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The Libertarian Party often runs former Republicans for office, and occasionally former Democrats, but it’s rare indeed to see them running a former Green Party candidate for office as one of their own.…
This thread is for discussion of LNC races, posting results as they happen and opinionating on them, all in the comments. Previous LNC fireworks in the Chairs race, which of this writing is not yet concluded, were documented and discussed in several of the previous convention threads, especially here.See…
Judge Jim Gray: 357 votes, 59.5%
Lee Wrights 229 votes, 38.167%
Jim Burns 6 votes, 1%
NOTA 7 votes, 1.6%
On the first ballot, Judge Jim Gray of California wins the vice presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party in 2012.…
From a media release by the Libertarian Party:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Libertarian Party Nominates Gary Johnson for President
Contact: Stephen Gordon at (202) 643-7338 / [email protected]…
The former two-term Governor of New Mexico, Gary Johnson, has won the Presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party on the first ballot. Facing three opponents in Lee Wrights, Carl Person, and Jim Burns, Johnson needed a majority vote on the first ballot in order to win.…
Via Austin Cassidy at Uncovered Politics video by Bruce Majors from the Gary Johnson campaign HQ
More convention coverage by Bruce Majors here…
State by state results are about to be announced. We will liveblog them in comments. …
Libertarian Party convention delegates are now hearing speeches for and by 4 candidates for the LP presidential nomination: Lee Wrights, Carl Person, Jim Burns, and Gary Johnson.…
Gary Johnson reportedly said on the debate stage that he was going to be a member of the Libertarian Party for the rest of his life.…