Arrin Hawkins is an American activist and political candidate. Hawkins ran as the vice presidential nominee of the Socialist Workers Party in the 2004 U.S. presidential election, while Róger Calero ran for president. Because she could not reach 35 years of age in time for inauguration, she was constitutionally ineligible to serve as vice president. Therefore, some states did not allow Hawkins's name to be listed on the ballot. In those states, Margaret Trowe, the Socialist Workers' vice-presidential candidate from the 2000 ticket, stood in for her on the ballot. Calero also required an alternate in some states, because he was born in Nicaragua; the original candidate Martin Koppel would also have been ineligible. The ticket with Calero at the head won 5,150 votes and that with James Harris won 2,424. As the running mate of Martin Koppel, she was the SWP candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York in 2002. She ran for Manhattan Borough president in 2005, winning 2,375 votes (1%), losing by a wide margin to Scott Stringer. Hawkins is a leader in the youth wing of the Socialist Workers' Party. She holds a degree from the University of Minnesota, where she spent time in Senegal studying the role of women in African society. References External links Campaign website Year of birth missing (living people) Living people University of Minnesota alumni Female candidates for Vice President of the United States African-American candidates for Vice President of the United States Socialist Workers Party (United States) vice presidential nominees Socialist Workers Party (United States) politicians from New York (state) 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century American politicians Candidates in the 2002 United States elections 1970s births 21st-century African-American women 21st-century African-American politicians 20th-century African-American people 20th-century African-American women