Marianne Williamson

Democratic candidate

Birth date: July 8, 1952 (age 71)
Birthplace: Houston
Party: Democrat
Marital status: Divorced
Education: Studied theater and philosophy for two years at Pomona College
Profession: 2020 presidential candidate; speaker; author, “A Woman’s Worth”; “A Return to Love”; “A Politics of Love”; founder, Project Angel Food, the Peace Alliance, Los Angeles and Manhattan Centers for Living

Self-help author and activist Williamson is back for a second shot at the Democratic presidential nomination after her failed 2020 bid. She says President Biden isn’t acting urgently enough to pull people out of economic distress and announced her plans for “universal health care, tuition-free higher education, paid family leave, free child care and a higher minimum wage.” She wants a 30 percent cut in Defense Department spending and to establish a Peace Department. Williamson may have a hard time making the national stage; the Democratic National Committee plans to support Biden and hasn’t committed to intraparty debates.

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