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New Hampshire man named ‘Nobody’ is running for mayor

This city could soon have a real Nobody as mayor.

A former inmate who legally changed his name to “Nobody” is running for mayor of the town of Keene.

Nobody — formally Richard Goyan Paul — is competing with two city councilors in a non-partisan primary for one of two slots in a general November election, according to the Boston Globe.

Despite admitting he is a long-shot, the 50-year-old told the paper that he is even considering a Republican primary challenge against New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu next year.

The “cannabis freedom activist” has been arrested 11 times and incarcerated for at least 60 days, the Globe said, citing court records.

In fact, the most recent legal woe “has really taken me off the campaign trail for month to deal with it,” he told the paper, which said he lives in a flophouse.

He legally changed his name in August — with the single name on his driving license — saying he was inspired by the ironic campaign slogan “Vote for nobody.”

“Frankly, I didn’t like the message of telling people not to vote, but it did get me thinking that what if someone’s name was ‘Nobody’ and appeared on the ballot just like that,” he told the paper.

In a video of him in court getting the name change, he tells the judge it is “a combination of performance art and protest.”

His main policies are to lower taxes and have an open-door policy for anyone with complaints about cops, he said.

“I am getting a lot of good response,” said Nobody. “The last time that I went to the liquor store there is this guy in there and he says ‘you are running for mayor’ and I am like ‘yeah I am.’ I was like ‘groovy,'” he told the Globe.