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Much larger than usual number of Libertarians for U.S. House receive over 5% of the vote

November 3rd, 2010 · 6 Comments

From the Libertarian Party blog analysis of the elections:

Currently we have 15 Libertarians for U.S. House who received over 5% of the vote. (That only counts races where a Republican and a Democrat both appeared on the ballot.) That’s a big increase from past years. In 2008, three Libertarians for U.S. House got more than 5%. In 2006, one candidate; in 2004, two candidates.

15 candidates with over 5%:
Carlos Rodriguez (California Dist. 28, 8.04%)
Chard Reid (Indiana Dist. 5, 7.74%)
Edward Gonzalez (California Dist. 16, 7.64%)
Marc Johnston (Ohio Dist. 2, 6.84%)
Jeffery J. Blevins (Ohio Dist. 16, 6.63%)
Nicole Patti (Arizona Dist. 1, 6.44%)
Kevin Craig (Missouri Dist. 7, 6.22%)
Mark Lambert (California Dist. 42, 6.00%)
Mike Fellows (Montana at-large, 6.00%)
Brian Smith (Ohio Dist. 5, 5.69%)
Greg “No Bull” Knott (Indiana Dist. 9, 5.48%)
Herb Peters (California Dist. 36, 5.46%)
John Duncan (Indiana Dist. 4, 5.22%)
Bill Collins (Texas Dist. 16, 5.08%)
Ed Mishou (Texas Dist. 27, 5.04%)

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6 responses so far ↓

  • 1 The Shutt Chute // Nov 4, 2010 at 5:32 am

    Does Rand Paul count as a libertarian win, or is he really just a Republican.

  • 2 paulie // Nov 4, 2010 at 9:02 am

    @1 Republican.

  • 3 Starchild // Nov 4, 2010 at 11:23 am

    When you consider that most of these candidates broke the 5% barrier despite being excluded from televised debates between their elephant/donkey rivals, massively outspent by establishment candidates bankrolled by wealthy special interests, unions and corporations, and largely ignored by the media, it becomes a somewhat more impressive achievement.

  • 4 paulie // Nov 4, 2010 at 11:25 am

    True indeed.

  • 5 Tom Blanton // Nov 4, 2010 at 1:40 pm

    If those 15 candidates had about $45 Million between them, one or two might have been elected. With $60-70 Million, maybe 5 would have been elected.

    Combined campaign budgets of about $2.5 Billion might get enough Representatives and Senators elected to actually be able to make some real changes.

    The LP better get busy with bake sales and car washes now if it plans on winning any national races in 2012.

  • 6 Highest number of states with a ballot-qualified party besides Democrats and Republicans since 1918 | Independent Political Report // Nov 13, 2010 at 2:52 pm

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