List of Fictional United States Presidential Candidates - C

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Gary Candor

• Candidate in: The Interim (novel)
• Senate Minority Leader and senior senator from Pennsylvania
• Running Mate: Secretary of Defense George Granger
• Campaigned on behalf of a free Taiwan, the party platform
• Won by two electoral votes, beating Senator Ricardo Hernandez of Texas
• Democrat

Cobra Commander

• Candidate in: Attack of the Show as a comedy bit during the 2008 presidential elections
• Leader of the Terrorist Organisation COBRA campaning on a platform of being overtly evil as opposed to his opponents who hide it
• Running Mate: Destro
• Campaigned Slogan "Yes we shall"
• lost electoral votes, but claimed he will run again
• COBRA Party

Anthony Collins

• Candidate in: The Interim (novel)
• Junior senator from Colorado
• Maintained third place throughout the primaries
• Resigned candidacy two days before the Democratic National Convention in New York City, supported Gary Candor afterward
• Became Secretary of State under Candor
• Democrat

Aleister Crowley

• Candidate in: U.S. presidential election, 2012
• Campaigned Slogan "Change we can be skeptical about!"
• Website: AC2012

Cthulhu

• Candidate in: Chaosium products
• Party: Elder Party
• Slogan: "Why vote for a lesser evil? Cthulhu for president"
• Website: Cthulhu for President

Graydon Creed

• Candidate in: X-Men comic book franchise in the U.S. presidential election, 1996
• Founder of the anti-mutant hate group The Friends of Humanity
• Assassinated before the elections by Mystique, a mutant terrorist who was also Creed's mother
• Party: (third party).

Stephen Colbert

• Candidate in: Marvel Universe and a bit on his show The Colbert Report in the U.S. presidential election, 2008
• tried to run in real life in both party's primary elections but only in South Carolina (his home state)
• on his show his campaign was sponsored by Doritos
• won the popular vote in Marvel comics but lost the electoral vote to Barack Obama
• Party: Republican/Democrat.