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LOS ANGELES -- Peter Camejo, an independent vice presidential candidate in 2004, said Wednesday that he intends to run for governor of California.

Camejo plans to submit papers Thursday in Sacramento to run as a Green Party candidate, said a spokesman, Cres Vellucci. Camejo was the party's nominee for governor in 2002 and 2003.

"He believes there needs to be a viable alternative" to major party candidates, Vellucci said.

If he qualifies for the ballot, Camejo would be a long shot. He received about 3 percent of the vote in the 2003 recall election that installed Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in office.

As a gubernatorial candidate in California, Camejo has supported abortion rights, universal health care and a moratorium on the death penalty. Camejo also ran for president as the Socialist Workers Party nominee in 1976.

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In the 2004 presidential campaign, Camejo ran on the ticket headed by Ralph Nader.

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