Clayton Hanson



Clayton Hanson was an American politician who was the Fair Elections presidential nominee in the 2084 presidential election. In that election, he received 7% of the vote nationwide, which was the best performance for any Fair Elections presidential candidate ever during the party's short lifespan. Hanson died of complications from radiation sickness in the aftermath of the Nogales nuclear war on 24 October 2134.

Early life
Clayton Hanson was born on 19 July 2046, in Raleigh, North Carolina. He lived in the North Hills neighborhood of the city for his entire childhood, and graduated from Sanderson High School in spring 2064. He attended the Duke University School of Law in Durham and graduated in 2068.

Career
Hanson was a lawyer in the Raleigh area for several years. He described himself as "very apathetic towards politics" before the 2070s, but grew increasingly passionate about election reform. He was elected to a seat in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 2078, and served there until his retirement from politics in 2090. After the tumultuous House vote and aftermath of the House vote following the 2080 presidential election, he created the Fair Elections Party and ran for president in 2084 presidential election. He was well known for his heavy usage of statistics, legalese, etc. in his campaign, which led to many in the media and the general public dubbing him "the candidate of the nerds." Hanson got over 7% of the vote nationally and almost 9% in his home state. However, after the 2084 election, the party rapidly declined and shuttered in the late 2090s. Hanson continued to practice law until 2113, when he retired from the workforce.

Later life and death
Clayton Hanson lived a relatively uneventful life in an affluent portion of western Raleigh for the last 20 years of his life. Despite his performance in the 2084 presidential election, he was largely forgotten except by people interested in political history. He wrote two books during his retirement; How to be a Better Lawyer, which was intended as a guide for up-and-coming lawyers, and a science fiction novel titled The Chronicles of Mattston, a history of a futuristic town called Mattston, which got mixed reviews.

Clayton Hanson was gravely injured in the Nogales nuclear war on 15 October 2134. He lived nine more days after, before succumbing to radiation poisoning, in a makeshift hospital outside of Raleigh. His funeral was attended by about 400 people.