George Brown was the Libertarian Party candidate for Pennsylvania House of Representatives in the 42nd district, in Allegheny County, where Pittsburgh is located. The special election was held May 21st. From Brown’s campaign Facebook page in a May 22nd post:
Thanks to all my supporters and grassroots volunteers! It was a long road that finally ended with 5.41% of the vote. For a Libertarian, that is not bad, although I was hoping to break the double digit mark. Nevertheless, I would not have surpassed 1% were it not for the countless hours from my campaign volunteers as well as the financial backing from my friends, relatives and coworkers. Thank you all!
Results from PA Department of state (with 98.5% of precincts reporting)
Dan Miller – DEM – 5,635
Dan Remely – REP – 3,699
George Brown – LIB – 539
The LP did have one that switched to us in RI, but we did not claim him because he had serious legal issues such as spousal abuse. We came very close to electing one or two legislators this last time.
Greens have elected two state legislators in Arkansas, one in 2012 and one in 2008.
Yes, it IS that hard.
The LP better elect AT LEAST one state legislator by November 2014. Come on. Is it really that hard? Focus your resources on one strong candidate and elect him.
It’s sad that since 2000, there hasn’t been a single Libertarian state legislator in America. I mean, even the Greens have managed to elect one in Arkansas.