# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michael-badnarik
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:23:40.706Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michael-badnarik"
name: "Michael Badnarik"
slug: "michael-badnarik"
description: "Michael James Badnarik was an American software engineer, political figure, and radio talk show host. He was the Libertarian Party nominee for President of the United States in the 2004 elections, and placed fourth in the race, behind independent candidate Ralph Nader and the two major party candidates, George W. Bush and John Kerry. Two years later Badnarik ran as a Libertarian Party candidate in the 2006 congressional elections for Texas's 10th congressional district seat near Austin. In a three candidate field, Badnarik came in third, receiving 7,603 votes for 4.3% of the vote."
tagline: "American software engineer and political figure (1954–2022)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SI-MichaelBadnarik1.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1954-08-01"
deathDate: "2022-08-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.79
  momentum:             0.1325301204819277
  historical:           12.69694266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Michael Badnarik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Badnarik"
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    title: "Michael Badnarik"
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    title: "Michael Badnarik"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Michael Badnarik"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump