrimination, alleging that his resignation as head coach was forced.[11] The lawsuit was settled in November 2011.[12][13]
On November 21, 2011, Wells announced his candidacy for President of the United States in the 2012 general election.[2][14] He initially stated that he would run as an independent, saying "Our party system is broken. We need a third option".[2] In December, he became a candidate for the presidential nomination of the Reform Party.[15] In January 2012, Wells withdrew his bid for the Reform Party nomination and announced that he would instead seek the presidential nomination of the Constitution Party.[3][16] At the Constitution Party National Convention, Wells received 58 of 402 votes (14.39%) for the party's presidential nomination, which was won on the first ballot by former U.S. CongressmanVirgil Goode.[4]
Wells at a debate between independent candidates
2016
Wells announced on November 3, 2012, that he would run for President of the United States again in 2016 as an independent candidate.[17] On July 17, 2013, he held a conference call to address a variety of accusations by his former campaign managers.[18]
On September 24, 2013, Wells announced that he would discontinue campaigning as an independent candidate and would instead seek the presidential nomination of the Democratic Party.[19][20] On March 9, 2016, a press release on Wells' website claimed that Wells is no longer running as a Democrat, but as an independent once again.[21]
In 2018, Wells filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for President in the 2020 Democratic Party primary.[22] He filed in person at the office of Secretary of State Bill Gardner to enter the New Hampshire Democratic primary on November 13, 2019.[23] He then went on to get on the ballot in the Texas and Louisiana Democratic primaries.[24]
2024
In February 2024, Wells announced he would run for the United States House of Representatives in Virginia's 6th district, challenging incumbent Republican Ben Cline, who was first elected in 2018.
Wells is also available as an automatic write-inpresidential candidate in eight states (66 electors) along with vice-presidential running mate (and Party Party[25] founder) Tony Jones.
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