ChuckBaldwinForum.com reports:
The chairman of the Constitution Party of Ohio received over 230,000 votes with a campaign featuring a positive message and an urban agenda.
Owens was also endorsed by the Libertarian Party and the Reform Party.
This was 4.81% according to the Ohio Secretary of State’s office.
9 responses so far ↓
1 Morgan Wick // Nov 10, 2008 at 3:04 pm
4.81%: http://vote.sos.state.oh.us/pls/enrpublic/f?p=130:1:0
2 Libertarian Joseph // Nov 10, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Hopefully the LP can run its own guy next time.
3 paulie cannoli // Nov 10, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Morgan: Thanks, I’ll update the post.
4 Caspian // Nov 10, 2008 at 4:07 pm
This is the highest vote total for an Independent (or third party) candidate for Ohio executive office in history.
5 Caspian // Nov 10, 2008 at 10:02 pm
Libertarian Joseph – why?
You have an Independent with the same platform. Running Independent allows you to bring in other liberty-minded individuals, anti-establishment 3rd parties, disaffected Republicans and Democrats, and independent voters. Many of them will not vote for the Libertarian brand.
6 Libertarian Joseph // Nov 10, 2008 at 11:45 pm
Why won’t they vote for the LP? That makes no sense.
7 Caspian // Nov 11, 2008 at 12:34 am
Because they have pre-conceived notions of what the LP is. Maybe it makes no sense, but it’s a completely obvious reality.
8 Libertarian Joseph // Nov 11, 2008 at 7:38 am
So you think Jesse Ventura would’ve lost if he had ran for gov as a Libertarian?
9 paulie cannoli // Nov 11, 2008 at 7:44 am
Probably, yes.
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