Arguably the most controversial political candidate is Jonathon "The Impaler" Sharkey,  who filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for President in 2004 and 2008 as an Independent candidate. He was familiar with political failure by then, though: He had also run for Congress in New Jersey as the Republican Party in 1999, in Indiana as the Reform Party in 2000, and once again as Republican in Florida in 2001, and governor of Minnesota in 2006.

Proclaiming himself to be a Luciferian, vampire, professional boxer and wrestler under the name of Rocky "Hurricane" Flash, Sharkey founded the Vampires, Witches and Pagans Party in 2005, a party officially recognized by United States Federal Election Committee. In 2009, he served six months in Marion County, Tenn., after he was found guilty of intimidating a judge, according to press sources.

During his 2006 run, when asked his stance on violent criminals during a press conference, Sharkey told reporters that he would impale murderers, rapists and other dangerous offenders on the capitol lawn, just as Vlad the Impaler supposedly did in Romania during the mid-1400s. Sharkey, in fact, claims to be a direct descendent of Vlad.