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(Photo: AP Photo)
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Age: 76
Born: May 13, 1930; Springfield, Mass.
Education: Columbia University, B.S. (Economics), 1956
Military: U.S. Army, 1951-54
Family: Married (Whitney); Two children
Hometown: Arlington County, Va.
Religion: Unitarian
Career: Founder & President, Democracy Foundation and National Initiative for Democracy non-profit groups; U.S. Senator from Alaska, 1969-81; Alaska State Representative, 1962-66.
Gravel is probably most known for releasing over 4,000 pages of the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional record in 1971.
In 1971, he waged a one-man filibuster that lasted five months against a bill renewing the draft. It ultimately forced the Nixon administration to allow the military draft to expire.
According to his campaign Web site, Gravel has worked as a cab driver in New York City, a clerk on Wall Street and as a brakeman on the Alaska Railroad.
Gravel’s campaign includes his support of direct-democracy through enactment of the National Initiative for Democracy.
He supports an immediate and responsible withdrawal from the war in Iraq.
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