According to wikipedia,

Barry J. Hess, II is an investor and United States Libertarian Party activist. He was the Libertarian Party of Arizona candidate for U.S. Senate from Arizona in 2000 finishing 4th of 4 with 70,724 votes (5.06%), and the Libertarian candidate for Governor of Arizona in 2002 (4th of 4 – 1.66%) and 2006 (3rd of 3 – 1.97%). Hess unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination in 2000. In 2008 Hess was named the vice president candidate in Arizona for the Boston Tea Party’s candidate Charles Jay.

Biography

After growing up in Florida, Ohio and New Hampshire, Hess earned a B.A. in English from Fordham University in 1979. After working in Manhattan Hess later relocated to Arizona and has served as vice-chair of the Arizona Libertarian Party.

Hess sought the Libertarian Party’s presidential nomination in 2000, receiving only 6% of ballots cast in the Libertarian National Convention vote in which Harry Browne won the party’s nomination. He went on to receive the Libertarian nomination in the Arizona Senate race. In the general election, where Hess ran in a race where incumbent Republican John Kyl saw no formal Democratic opposition, Hess received 70,724 votes for 5.06% of the total vote.

In 2002, Hess ran for Governor of Arizona as a Libertarian. During his 2002 campaign, Hess admitted to owing the Internal Revenue Service $47,000 in unpaid taxes. Running against Democrat Janet Napolitano, Independent Richard Mahoney, and Republican Matt Salmon, Hess received 20,356 votes for 1.66% of the total.

Hess declared his intention to run for Governor again in November 2005, but delayed his formal announcement as he deliberated whether to run as a Republican or as a Libertarian. In February 2006, Hess announced his candidacy as a Libertarian and was uncontested for his party’s nomination. During the campaign, Hess was publicly endorsed by professional wrestler Sean Morley and by Republican Mike Harris, who was defeated in his own party’s primary. In the general election, Hess garnered 30,268 votes for 1.97% of the total vote against Democrat Janet Napolitano and Republican Len Munsil.

In 2006, he appeared as guest on the TV show “Louis Live” to promote his candidacy for governor of Arizona.

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In the fifteenth episode, Todd, Jim, and guest panelists prominent Libertarian Party activist Barry Hess, pro-Liberty activist Jason Dodson, and anarchist/pro-Liberty activist Renea McMasters on the Continental Congress 2009 and whether it is bringing about change, PyraBang’s Christian Pirillo being kicked out of the convention, the convention delegates’ cowardice on “civic action” (a.k.a. civil disobedience), an email hacker accessing a British government’s server and releases 1,000+ plus emails proving that the Global Warming theory is a fraud, Ed Begley Jr’s snapping on Your World with Neil Cavuto, the Senate bringing the ObamaCare bill to a vote to have it on the floor for “debate,” two socialites who crashed Obama’s state dinner party and got arrested, etc.

Todd, Jim, and the panelists interview PuZzLeD reality Internet TV star and Composing Moments Editor-in-Chief and owner Brooke Kelley for 40 minutes from 11:15 p.m. EST to 11:55 p.m. EST on her show/”pet project,” her show taking on the mainstream media establishment, CC2009 and the delegates’ response to “civil action,” the new Liberty movement, etc.