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'''Mehul M. Thakker''' is the first [[South Asian]] person to run for a Statewide office in [[California]] as a [[Green Party of the United States|Green Party]] candidate.<ref>[http://greens.org/elections/ Elections app being rebuilt] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090106011800/http://greens.org/elections/ |date=2009-01-06 }}</ref> In 2006, he ran for [[State Treasurer]] as a Green Party candidate but was defeated.<ref>[http://www.votethakker.com abonnement journal presse affaire annuaire at votethakker.com]</ref><ref>[http://www.votethakker.com/ abonnement journal presse affaire annuaire at votethakker.com]</ref>

Thakker is a second generation South Asian American whose parents immigrated to the U.S. from India in 1969. He was born and raised in [[Odessa, Texas]], where he graduated from [[Permian High School]] in 1995.<ref>[http://www.permian.net/1995.html Permian High School - Class of 1995]</ref> He holds a [[Bachelor of Science]] in Business Administration from the [[University of Texas at Dallas]]<ref>[http://www.votethakker.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=47 abonnement journal presse affaire annuaire at votethakker.com]</ref>

As co-author of the book, ''California Under Corporate Rule'',<ref>[http://www.votethakker.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44&Itemid=1 abonnement journal presse affaire annuaire at votethakker.com]</ref> Thakker outlined the reasons for the number of uninsured Californians and proposes that [[single-payer health care]] is the best long-term solution for people of California.

Along with [[Peter Camejo]], [[Donna J. Warren]], [[Forrest Hill (CA Secretary of State candidate)|Forrest Hill]], [[Michael Wyman]], [[Larry Cafiero]], and [[Todd Chretien]], Mehul comprised the MVP slate of the 2006 [[Green Party of California]] candidates.<ref>[http://www.ideapac.org/endorse.html IDEA PAC] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726170546/http://ideapac.org/endorse.html |date=2011-07-26 }}</ref> MVP stands for "Million Votes for Peace," a campaign in which these candidates aim to garner one million votes from California voters that are against the war in Iraq.<ref>[http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=9806 US Labor Against the War : Anti-war leader launches "Million Votes for Peace" campaign to unseat Dianne Feinstein]</ref>

Mehul M. Thakker is currently an Investment Advisor with Empowered Investments in San Leandro, CA. Previously he was an Investment Advisor with Oakland, CA based [[Progressive Asset Management]] (PAM).<ref>[http://www.progressive-asset.com/who/network.html Progressive Asset Management] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060805143713/http://progressive-asset.com/who/network.html |date=2006-08-05 }}</ref> PAM was founded in 1987 as the nation's first, independent socially responsible investment broker-dealer.<ref>[http://www.progressive-asset.com/ Progressive Asset Management]</ref> Thakker is also active in the movements for [[Corporate Social Responsibility]] (CSR), [[shareholder rights]], and to expose unnecessarily high CEO compensation packages.<ref>[http://www.smartvoter.org/2006/11/07/ca/state/vote/thakker_m/bio.html Full Biography for Mehul M. Thakker]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.votethakker.com Thakker campaign 2006 website]

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