Julian Assange Really Is Running for the Australian Senate

Julian Assange is running for a seat in the Australian Senate, Wikileaks confirmed via Twitter early Wednesday. He will run as a member of the Australian Wikileaks Party.

Australia: Julian Assange has confirmed he will run in the 2013 national election for the Australian Senate #auspol— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) January 30, 2013

Assange's mother, Christine Assange, confirmed her son's senatorial ambitions to The Age.

"He will be awesome," she said.

Assange, who previously announced he would run for the senate in March of last year, reaffirmed his commitment to do so after an announcement that Australia will hold elections on Sept. 14.

Assange has been taking refuge in Ec…
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