Washington, D.C.—April 1, 2013—In the wake of maximum sustained interest in a real political party that cares most about winning elections, the Winner Party blasts off to victory with a salute to Honorary Chairman Dr. Scott Lieberman.
Says the visionary and Executive Detractor of Winner, “With one big bang, the Winner Party has taken the lead in America having the most elected officials of any political party—more than even the Republican and Democratic parties combined!”… Read more ...
LP.org reports “Final 2012 Election Results Now Available.” I used their table of election results to report the number of Libertarian votes and candidates by state in the two tables below. Down further is a third table of Libertarians elected in 2012 compiled from results posted on page 16 of the December 2012 LP News.… Read more ...
The leaders of Libertarian Booster PAC, Wes Benedict and Arthur DiBianca, suggest that Travis County, Texas is the most Libertarian large county in America.
(“Large” defined as 100,000 or more total votes for president in the November 2012 election. That includes roughly 250 counties.)
Based on the 2010 census, Travis County is the 39th-largest county in the U.S.… Read more ...
| County | State | 2010 census | 2012 Gary Johnson percent (preliminary) | County seat or courthouse |
| Bernalillo County | New Mexico | 662,564 | 4.51% | Albuquerque |
| Travis County | Texas | 1,024,266 | 2.72% | Austin |
| Marion County | Indiana | 903,393 | 1.72% | Indianapolis |
| Cobb County | Georgia | 688,078 | 1.62% | Marietta |
| El Paso County | Colorado | 622,263 | 1.42% | Colorado Springs |
| Maricopa County | Arizona | 3,817,117 | 1.39% |
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. Bennett – Court of Criminal Appeals Place 7 – 1,326,526
William Bryan Strange, III – Court of Criminal Appeals Place 8 – 1,313,746
William Strange is the first Libertarian candidate to receive over 1 million votes TWICE (he also did it in 2008).… Read more ...
Arthur DiBianca sent the message below to Travis County, Texas Libertarians on October 23:
I just got back from voting for 18 Libertarian candidates!
This is one of the most fun things I get to do every two years — go down to my Travis County, Texas polling place and vote for tons of Libertarian candidates.… Read more ...
The Libertarian Action Super PAC sent the following press release on October 12, 2012:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Wes Benedict
512-659-8896
wesliberty@aol.com
A Libertarian response to the vice presidential debate
AUSTIN – October 12, 2012 – Paul Ryan and Joe Biden are equally bad on every major policy. It’s no wonder they were too cowardly to let Libertarian vice presidential nominee Jim Gray join the debate last night.… Read more ...
The Libertarian Action Super PAC sent the following email on October 2, 2012:
Dear Libertarian billionaire,
Libertarian Action Super PAC has “shovel-ready” projects to promote Libertarian Gary Johnson for President.
All we need is you!
Thanks to a generous donation of $100,000 earlier this year, most of the overhead for designing and planning these projects is covered.… Read more ...
John Jay Myers speaks to 400 attendees at the Hogg Auditorium at the University of Texas at Austin. The Libertarian Longhorns sponsored the event, which led with Gary Johnson for President. John Jay Myers is the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate, TX, and serves on the Libertarian National Committee.
His speech is divided into ten videos, but set to play all the way through when you click the first link.… Read more ...
The Libertarian Action Super PAC sent the following email on September 26, 2012:
Dear Libertarian,
Please watch this video featuring former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura, asking you to help get Gary Johnson into the debates.
Call the Commission on Presidential Debates today at 202-872-1020. Tell them you want to see Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson in the televised debates!… Read more ...
According to Pew Research, “Very few voters are hearing much about third party candidates in this year’s election. A quarter of voters have heard of Gary Johnson, presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party, but only 5% have heard a lot about him. Fully 74% have not heard of him at all.”… Read more ...
The Libertarian Action Super PAC sent the following email on September 20, 2012:
Dear Libertarian:
Take advantage of this opportunity to get pro-Gary Johnson billboards up. We have some great designs below.
If you make a single donation of at least $2,000, then you can name one of the designs in the “comments” area, and we’ll make sure to put up at least one billboard using that design.… Read more ...