Not always. Besides, if this guy is a leftist, it’s the Dems that aren’t going to want him to run. Of course, we’re probably going to end up with a complete set of leftists on all the tickets.
Nothing in Wikipedia under Georges’s name, but we have his brother here (and he is mentioned)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Marciano
Paul Marciano
Born: 1952, Algeria
Nationality: American, Algerian, French
Labels: Guess? Inc.
Paul Marciano (ca. 1952[1]) is a Jewish-American fashion designer and co-founder of Guess? Inc. He is the mastermind behind the Guess? image and his sensual black-and-white advertisements have won numerous Clio awards. Initially run by all four Marciano brothers (Paul, Armand, Maurice and Georges), today the company and its extension lines, Marciano and G by Guess, are handled only by Paul and Maurice.
Early life
Paul Marciano was born in 1952 in Algeria, and raised in Marseilles, France with his four siblings, Georges, Armand, Maurice and Jacqueline. His father, like his grandfather and great-grandfather before him, was a rabbi.[2] They lived in an apartment in a synagogue complex and from age 8-15 Paul, along with his brothers, was a member of the Eclaireurs Israelites de France, a Jewish boy scout group which was located in the same complex.[3]
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Sorry, but it is extremely rare that you will find someone calling themselves “Independent” and running for office that has more than a couple of conservative positions on the issues. Most of the time, they are as left-wing as most Democrats that are running for the same office.
Usually just a PR stunt.