From the Press Release just submitted to IPR:
This Southern California Libertarian Candidate has some interesting
things to say.
“Election day is Tuesday, May 17, 2011. There are 16 candidates, 5
Democrats, 6 Republicans, 1 Peace & Freedom, 3 with no party
preference and Steve Collett, Libertarian. Under the new “top two”
election rules, all sixteen candidates will be on the ballot May 17,
and unless one candidate gets 50% or more of the votes, the top two
face each other in a runoff on July 12.
Since this is a special election to replace a congresswoman who has
resigned, voter turnout is likely to be in the 15 to 20% range. The
last special election in the area occurred on February 15, 2011, to
replace a State Senator who died. Turnout was 13%. Because of the
large number of candidates, including three well established
Democrats, a 3 to 5% vote would likely put a Libertarian in the second
round.
This is a unique opportunity for Libertarians to be heard. The 36th
Congressional District is flush with people with Libertarian ideals.
No one needs to settle for the Democrat or Republican who they do not
fully agree with, but who seems the lesser of two evils. Steve Collett
is a Libertarian who has 30 years experience as a CPA, owns his own
accounting firm, understands how jobs are created, understands
numbers, taxation, and has win/win solutions that focus on liberty,
not authority and inclusiveness, not intrusiveness to solve our
problems.”
http://www.electcollett.com/2011/04/unique-opportunity-for-libertarians-to-be-heard/
My thanks to George Whitfield for his kind and generous contribution. Thanks to all others for sharing my story with friends and visiting my website at http://www.electcollett.com. We really do have a shot on May 17 and thanks for the influx of Libertarian volunteers since my announcement.
He has some great postings on his website! Give them a read, it is really worth your time.
I checked out his website and its attractive and he has some local support. He seems like a good guy and the election presents an unusual situation where a Libertarian can do well. I sent him a contribution and encourage others to do so, too.