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Harry Braun (born Harry W. Braun III on November 6, 1948) is a Democratic political candidate (congressional nominee in 1984 and 1986 plus presidential campaigns in 2004, 2012, 2016), and a researcher who has published papers on the hydrogen economy, solar power, and photobiology.

Life and work
Braun was born November 6, 1948 in Compton, California. Braun is a graduate of Arizona State University, and lived in Arizona for many years. He and his wife Dorothy now reside in Canton, Georgia. In 2002, Braun was the principal of Mesa Wind LLC, which developed wind energy (and solar energy) projects.

Braun received a bachelor's degree in history and general science from Arizona State University in 1971. Since then, he has done independent research in the fields of energy technologies and resources, photobiology, molecular biology, and protein evolution. Braun became an IAHE Advisory Board Member in 1981.

Braun is the founder and senior scientist of the Phoenix Project Foundation (PPF), a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, which advocates for the hydrogen-based energy economy (and against the current fossil-fuel-based one), based on ideas outlined in Braun’s Phoenix Project book (initially published in 1990 and revised in 2000). There was an affiliated PAC called H2PAC.


 * Selected Bibliography
 * 1992, Solar Stirling Gensets for Large-Scale Hydrogen Production.
 * 1997, Stirling Energy Systems (SES): dish-Stirling program. (See also: Stirling Energy Systems.)
 * 1999, Status of the Boeing Dish Engine Critical Component project, 1999.
 * 2003, Calculating hydrogen production costs.
 * 2008, The Phoenix Project: Shifting to a Solar Hydrogen Economy by 2020. (Revised version; earlier versions published in 1990, 2000,  and 2003. )
 * 2008, Photobiology: The biological impact of sunlight on health & infection control. (See also, 1982. )

Political campaigns
As of 2015, Braun has not yet been elected to office, but was the nominee of the Democratic party for two congressional races in the 1980s.

In 1984, Braun was the Democratic nominee for Congress in the 1st congressional district of Arizona, losing to incumbent Republican congressman John McCain. According to The Arizona Republic, "A key element of Braun's energy platform is what he calls the 'Phoenix Project,' a plan to mass produce hydrogen with electrolysis by using solar power to produce the electricity." Major political problems of the 1980s that the plan could conceivably address included nuclear weapons, pollution, energy scarcity, and deficit spending. Braun received 22% of the vote.
 * Congressional campaigns (AZ-1)

In 1986, Braun ran again, and was again the Democratic nominee for the first Congressional district, losing to Republican nominee Jay Rhodes. Energy policy in general, and solar power plus the hydrogen economy in particular, was again a key platform-plank of Braun's campaign. Braun also campaigned on a broader set of issues during October of 1986, including irrigation and water-use policy. Braun improved on his 1984 performance, and received 29% of the vote.

In 2004, Braun ran an independent campaign for President, with the campaign-slogan of "Making America Energy Independent & Pollution Free with Windship Hydrogen Production Systems." Braun's energy policy was distinct from the hydrogen economy proposed by George W. Bush, in that Braun wanted to generate hydrogen from seawater via electrolysis (using renewable energy), as opposed to generating hydrogen from coal and nuclear power plants. Braun participated in a Presidential Candidates Forum in 2004 in New Hampshire that was covered by C-Span.
 * Presidential campaigns (U.S.)

Braun did not run in 2008, but did run again in 2012, against incumbent Democratic President Obama (who was running for re-election). Braun's 2012 campaign includes stops in Iowa, and his 2012 platform included a proposed constitutional amendment that would institute a referendum (by popular vote) for most federal laws and regulations.

Braun is running for the Democratic nomination again in 2016. Braun is organizing his 2016 campaign as a Constitutional Convention (see Article V of the U.S. Constitution), as a means of attempting to ratify his proposed Constitutional amendment. As of August 2015, his formal campaign-announcement has not yet been made.