John Hagelin Wins Presidential Nomination of New York Independence Party with 90% of Convention Vote— Pledges to Build Independence Party, Campaign with Party's U.S. Senate Candidate Jeff Graham

(Albany, NY) The Presidential ticket of John Hagelin/Nat Goldhaber won the nomination of New York's Independence Party at its presidential nominating convention held Sunday in Albany and pledged to use their campaigns to build the party and support its US Senate candidate Jeff Graham.

In a weighted voting system where the State Committee casts votes in proportion to the number received by the party's 1998 gubernatorial candidate, Hagelin received 380,269 votes (90%) and Ralph Nader received 30,854 (7.3%). Buchanan sent a representative to the convention but did not muster enough support to have his name placed in nomination.

"The victory is huge," Hagelin said. "The Independenc