The political chatter on the networks is more that Edelen may not run now, and so less pressure on Randal to drop out of presidentials and defend the Senate.
Thane Eichenauer
November 4, 2015
Ballotpedia has KY Auditor office election results. Current Auditor Adam Edelen [Democrat] is listed as having lost with 48.1% of the vote in the two way race. Edelen was mentioned in other news articles as having been a presumed general election opponent of Rand Paul for US Senate. This presumed non-reelection would offer him more time to campaign. http://ballotpedia.org/Kentucky_Auditor_election,_2015
‘I do not know a whole lot about Panepinto, but it sounds like he might be at least somewhat libertarian. If so, Libertarian Party members ought to consider trying to recruit him into the party.’ – Andy
Does the party really need another GOP retread? I believe the LPPA is far more radical today than it was in past years. I doubt they would be interesting in wooing another Republican.”
The Libertarian Party should recruit anyone who agrees with libertarian principles.
NewFederalist
November 4, 2015
That would be “interested”
NewFederalist
November 4, 2015
“I do not know a whole lot about Panepinto, but it sounds like he might be at least somewhat libertarian. If so, Libertarian Party members ought to consider trying to recruit him into the party.” – Andy
Does the party really need another GOP retread? I believe the LPPA is far more radical today than it was in past years. I doubt they would be interesting in wooing another Republican.
Andy
November 4, 2015
“Jed Ziggler
November 4, 2015 at 11:47 am
I’m Facebook friends with him, he strikes me as more conservative than Marxist.”
He was a registered Republican, up until earlier this year I believe.
I was surprised when I heard that he favors legalizing marijuana. I also heard something about him saying that people should not get locked up for victimless crimes (as a generalized statement).
I do not know a whole lot about Panepinto, but it sounds like he might be at least somewhat libertarian. If so, Libertarian Party members ought to consider trying to recruit him into the party.
Andy
November 4, 2015
“NewFederalist
November 4, 2015 at 11:39 am
Actually, I voted for him because he petitioned his way on as well. After voting for him I told my wife I sure hoped he wasn’t a Marxist!”
All candidates (as in even major party candidates) have to petition their way on to the Pennsylvania ballot.
The major party candidates do not have to collect as many petition signatures as the minor party and independent candidates do though, however, they only have 3 weeks to gather their signatures, and Democratic Party candidates can only collect signatures from registered Democrats, and Republican Party candidates can only collect signatures from registered Republicans. Statewide major party primary candidates have to get 2,000 valid petition signatures to appear on a major party primary ballot.
The minor party and independent candidate petition requirement fluctuates due to voter turn. This year it was 16,000 and something valid signatures, which was the lowest it has been in Pennsylvania in a long time. Minor party and independent candidates have about 5 1/2 months to gather the required number of valid petition signatures, and any registered voter can sign their petitions.
Honestly my support for Panepinto was due to him being the only opposition to the duopoly, this is the first I’ve heard of his stance on marijuana.
NewFederalist
November 4, 2015
“Jed Ziggler
November 4, 2015 at 12:23 am
In my neck of the woods, Paul Panepinto finished 7th of 7 candidates (3 elected) with 2% of the vote.”
“What do you know about Panepinto? I recently heard that he supports legalizing marijuana and iand that he is good on gun rights, and that at least a few Libertarians in Pennsylvania were intending to vote for him.” – Andy
I did!
Andy CraigPost author | November 4, 2015
“I’d love to see Libertarians in Ohio use this as an opportunity to take the lead and file a Marijuana initiative that is as libertarian as possible, and get it on the ballot for 2016.”
Libertarians in Ohio need to be more concerned with getting *themselves* back on the ballot.
A great day for the Reform Party. Dennis Dickinson running solely on the Reform Party line won Supervisor of Lake George.
Charles Falciglia won a seat on the Rockland County Legislature with 43 percent of the votes cast for the Reform Party line. He was joined in victory for by Edward Markunas who won a second Rockland County Legislative seat with 35 percent of the vote on the Reform Party line. These were fusion candidates, but they brought attention to the Reform Party name.
Frank Hagen and Moira Herztman won their elections in New York with 18 percent of the vote cast for the Reform Party line, and smaller percentages caste for fusion lines.
In some of the stuff we lost, we were still getting within the teens and twenty percentiles. Some of them were getting in the 30s and still losing.
Some of this was fusion voting, but for a minor party with first year ballot access to come up and put up without a lot of resources, without a lot of name recognition and gain a good amount of votes in some of these elections is a great improvement for the Reform Party. We capitalized on an off year election, got our name out there, and improved our standing.
Andy
November 4, 2015
“Jed Ziggler
November 4, 2015 at 12:23 am
In my neck of the woods, Paul Panepinto finished 7th of 7 candidates (3 elected) with 2% of the vote.”
What do you know about Panepinto? I recently heard that he supports legalizing marijuana and iand that he is good on gun rights, and that at least a few Libertarians in Pennsylvania were intending to vote for him.
Andy
November 4, 2015
“Andy Craig Post author
November 3, 2015 at 9:56 pm
I was just about to comment with that new (edit: OH Issue 3). Not even close.
On the upside, maybe the margin of defeat being so large, will help make clear it lost because of the cronyism/cartel angle, and that it wasn’t part of the broader push being supported by major legalization groups in other states.”
I’d love to see Libertarians in Ohio use this as an opportunity to take the lead and file a Marijuana initiative that is as libertarian as possible, and get it on the ballot for 2016.
In my neck of the woods, Paul Panepinto finished 7th of 7 candidates (3 elected) with 2% of the vote. Mark Tonell finished 4th of 5 candidates (3 elected) with 11% of the vote.
“It’s hard to draft a legalization measure so badly flawed that even some libertarian organizations, such as the Ohio Libertarian Party and the Republican Liberty Caucus, oppose it. But the drafters of Issue 3 managed to achieve that dubious distinction. Hopefully, the failure of Issue 3 will pave the way for a “clean” legalization initiative in the near future. But in the meantime, large numbers of Ohioans will continue to be arrested and imprisoned for possessing or distributing marijuana.”
I’m not a fan of off-year elections, for the same reasons I’m not a fan of off-cycle local elections. While there are some plausible rationalizations for it, in practice it’s just a way to get lower turnout, and thus make it easier for party machines to run the gamut by turning out their narrow base of predictable straight-ticket voters. I don’t like to see election results manipulated by differences in turnout like that.
Hopefully a measure without the monopoly provision can pass next year.
Mark Axinn
November 3, 2015
Ohio is strongly anti-drug freedom, in both the minority inner cities like Cleveland and the lily-white suburbs like the Akron/Canton area where I own some property.
They love to run articles in the local papers about how the meth scourge is destroying neighborhoods (i.e., property values).
And surprise! surprise!: The drug menace is strong as ever there.
LPTexas just nailed tonight’s election having success in 8-out-of-9 positions taken. We did this through direct lobbying efforts, coalition building, and a 21st Century strategy that we’ve been developing. (We’re still looking for a catchy name for this strategy.)
There are no good guys in the HERO fight, as I see it. A pox on both their houses.
Andy CraigPost author | November 3, 2015
It hasn’t been called yet, but it’s looking like it will pass. The redistricting amendment also handily passed, but the effect is actually pretty trivial (increasing the minority party membership on the bipartisan redistricting commission from 1 out of 5 to 2 out of 7).
Opponents ran a scare campaign flaming ridiculous fears with off base caricatures of transgender bathroom issues, most likely accounting for the result. There are solid libertarian reasons to oppose government equal rights mandates, but it’s far more likely that BS about sex predators dressing as women and attacking women in restrooms had a lot more to do with it.
They had another issue on the ballot against monopolies (Issue 2). I haven’t looked to see how that did yet.
Andy CraigPost author | November 3, 2015
I was just about to comment with that new (edit: OH Issue 3). Not even close.
On the upside, maybe the margin of defeat being so large, will help make clear it lost because of the cronyism/cartel angle, and that it wasn’t part of the broader push being supported by major legalization groups in other states. Also, the Republicans ended up putting a good anti-monopoly Issue on the ballot even though they didn’t really have to.
I agree with Wang Tang Fu that Rand should make up his mind about the libertarian label.
Andy CraigPost author | November 3, 2015
Libertarian National Campaign Committee
1 min ·
Susan Bell has been elected to another term on the bench of the Hagerstown Town Court on the Libertarian ticket. Another win in Wayne County, Indiana.
Andy CraigPost author | November 3, 2015
I can’t find any results for Dublin, IN, but according to this article Walters was one of six candidates running for five at-large seats, and was recently appointed to fill a vacancy on the board.
Libertarian National Campaign Committee
Just now ·
Larry Walters has been elected to the Dublin, Indiana Town Council on the Libertarian ticket. Congratulations Larry!
He should make his mind up whether it’s a badge of honor or an albatross, then.
Andy
November 3, 2015
I do not know if Rand is doing robo calls against that Libertarian Party candidate or not today, but Rand recently said in an interview that the libertarian label is a badge of honor.
Andy
November 3, 2015
LOL!!! That picture for the Loser campaign is hilarious!
==I haven’t been able to confirm it or get a copy, but I did get a second-hand report that Rand Paul is making robocalls against Carl Loser today, explicitly talking about how “we’re conservative Republicans, not libertarians” and how “libertarians want to split the vote to give control of the state senate to liberals.”==
I saw something in passing that the Auditor race is the one to watch in KY, as that Democrat is the one who is likely to run for Senate. I may have that wrong, I had it on in the background.
Andy CraigPost author | November 3, 2015
Speaking of Kentucky Governor, anybody in Kentucky who hasn’t voted yet should go do so for Drew Curtis. 😉
Andy CraigPost author | November 3, 2015
“Speaking of Senator Paul, there’s a real possibility of Democrats winning key elections in Kentucky today. If they do, the pressure may increase for Sen. Paul to abandon his floundering presidential campaign and try to save his Senate seat. And speaking of the presidential campaign, the latest poll I saw had him at 2%. If those numbers hold up he will not be in the main debates for much longer if at all.”
538 has a good explanation of why it wouldn’t be that surprising or noteworthy for Conway (D) to win the Governorship, and that the correlation between Governor elections and partisan voting for federal offices, is pretty weak. Kentucky has tended to have Democratic Governors (including the outgoing incumbent) while also voting Republican for Congress and President. You’re right it might increase the pressure on him, but I don’t think it would actually make him any more vulnerable in a relatively-safe seat.
“If you can get a recording of that, it would be a great thing to post on youtube and as an article here. Testimonials from people who received the calls would work too, but a recording would be even better.”
Unfortunately the person who got it answered their phone, it wasn’t left as a voicemail, and they’re a friend-of-a-friend so I don’t know if they’d want to testify to it.
But I absolutely agree, if anybody can get their hands on a copy of that call, or at least provide corroboration that they’re being made, let me know. I’d love to post that here as an example of Rand being the GOP’s pet attack dog against Libertarian candidates. Regardless of my general disdain for Rand, I think it’s very noteworthy that the GOP now has a Senator whom they deploy specifically to campaign against Libertarians. This wouldn’t be the first such instance, though it’s the first I’ve heard of for such a lower office.
Wang Tang-Fu
November 3, 2015
Speaking of Senator Paul, there’s a real possibility of Democrats winning key elections in Kentucky today. If they do, the pressure may increase for Sen. Paul to abandon his floundering presidential campaign and try to save his Senate seat. And speaking of the presidential campaign, the latest poll I saw had him at 2%. If those numbers hold up he will not be in the main debates for much longer if at all.
Wang Tang-Fu
November 3, 2015
If you can get a recording of that, it would be a great thing to post on youtube and as an article here. Testimonials from people who received the calls would work too, but a recording would be even better.
Andy CraigPost author | November 3, 2015
I haven’t been able to confirm it or get a copy, but I did get a second-hand report that Rand Paul is making robocalls against Carl Loser today, explicitly talking about how “we’re conservative Republicans, not libertarians” and how “libertarians want to split the vote to give control of the state senate to liberals.”
Wang Tang-Fu
November 3, 2015
Lily Tang Williams posted on facebook:
I dropped off my ballot this morning at Parker Town Hall. This location will take the drop off ballots until 7:00pm.
As a citizen, I take my Constitutional right to vote seriously. Politicians know how to count the votes. They do not care why you did not vote.
I was never allowed to vote for anything in Communist China where I lived for 24 years. Even today, 1.3 billion Chinese citizens cannot really vote on choosing leaders or on public issues.
Voting right is a critical part of human freedom as a citizen of your country. So many people have fought bloody battles and died for this right. I treat my one vote as precious as I can. I always vote based on my principles and values regardless what the others say.
Please VOTE and let your voice to be heard.
Wang Tang-Fu
November 3, 2015
I don’t remember the conversation exactly, but I think I remember reading here that Democrats in Virginia are more open to ballot access reform than Republicans. Anyone know more about this? What other results, besides those linked in the post, should we keep an eye on? Interesting initiatives (I know of the ones in Ohio..any others we should keep an eye on)?
Andy CraigPost author | November 3, 2015
There are several Libertarians running for state legislature in Virginia, including one who’s running for the seat that will probably decide control of the State Senate.
Alex W.
November 3, 2015
I just wish that Libertarians would be smart when in comes to strategy, if we captured just a few seats in a closely divided legislature( think Virginia) we’d be calling the shots! If we marshal our resources towards certain races we could make a difference instead of just making a mess!
Voted for two independents: Paul Panepinto for PA Supreme Court and Mark Tonell for Jefferson County Commissioner. Tonell stands a good chance of winning, there’s a lot of signage for him in the area.
The political chatter on the networks is more that Edelen may not run now, and so less pressure on Randal to drop out of presidentials and defend the Senate.
Ballotpedia has KY Auditor office election results. Current Auditor Adam Edelen [Democrat] is listed as having lost with 48.1% of the vote in the two way race. Edelen was mentioned in other news articles as having been a presumed general election opponent of Rand Paul for US Senate. This presumed non-reelection would offer him more time to campaign.
http://ballotpedia.org/Kentucky_Auditor_election,_2015
http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/eleven-libertarians-elected-to-office-tuesday
http://ballot-access.org/2015/11/03/pennsylvania-petition-requirement-in-2016-to-be-approximately-22000-signatures/
http://ballot-access.org/2015/11/03/maine-voters-pass-initiative-to-increase-funding-for-public-financing/
“NewFederalist
November 4, 2015 at 12:01 pm
‘I do not know a whole lot about Panepinto, but it sounds like he might be at least somewhat libertarian. If so, Libertarian Party members ought to consider trying to recruit him into the party.’ – Andy
Does the party really need another GOP retread? I believe the LPPA is far more radical today than it was in past years. I doubt they would be interesting in wooing another Republican.”
The Libertarian Party should recruit anyone who agrees with libertarian principles.
That would be “interested”
“I do not know a whole lot about Panepinto, but it sounds like he might be at least somewhat libertarian. If so, Libertarian Party members ought to consider trying to recruit him into the party.” – Andy
Does the party really need another GOP retread? I believe the LPPA is far more radical today than it was in past years. I doubt they would be interesting in wooing another Republican.
“Jed Ziggler
November 4, 2015 at 11:47 am
I’m Facebook friends with him, he strikes me as more conservative than Marxist.”
He was a registered Republican, up until earlier this year I believe.
I was surprised when I heard that he favors legalizing marijuana. I also heard something about him saying that people should not get locked up for victimless crimes (as a generalized statement).
I do not know a whole lot about Panepinto, but it sounds like he might be at least somewhat libertarian. If so, Libertarian Party members ought to consider trying to recruit him into the party.
“NewFederalist
November 4, 2015 at 11:39 am
Actually, I voted for him because he petitioned his way on as well. After voting for him I told my wife I sure hoped he wasn’t a Marxist!”
All candidates (as in even major party candidates) have to petition their way on to the Pennsylvania ballot.
The major party candidates do not have to collect as many petition signatures as the minor party and independent candidates do though, however, they only have 3 weeks to gather their signatures, and Democratic Party candidates can only collect signatures from registered Democrats, and Republican Party candidates can only collect signatures from registered Republicans. Statewide major party primary candidates have to get 2,000 valid petition signatures to appear on a major party primary ballot.
The minor party and independent candidate petition requirement fluctuates due to voter turn. This year it was 16,000 and something valid signatures, which was the lowest it has been in Pennsylvania in a long time. Minor party and independent candidates have about 5 1/2 months to gather the required number of valid petition signatures, and any registered voter can sign their petitions.
I’m Facebook friends with him, he strikes me as more conservative than Marxist.
Actually, I voted for him because he petitioned his way on as well. After voting for him I told my wife I sure hoped he wasn’t a Marxist!
Honestly my support for Panepinto was due to him being the only opposition to the duopoly, this is the first I’ve heard of his stance on marijuana.
“Jed Ziggler
November 4, 2015 at 12:23 am
In my neck of the woods, Paul Panepinto finished 7th of 7 candidates (3 elected) with 2% of the vote.”
“What do you know about Panepinto? I recently heard that he supports legalizing marijuana and iand that he is good on gun rights, and that at least a few Libertarians in Pennsylvania were intending to vote for him.” – Andy
I did!
“I’d love to see Libertarians in Ohio use this as an opportunity to take the lead and file a Marijuana initiative that is as libertarian as possible, and get it on the ballot for 2016.”
Libertarians in Ohio need to be more concerned with getting *themselves* back on the ballot.
How to lose an election:
http://wdtn.com/2015/11/03/marijuana-vote/
PEACE
[Statechairs] 2015 NJLP Election Results
Patrick McKnight via hq.lp.org
6:58 AM (31 minutes ago)
to Bob, LP-State, Carla, Arvin
Congratulations to Joe DeLong on winning 9.6% in his race for Mayor of South Bound Brook!
Thank you to all our outstanding 2015 NJLP Candidates:
Patrick Smith – South Bound Brook Borough Council – 5.3%
Peter Rohrman – Bergen County Freeholder – 4%
Jeff Hetrick – Assembly 27th District – 1%
Damien Caillault – Assembly 27th District – 1%
Joseph Dunsay – River Edge Board of Education (non-partisan race) – 19%
Patrick McKnight
Chair, NJLP
_______________________________________________
Statechairs mailing list
[email protected]
http://hq.lp.org/mailman/listinfo/statechairs_hq.lp.org
A great day for the Reform Party. Dennis Dickinson running solely on the Reform Party line won Supervisor of Lake George.
Charles Falciglia won a seat on the Rockland County Legislature with 43 percent of the votes cast for the Reform Party line. He was joined in victory for by Edward Markunas who won a second Rockland County Legislative seat with 35 percent of the vote on the Reform Party line. These were fusion candidates, but they brought attention to the Reform Party name.
Frank Hagen and Moira Herztman won their elections in New York with 18 percent of the vote cast for the Reform Party line, and smaller percentages caste for fusion lines.
In some of the stuff we lost, we were still getting within the teens and twenty percentiles. Some of them were getting in the 30s and still losing.
Some of this was fusion voting, but for a minor party with first year ballot access to come up and put up without a lot of resources, without a lot of name recognition and gain a good amount of votes in some of these elections is a great improvement for the Reform Party. We capitalized on an off year election, got our name out there, and improved our standing.
“Jed Ziggler
November 4, 2015 at 12:23 am
In my neck of the woods, Paul Panepinto finished 7th of 7 candidates (3 elected) with 2% of the vote.”
What do you know about Panepinto? I recently heard that he supports legalizing marijuana and iand that he is good on gun rights, and that at least a few Libertarians in Pennsylvania were intending to vote for him.
“Andy Craig Post author
November 3, 2015 at 9:56 pm
I was just about to comment with that new (edit: OH Issue 3). Not even close.
On the upside, maybe the margin of defeat being so large, will help make clear it lost because of the cronyism/cartel angle, and that it wasn’t part of the broader push being supported by major legalization groups in other states.”
I’d love to see Libertarians in Ohio use this as an opportunity to take the lead and file a Marijuana initiative that is as libertarian as possible, and get it on the ballot for 2016.
In my neck of the woods, Paul Panepinto finished 7th of 7 candidates (3 elected) with 2% of the vote. Mark Tonell finished 4th of 5 candidates (3 elected) with 11% of the vote.
Agreed on all counts with Somin at that link.
“It’s hard to draft a legalization measure so badly flawed that even some libertarian organizations, such as the Ohio Libertarian Party and the Republican Liberty Caucus, oppose it. But the drafters of Issue 3 managed to achieve that dubious distinction. Hopefully, the failure of Issue 3 will pave the way for a “clean” legalization initiative in the near future. But in the meantime, large numbers of Ohioans will continue to be arrested and imprisoned for possessing or distributing marijuana.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2015/11/03/flawed-ohio-marijuana-legalization-initiative-defeated/
I’m not a fan of off-year elections, for the same reasons I’m not a fan of off-cycle local elections. While there are some plausible rationalizations for it, in practice it’s just a way to get lower turnout, and thus make it easier for party machines to run the gamut by turning out their narrow base of predictable straight-ticket voters. I don’t like to see election results manipulated by differences in turnout like that.
Thanks!
Duh, I should have remembered ND does not have initiative votes in odd years. Few states do.
@paulie
He’s talking about an effort for 2016, not something that was on the ballot today.
http://www.ibtimes.com/marijuana-legalization-north-dakota-will-medical-cannabis-appear-2016-ballot-2157047
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/04/winner-party-keeps-on-winning/
In Texas:
>We’re still looking for a catchy name for this strategy.
How about, Wining?
Hopefully a measure without the monopoly provision can pass next year.
Ohio is strongly anti-drug freedom, in both the minority inner cities like Cleveland and the lily-white suburbs like the Akron/Canton area where I own some property.
They love to run articles in the local papers about how the meth scourge is destroying neighborhoods (i.e., property values).
And surprise! surprise!: The drug menace is strong as ever there.
Haven’t looked to verify this… FB comment:
Agreed.
Ben Farmer on FB:
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/11/libertarian-party-of-texas-election-day-recommendations/
There are no good guys in the HERO fight, as I see it. A pox on both their houses.
It hasn’t been called yet, but it’s looking like it will pass. The redistricting amendment also handily passed, but the effect is actually pretty trivial (increasing the minority party membership on the bipartisan redistricting commission from 1 out of 5 to 2 out of 7).
http://cache.ltvcms.com/wjw/elections/elections.html
Houston Equal Rights Ordnance failing in early results:
http://www.chron.com/politics/election/local/article/HERO-results-6608562.php
Opponents ran a scare campaign flaming ridiculous fears with off base caricatures of transgender bathroom issues, most likely accounting for the result. There are solid libertarian reasons to oppose government equal rights mandates, but it’s far more likely that BS about sex predators dressing as women and attacking women in restrooms had a lot more to do with it.
They had another issue on the ballot against monopolies (Issue 2). I haven’t looked to see how that did yet.
I was just about to comment with that new (edit: OH Issue 3). Not even close.
On the upside, maybe the margin of defeat being so large, will help make clear it lost because of the cronyism/cartel angle, and that it wasn’t part of the broader push being supported by major legalization groups in other states. Also, the Republicans ended up putting a good anti-monopoly Issue on the ballot even though they didn’t really have to.
If anyone came in here from a link and has not seen the other thread
https://independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/11/green-party-to-air-election-night-show-on-gp-tv/
AP projecting Republicans holding on to the VA Senate and picking up KY Gov.
CNN is projecting the marijuana initiative in OH failing by 65-35%
Libertarian candidates for House of Delegates in VA (with ~70-80% reporting):
District 20
Dickie Bell (R) 7,883 71.58%
Will Hammer (L) 2,890 26.24%
Write-In 240 2.18%
District 33
Dave LaRock (R) 5,378 59.03%
Chuck Hedges (D) 3,406 37.38%
Mark Anderson (L) 309 3.39%
Write-In 18 0.20%
District 46
Charniele Herring (D) 3,754 66.35%
Sean Lenehan (R) 1,612 28.49%
Andy Bakker (L) 250 4.42%
Write-In 42 0.74%
District 87
John Bell (D) 5,326 52.55%
Chuong Nguyen (R) 4,574 45.13%
Brian Suojanen (L) 208 2.05%
Write-In 27 0.27%
http://www.vpap.org/
Polls closed, returns to starting to come in for Mississippi, where the LP and Reform have nominated two similarly-named candidates for Lt. Governor.
http://www.msnewsnow.com/category/302432/decision-2015-election-results
I agree with Wang Tang Fu that Rand should make up his mind about the libertarian label.
Libertarian National Campaign Committee
1 min ·
Susan Bell has been elected to another term on the bench of the Hagerstown Town Court on the Libertarian ticket. Another win in Wayne County, Indiana.
I can’t find any results for Dublin, IN, but according to this article Walters was one of six candidates running for five at-large seats, and was recently appointed to fill a vacancy on the board.
http://www.pal-item.com/story/news/local/2015/10/30/dublin-picking-5-6-town-council/74768752/
Libertarian National Campaign Committee
Just now ·
Larry Walters has been elected to the Dublin, Indiana Town Council on the Libertarian ticket. Congratulations Larry!
https://www.facebook.com/LNCCpage/posts/904238966296492?ref=notif¬if_t=notify_me_page
@WTF
No, plurality wins.
In Kentucky, Bevin (R) is defeating Conway (D) by a 7.3% margin, with Curtis (I) at 3.9%, with 66% reporting.
http://interactives.courier-journal.com/election/2015-general/#/KY
Does Virginia have a runoff if no one reaches 50% or is it plurality wins?
Preliminary results:
With 46% reporting, State Senate District 10:
Glen Sturtevant (R) 12,457 48.70%
Dan Gecker (D) 12,385 48.41%
Marleen Durfee (I) 554 2.17%
Carl Loser (L) 153 0.60%
Write-In 32 0.13%
http://www.vpap.org/electionresults/state-senate-10/
He should make his mind up whether it’s a badge of honor or an albatross, then.
I do not know if Rand is doing robo calls against that Libertarian Party candidate or not today, but Rand recently said in an interview that the libertarian label is a badge of honor.
LOL!!! That picture for the Loser campaign is hilarious!
Andy Craig,
==I haven’t been able to confirm it or get a copy, but I did get a second-hand report that Rand Paul is making robocalls against Carl Loser today, explicitly talking about how “we’re conservative Republicans, not libertarians” and how “libertarians want to split the vote to give control of the state senate to liberals.”==
I would so love to have corroboration of THAT
I saw something in passing that the Auditor race is the one to watch in KY, as that Democrat is the one who is likely to run for Senate. I may have that wrong, I had it on in the background.
Speaking of Kentucky Governor, anybody in Kentucky who hasn’t voted yet should go do so for Drew Curtis. 😉
“Speaking of Senator Paul, there’s a real possibility of Democrats winning key elections in Kentucky today. If they do, the pressure may increase for Sen. Paul to abandon his floundering presidential campaign and try to save his Senate seat. And speaking of the presidential campaign, the latest poll I saw had him at 2%. If those numbers hold up he will not be in the main debates for much longer if at all.”
538 has a good explanation of why it wouldn’t be that surprising or noteworthy for Conway (D) to win the Governorship, and that the correlation between Governor elections and partisan voting for federal offices, is pretty weak. Kentucky has tended to have Democratic Governors (including the outgoing incumbent) while also voting Republican for Congress and President. You’re right it might increase the pressure on him, but I don’t think it would actually make him any more vulnerable in a relatively-safe seat.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/can-a-democrat-still-win-the-kentucky-governors-race/
“If you can get a recording of that, it would be a great thing to post on youtube and as an article here. Testimonials from people who received the calls would work too, but a recording would be even better.”
Unfortunately the person who got it answered their phone, it wasn’t left as a voicemail, and they’re a friend-of-a-friend so I don’t know if they’d want to testify to it.
But I absolutely agree, if anybody can get their hands on a copy of that call, or at least provide corroboration that they’re being made, let me know. I’d love to post that here as an example of Rand being the GOP’s pet attack dog against Libertarian candidates. Regardless of my general disdain for Rand, I think it’s very noteworthy that the GOP now has a Senator whom they deploy specifically to campaign against Libertarians. This wouldn’t be the first such instance, though it’s the first I’ve heard of for such a lower office.
Speaking of Senator Paul, there’s a real possibility of Democrats winning key elections in Kentucky today. If they do, the pressure may increase for Sen. Paul to abandon his floundering presidential campaign and try to save his Senate seat. And speaking of the presidential campaign, the latest poll I saw had him at 2%. If those numbers hold up he will not be in the main debates for much longer if at all.
If you can get a recording of that, it would be a great thing to post on youtube and as an article here. Testimonials from people who received the calls would work too, but a recording would be even better.
I haven’t been able to confirm it or get a copy, but I did get a second-hand report that Rand Paul is making robocalls against Carl Loser today, explicitly talking about how “we’re conservative Republicans, not libertarians” and how “libertarians want to split the vote to give control of the state senate to liberals.”
Lily Tang Williams posted on facebook:
I dropped off my ballot this morning at Parker Town Hall. This location will take the drop off ballots until 7:00pm.
As a citizen, I take my Constitutional right to vote seriously. Politicians know how to count the votes. They do not care why you did not vote.
I was never allowed to vote for anything in Communist China where I lived for 24 years. Even today, 1.3 billion Chinese citizens cannot really vote on choosing leaders or on public issues.
Voting right is a critical part of human freedom as a citizen of your country. So many people have fought bloody battles and died for this right. I treat my one vote as precious as I can. I always vote based on my principles and values regardless what the others say.
Please VOTE and let your voice to be heard.
I don’t remember the conversation exactly, but I think I remember reading here that Democrats in Virginia are more open to ballot access reform than Republicans. Anyone know more about this? What other results, besides those linked in the post, should we keep an eye on? Interesting initiatives (I know of the ones in Ohio..any others we should keep an eye on)?
There are several Libertarians running for state legislature in Virginia, including one who’s running for the seat that will probably decide control of the State Senate.
I just wish that Libertarians would be smart when in comes to strategy, if we captured just a few seats in a closely divided legislature( think Virginia) we’d be calling the shots! If we marshal our resources towards certain races we could make a difference instead of just making a mess!
Voted for two independents: Paul Panepinto for PA Supreme Court and Mark Tonell for Jefferson County Commissioner. Tonell stands a good chance of winning, there’s a lot of signage for him in the area.