In presidential elections, third parties spread themselves thin in order to conduct a national campaign. What if, instead, a third party focused as much as possible on one small state?…
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Five Texas Libertarians get over 1 million votes
By Wes Benedict on November 13, 2012 4:40 PM
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.…
Arizona Libertarians Impact election results
By Gene Berkman on November 12, 2012 8:48 PM
Arizona Libertarians ran a slate including an active candidate for U.S. Senate and candidates for Congress in 6 districts out of 9. In the Senate race and 3 Congressional districts the Libertarian candidate received significant vote totals.…
Gary Johnson Contemplates Bowing Out of Politics
By Jill Pyeatt on November 11, 2012 4:40 PM
Found in NewMexicoWatchdog.org
By Rob Nikolewski
November 9, 2012
This could be end of the political road for Gary Johnson .
In an exclusive interview with Capitol Report New Mexico on Friday morning, the Libertarian Party candidate for president said, “If there’s no path to winning I’m really not” interested in pursuing another run for the presidency.
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LP Blog:”Libertarian Votes Result in LP Having Ballot Access in 30 States”
By Gene Berkman on November 10, 2012 4:44 PM
The Libertarian Party reports on its blog:
“The 2012 elections were great for the Libertarian Party’s ballot access because of gains in several states, especially in North Carolina where the value of retaining party status, i.e.,…
Mary Ruwart: The Million Vote March succeeds, Washington take heed!
By Brian Irving on November 10, 2012 10:17 AM
In late February Lee Wrights, Libertarian Party presidential hopeful, put up the Million Vote March website. The idea was simple: if voters didn’t like either of the “establishment” candidates, they were encouraged to cast a protest vote for the Libertarian Party nominee and push his vote count to a record-breaking 1,000,000 votes.…
Statement from Lt. Gov. Candidate Cynthia Davis (CP-MO)
By RedPhillips on November 9, 2012 10:15 PM
Mrs. Davis posted this on the Constitution Party Facebook page:
63,391 people in Missouri want us to have a Constitutional Lt. Gov. This is the highest number of votes I have ever received (and three times the number of votes Randy Constitutional Evangelist Stufflebeam received when he ran statewide in Illinois.)
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Paul Craig Roberts Receives “Several Hundred” Write-in Votes
By RedPhillips on November 9, 2012 9:26 PM
Here is Paul Craig Roberts’ latest column. Check out his proposed Cabinet.
Unless I am being spoofed, several hundred readers wrote me in as their selection for President.
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