Democratic presidential hopeful Marianne Williamson coming to Albuquerque

A Democratic presidential candidate is coming to Albuquerque this week, but it’s not the one you might think.

Marianne Williamson will speak at the Unity Spiritual Center Albuquerque on Candelaria Road near Eubank Boulevard NE on Saturday. On Friday, she will speak at Unity Santa Fe.

Williamson, who is frequently described as a “self-help author” and “spiritual guru,” ran for president in the last election before ending her run in April 2020. 

She mounted her current challenge to Joe Biden in 2023 before suspending her campaign in February and then “un-suspending” it three weeks later. Biden has clinched the Democratic Party’s nomination.

Williamson was the former senior spiritual leader of Unity Church of Today in Warren, Michigan, according to the website for Unity Spiritual Center of Albuquerque — which notes that it is not endorsing any political candidates and encourages its members to “vote their conscience.” The event will include a question and answer period and attendees must RSVP. 

Williamson received 4% of the vote in the New Hampshire primary and 2% in the South Carolina primary.

On her website, she rails against a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people” that has become a government “of the corporations, by the corporations, and for the corporations.” 

“Our public policies regularly do more to serve the goal of short-term profit maximization for corporate and billionaire donors, than to serve the goal of safety, health and well-being of the American people,” she wrote. 

“As Americans, we need a season of repair, a new beginning, a renewed faith in what’s possible,” she added. “Our political imaginations can flourish once more, if we allow the better angels of our nature to emerge among us. I dedicate this campaign to the people, to the spirit in our hearts, and to the possibility of fundamental change.”