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Bob Barr’s PAC gave $1k to Republican opponent of Libertarian Party chair

June 10th, 2008 · 7 Comments

According to Ballot Access News, Libertarian Party National Chairman Bill Redpath has submitted petitions with 16,000 signatures to run for U.S. Senate in Virgina. Ten thousand valid signatures are required to appear on the Virginia ballot.

Redpath will be vying for the open Senate seat against Republican Jim Gilmore, Democrat Mark Warner, and Independent-Green Glenda Gail Parker. Ms. Parker ran for Senate in 2006 and garnered 26,102 votes (1.1%).

On December 4, 2007, the “leadership PAC” of current Libertarian Party presidential nominee Bob Barr gave $1,000 to Republican Jim Gilmore. This, according to research by Last Free Voice.

UPDATE: According to Last Free Voice contributor Jeff Wartman, citing a comment on Third Party Watch, Barr’s PAC made the donation to Jim Gilmore prior to Bill Redpath’s entry to the race, and since then, the PAC has made a larger contribution to Mr. Redpath’s campaign.

Filed Under: Green Party · Libertarian Party

7 responses so far ↓

  • 1 Jeff Wartman // Jun 10, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    Post-conversion: “The PAC contribution to Jim Gilmore predated Bill’s entry into the race, and I am giving Bill a contribution for his candidacy today.”

    I spoke with Redpath, and he confirmed that Barr followed through on his promise, and that the check was bigger than the one Gilmore received. And of course, Barr gave a nomination speech for Redpath’s nomination for reelection as national LP chair. If Redpath and Barr are cool on this issue, so am I.
    http://thirdpartywatch.com/2008/05/27/lp-nominates-barrroot-chooses-officers/#comment-620692

    Trying to counter bias with more bias only makes you look petty.

  • 2 G.E. // Jun 10, 2008 at 3:03 pm

    How is this story biased, Jeff?

    Thank you for the update.

  • 3 G.E. // Jun 10, 2008 at 3:04 pm

    This is the reporting of facts. Mr. Redpath recently submitted signatures. That brought the matter up again. I don’t know how any sort of bias can be read into the article.

  • 4 Barr’s Leadership PAC Quarterly Report « Last Free Voice // Jul 22, 2008 at 3:28 pm

    [...] Redpath for Senate (Lib): $2,300 – that might go some way to make up for giving Redpath’s Republican opponent a large gift in the previous [...]

  • 5 LP Chairman Bill Redpath campaigning for U.S. Senate in Virginia // Aug 24, 2008 at 2:06 am

    [...] McCain. Redpath, of course, is not running against John McCain but Republican Jim Gilmore, to whom Bob Barr’s Leadership PAC gave $1,000. (Barr’s PAC later gave a max donation to [...]

  • 6 VTV // Aug 24, 2008 at 6:22 am

    So is he going to go back and donate to all the other Libertarians running against Republicans that his PAC donated to?

  • 7 VTV // Aug 24, 2008 at 6:23 am

    Correction. Is he going to go back and donate a larger amount to all the other Libertarians running against NEO-CON’S that his PAC donated to?

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