Third parties and independent candidates since 2008


April 1: Winner Party launched nationwide–smashes records

April 1st, 2013 · 4 Comments

Washington, D.C.—April 1, 2013—In the wake of maximum sustained interest in a real political party that cares most about winning elections, the Winner Party blasts off to victory with a salute to Honorary Chairman Dr. Scott Lieberman. Says the visionary and Executive Detractor of Winner, “With one big bang, the Winner Party has taken the [...]

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2012 Libertarian Party Election Results Ranked by State

January 24th, 2013 · 29 Comments

LP.org reports “Final 2012 Election Results Now Available.” I used their table of election results to report the number of Libertarian votes and candidates by state in the two tables below. Down further is a third table of Libertarians elected in 2012 compiled from results posted on page 16 of the December 2012 LP News. [...]

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Booster PAC: Travis County, Texas may be the most Libertarian large county in America

December 13th, 2012 · 14 Comments

The leaders of Libertarian Booster PAC, Wes Benedict and Arthur DiBianca, suggest that Travis County, Texas is the most Libertarian large county in America. (“Large” defined as 100,000 or more total votes for president in the November 2012 election. That includes roughly 250 counties.) Based on the 2010 census, Travis County is the 39th-largest county [...]

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Gary Johnson results in 100 largest counties

November 14th, 2012 · 16 Comments

County State 2010 census 2012 Gary Johnson percent (preliminary) County seat or courthouse Bernalillo County New Mexico 662,564 4.51% Albuquerque Travis County Texas 1,024,266 2.72% Austin Marion County Indiana 903,393 1.72% Indianapolis Cobb County Georgia 688,078 1.62% Marietta El Paso County Colorado 622,263 1.42% Colorado Springs Maricopa County Arizona 3,817,117 1.39% Phoenix Salt Lake County [...]

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Five Texas Libertarians get over 1 million votes

November 13th, 2012 · 16 Comments

Five Texas Libertarian candidates have polled over 1 million votes in the November 2012 election. Preliminary results: Jaime O. Perez – Railroad Commissioner – 1,122,792 RS Roberto Koelsch – Supreme Court Place 2 – 1,280,886 Tom Oxford – Supreme Court Place 4 – 1,030,735 Mark W. Bennett – Court of Criminal Appeals Place 7 -  [...]

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Arthur DiBianca: ‘I just voted for 18 Libertarian candidates!’

October 27th, 2012 · 2 Comments

Arthur DiBianca sent the message below to Travis County, Texas Libertarians on October 23: I just got back from voting for 18 Libertarian candidates! This is one of the most fun things I get to do every two years — go down to my Travis County, Texas polling place and vote for tons of Libertarian [...]

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LASPAC: A Libertarian response to the vice presidential debate

October 12th, 2012 · 5 Comments

The Libertarian Action Super PAC sent the following press release on October 12, 2012: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Wes Benedict 512-659-8896 wesliberty@aol.com A Libertarian response to the vice presidential debate AUSTIN – October 12, 2012 – Paul Ryan and Joe Biden are equally bad on every major policy. It’s no wonder they were too cowardly [...]

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LASPAC: Last call for billionaires for Gary Johnson!

October 2nd, 2012 · 7 Comments

The Libertarian Action Super PAC sent the following email on October 2, 2012: Dear Libertarian billionaire, Libertarian Action Super PAC has “shovel-ready” projects to promote Libertarian Gary Johnson for President. All we need is you! Thanks to a generous donation of $100,000 earlier this year, most of the overhead for designing and planning these projects [...]

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John Jay Myers for U.S. Senate, TX: “Government Backwards” video

September 26th, 2012 · No Comments

John Jay Myers speaks to 400 attendees at the Hogg Auditorium at the University of  Texas at Austin. The Libertarian Longhorns sponsored the event, which led with Gary Johnson for President. John Jay Myers is the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate, TX, and serves on the Libertarian National Committee. His speech is divided into ten [...]

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LASPAC Jesse Ventura video: “Call the Commission! Let Gary Johnson Debate!”

September 26th, 2012 · 30 Comments

The Libertarian Action Super PAC sent the following email on September 26, 2012: Dear Libertarian, Please watch this video featuring former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, asking you to help get Gary Johnson into the debates. Link to the Youtube video. Call the Commission on Presidential Debates today at 202-872-1020. Tell them you want to see [...]

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Pew: 74% of voters have not heard of Gary Johnson

September 20th, 2012 · 4 Comments

According to  Pew Research, “Very few voters are hearing much about third party candidates in this year’s election. A quarter of voters have heard of Gary Johnson, presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party, but only 5% have heard a lot about him. Fully 74% have not heard of him at all.” The survey goes on [...]

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LASPAC: 4 Gary Johnson billboards, including “Republican Wall of Shame”

September 20th, 2012 · 6 Comments

The Libertarian Action Super PAC sent the following email on September 20, 2012: Dear Libertarian: Take advantage of this opportunity to get pro-Gary Johnson billboards up. We have some great designs below. Donate to this project here. If you make a single donation of at least $2,000, then you can name one of the designs [...]

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