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November 22, 2023 | John Nichols
But the media’s obsessed with Haley and paying almost no attention to Williamson. Former United Nations ambassador and South Carolina governor Nikki Haley is having a moment. Strong debate performances and disciplined campaigning have put her in serious…
November 08, 2023 | Allaura Osborne

Marianne Williamson is a bestselling author, political activist, and spiritual thought leader. Williamson is the author of 15 books, four of which have been #1 New York Times bestsellers. She is currently a candidate in the 2024 Democratic presidential primary.

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Student debt, reparations and the environment: Marianne Williamson campaigns to end 'status quo'

July 07, 2023 | Rachel Looker

Marianne Williamson, wearing a powder-blue blazer, approached a podium draped by two American flags in a Washington, D.C. restaurant during a May campaign stop.

One supporter chanted “Marianne.” Another snapped their fingers in support…

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For Marianne Williamson, the Bernie Sanders Lane Looks Wide Open

May 25, 2023 | Mini Racker

Four years ago, before Gabriela Orozco was old enough to vote, she knew Bernie Sanders was her candidate to take on Donald Trump. She liked how the Vermont Senator wanted to remake the federal government to help those most in need.

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Marianne Williamson: ‘You don’t even know what misogyny is until you’ve been a woman running for president’

May 22, 2023 | Edward Helmore

In second presidential bid, Williamson is running a more grounded campaign – as a political outsider appalled at how America’s political elites have ignored the needs of ordinary people.

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Marianne Williamson: This country is on the wrong track

May 20, 2023

2024 Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson joins “On Balance With Leland Vittert” to discuss her run against President Joe Biden for the Democratic ticket.

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Marianne Williamson explains her 2024 presidential campaign

May 19, 2023

The 2024 election season has begun, and while a second Trump vs. Biden showdown is expected by many, a number of challengers have emerged within the Democratic Party.

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Marianne Williamson: From Third Way to Third Eye

May 15, 2023 | Chris Lehmann

The spiritual author’s idiosyncratic presidential campaign emphasizes the “unseen” America overlooked by the major political parties.

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How Marianne Williamson, RFK Jr. Compare to Biden on 6 Key Issues

May 15, 2023 | Andrew Stanton

President Joe Biden’s Democratic challengers are differentiating themselves on key issues including the economy, the Russia-Ukraine war, and transgender rights ahead of the Democratic primary.

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Piers Morgan Uncensored: "Biden Should Debate Us!" Marianne Williamson On Her 2024 Presidential Bid

May 11, 2023

Piers Morgan Uncensored is joined by Democrat presidential candidate Marianne Williamson to discuss her decision to run for President in the 2024 elections in the hopes to become the first female American president in history.

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Marianne Williamson responds to Biden's unwillingness to debate

May 4, 2023

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson joins ‘Hannity’ to react; spar on policy differences.

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Biden Voters Want President To Face Debate in 2024

May 3, 2023 | Darragh Roche

A majority of voters who backed President Joe Biden in 2020 believe he should face debates with other Democratic presidential candidates, according to a new poll conducted for Newsweek.

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Marianne Williamson backs film and TV writers on strike

May 2, 2023 | Stephen Neukam

“The writers’ strike is an embodiment of what’s happening in industry after industry,” Williamson said Tuesday on Twitter. “The fact that people are standing up to unfettered greed, that unions are owning their power and being supported by the public the way they are today, is a very good thing.”

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Marianne Williamson Is Serious About Running a Progressive Campaign for President

April 27, 2023 | Liza Featherstone

The first thing I notice over tea in Tribeca last week with the author and presidential candidate Marianne Williamson is that there’s nothing silly about her. Williamson speaks bluntly, laser-focused on the dangers that American-style capitalism poses to our planet, our lives, and our well-being.

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Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson to speak at College of Charleston

April 26, 2023 | Joseph Erickson

Democratic candidate for president Marianne Williamson will be speaking at the College of Charleston Thursday as part of the school’s Bully Pulpit Series. The event will start at 3:30 p.m. in Rivers Green and will be open to the public.

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Marianne Williamson made a campaign stop in Detroit where she railed against the 1%. The media didn’t cover it.

April 25, 2023 | Michael Betzold

The self-help author and former Detroit-area pastor is one of the only Democrats to challenge President Joe Biden in 2024 so far.

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Marianne Williamson warns younger voters will 'stay home in droves' if Biden becomes nominee

April 25, 2023 | Ryan King

Bestselling author and self-help guru Marianne Williamson blasted President Joe Biden’s 2024 launch video and warned he can’t energize younger voters.

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Biden’s Democratic Challengers Complain About Lack of Planned Debates, ‘Rigged’ Primary

April 25, 2023 | Russell Payne

As President Biden officially launches his 2024 re-election bid, Democratic challengers are complaining that they will not get the chance to debate the president ahead of the primaries — even though incumbents normally don’t face primary debates.

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Marianne Williamson knocks DNC over lack of debates as Biden campaign launch nears

April 24, 2023 | Ryan King

Bestselling author and 2024 Democratic candidate Marianne Williamson lashed out at the Democratic National Committee over the lack of primary debates. “The DNC ‘plans no primary debates.’ As though there simply ARE no other candidates … no other ideas we should discuss about ways to win in 2024, or other ideas we should discuss about ways to repair the country. Too many people are too smart to accept this,” Williamson tweeted.

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Courtney: The case for Marianne Williamson

April 20, 2023 | Zach Courtney

Not only should Americans take Williamson’s campaign seriously, they should also take a serious look at voting for her in the 2024 primary election. Let me do my best to introduce Williamson and make the case for supporting her longshot primary bid against Biden.

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Marianne Williamson, Fusing Bernie Sanders and (Early) Jordan Peterson, Is Taking Over TikTok

April 15, 2023 | Ryan Grim
The kids may or may not be alright, but one thing is clear: They are super into Marianne Williamson. If engagement on TikTok is any indication, a Democratic presidential primary held today among people under 50 would result in a landslide for the bestselling author now making her second bid for the nomination.
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DECONSTRUCTED PODCAST

April 14, 2023 | Ryan Grim
Presidential candidate Marianne Williamson is taking on Joe Biden and gaining a massive following on TikTok.
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Williamson on challenging Biden: ‘We should have as many people running in an election as feel moved’

April 14, 2023 | Victor Reklaitis
Williamson says President Biden has ‘taken an incremental approach to America’s problems,’ rather than delivering ‘fundamental economic reform’
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LEVER TIME: Marianne Williamson, Biden’s First Primary Challenger

April 13, 2023 | David Sirota
David Sirota talks with author and political activist Marianne Williamson. They discuss Williamson’s repeat candidacy for the Democratic party’s nomination in the 2024 presidential election, the political media industrial complex, universal healthcare, economic reform, science denialism, and facing down neo-fascists.
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Marianne Williamson Making Gains Against Joe Biden, New Poll Suggests

April 1, 2023 | Jason Lemon

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson may be making gains against President Joe Biden ahead of the 2024 election, a new poll suggests. Williamson, an author and political activist, formally announced her presidential campaign at the beginning of March—making her the only officially declared Democrat seeking the party’s 2024 nomination.

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Marianne Williamson’s rise in polls echoes Bernie Sanders meteoric 2016

Mar 31, 2023 | Atomtabloid
Marianne Williamson, who declared her candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination on March 4, has reached ten percent in national polls less than one month after her announcement, when her support level was less than half that.
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2024 presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson makes pitch to Black voters

Mar 23, 2023 | Derren Keith Gaynor
Though critics say 2024 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson has a long-shot path to the White House, the best-selling author and spiritual leader is undeterred in her quest to unseat President Joe Biden for the Democratic nomination. “That’s exactly what we said about Donald Trump. And for that matter, Barack Obama was considered a long shot when he first ran,” said Williamson in a nearly 30-minute interview with theGrio about her presidential campaign.
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Marianne Williamson on Her Insurgent Campaign Against Joe Biden

Mar 19, 2023 | Nathan J. Robinson
Marianne Williamson is a spiritual leader and bestselling author who is currently the sole Democratic candidate challenging Joe Biden in the primary election. Williamson is running on a progressive platform that includes strong support for labor rights, Medicare For All, and what she calls “a politics of love” that emphasizes compassion for the least fortunate.
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Marianne Williamson on Her 2024 Presidential Campaign & What Separates Her From President Biden

Mar 16, 2023 | Steve Skully
Author, activist, and 2024 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson on “The Briefing with Steve Scully”
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Biden Shouldn’t Blow Off Marianne Williamson

Mar 14, 2023 | River Page
“These pseudo-sophisticates who give us their PR about how they’re the adults, you see, and the people like me and the people like most of you should really sit down now,” crooned Marianne Williamson to cheering supporters at her campaign launch in Union Station.
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Marianne Williamson Deserves To Be Taken Seriously

Mar 14, 2023 | Nathan J. Robinson
The dismissal of Williamson is unfair. She has a solid agenda and is an inspiring orator. We should keep an open mind about her candidacy, especially since Biden needs a serious challenger.
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Marianne Williamson Says Democrats Need to Fix 'Unjust' Economy to Win

Mar 12, 2023 | Andrew Stanton
Marianne Williamson, the first Democrat to launch a major challenge to President Joe Biden in the 2024 presidential race, warned Democrats will have a “hard time” winning if they do not fix the country’s “unjust” economic system in a new interview with Newsweek.
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CloseUp: Williamson launches progressive challenge to Biden in New Hampshire

Mar 12, 2023 | Adam Sexton
Marianne Williamson stands with New Hampshire as she begins a primary challenge to incumbent President Joe Biden.
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Marianne Williamson: “Anything Is Possible”

Mar 9, 2023 | John Nichols

Marianne Williamson announced her presidential run on March 4 in Washington, making her the first prominent Democratic challenger to President Biden’s expected reelection bid.

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Will Joe Biden Debate Marianne Williamson?

Mar 10, 2023 | Ben Burgis
Marianne Williamson is running against Joe Biden. It would benefit the entire country if he had to defend his record on issues both foreign and domestic.
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Williamson becomes first 2024 presidential hopeful to speak to lawmakers

Mar 9, 2023 | Kevin Landrigan
Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson celebrated New Hampshire as a birthplace for civil rights battles in an address to the New Hampshire Senate Thursday. “New Hampshire has made a lot of difference, taken a lot of stands for justice in our history and I hope you will continue to be that voice,”
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Marianne Williamson campaigns in New Hampshire, launching primary challenge against President Joe Biden

Mar 8, 2023 | Adam Sexton
A very different first-in-the-nation primary is getting underway with a Democratic challenge to President Joe Biden. Candidate Marianne Williamson has New Hampshire all to herself.
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Bernie Sanders says Marianne Williamson will run a 'strong campaign' and raise 'very important issues' in 2024

March 8, 2023 | Bryan Metzger
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont offered tepid praise on Tuesday for Marianne Williamson’s 2024 presidential campaign, telling Insider at the Capitol that he expected her to raise “very important issues” during the campaign.
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On The Run with Marianne Williamson

Mar 5, 2023 | Jonathan Capehart
Author, activist and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson is launching another bid for the White House, this time becoming the first Democratic challenger to announce her campaign.
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‘I see this campaign as challenging a system’: Marianne Williamson

Mar 5, 2023 | Jon Karl
ABC News’ Jon Karl interviews Marianne Williamson on “This Week.”
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Big News From Marianne Williamson!

Mar 5, 2023 | Sharon Kyle and Dick Price

This race won’t be Marianne’s first trip around the rink. In 2019, the spiritual advisor, political activist, and best selling author of 14 books waged a valiant campaign to be the Democratic nominee to take on Donald Trump, arguing for reparations for slavery, establishing a Department of Peace, and decrying the sickness of Trumpism.

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Williamson becomes Democratic primary’s 1st Biden challenger

Febuary 27, 2023 | WILL WEISSERT

Bestselling self-help author Marianne Williamson, who brought quirky spiritualism to the 2020 presidential race, has announced she’s running for president again, becoming the first major Democrat to challenge President Joe Biden for his party’s nomination in 2024.

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Marianne Williamson to head to N.H. and S.C. in longshot bid against Biden

Febuary 26, 2023 | Michael Scherer

Author and activist Marianne Williamson said she will campaign in South Carolina, New Hampshire and the site of the recent train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, after she formally declares herself the first Democratic presidential challenger to President Biden’s reelection next Saturday.

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Febuary 17, 2023 | LAUREN EGAN and ELI STOKOLS

It’s not unheard of in modern American politics for an incumbent president to face a primary challenger. RONALD REAGAN ran against President GERALD FORD in 1976, TED KENNEDY took on President JIMMY CARTER in 1980 and PAT BUCHANAN ran against President GEORGE H.W. BUSH in the 1992 primary.

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Marianne Williamson: America doesn’t just have a gun crisis. It has a culture crisis.

September 2, 2019 | Marianne Williamson

Another day, another mass shooting. We grieve for Odessa, Tex., and we grieve for America. The aftermath of every mass shooting follows a now-routine pattern: Feverish coverage will be followed by politicians and pundits engaging in a predictable conversation about gun-safety legislation.

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Marianne Williamson Knows How to Beat Trump

August 1, 2019
We need an uprising of decency.
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Marianne is a Lefty With Soul

May 16, 2019 | Ed Kilgore

She’s not being taken seriously by the political professionals: One of her biggest problems so far is convincing pollsters to include her in candidate preference questions so she can display some popularity, if only for purposes of qualifying for debates.