Independent United States presidential candidate Buddy Roemer will speak at the Goldman School of Public Policy Tuesday.
Roemer, a four-term congressman and former governor of Louisiana, will speak in Room 105 of the public policy school at 6 p.m. He was a congressman from 1981 to 1988 as a “Conservative Democrat” before serving as governor from 1988 to 1992. He now works as the CEO of Business First Bank, a community bank in Louisiana, according to his campaign website.
He is participating in Americans Elect, an online national primary that will place a nonpartisan nomination on the ballot.
Roemer has begun a tour of speaking at various colleges, and will stop at the University of the Pacific and UC Davis before speaking at UC Berkeley.
Alisha Azevedo is the assistant university news editor.
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