July 11, 2026
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David Nalle reports at Blog Critics Magazine:
Chambliss ended up in a runoff largely because of Libertarian candidate Allen Buckley who drew 3.41 percent of the vote, more than enough to push Chambliss from 49.75 percent to well over 50 percent and victory.
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Libertarian Party of Tennessee Resolution (emailed to us by the Treasurer). Georgia also passed a similar resolution, according to Mike Seebeck. Both states are in the LNC region represented by Stewart Flood, who is presenting the charges against Keaton.The…
Mike Seebeck reports:
The following is a Resolution passed by the Libertarian Party of Georgia this evening, with regard to the LNC’s Resolution of Discipline regarding LNC At-Large Representative Angela Keaton:
Resolved, the Libertarian Party of Georgia expresses its deep disappointment with the Libertarian National Committee in its continued activities regarding Angela Keaton and it neglect of its proper Party duties, and expresses a desire that the LNC get back on proper course for the LP by actually working for the growth of the Party and advancing public policy in a libertarian direction, instead of engaging in self-destructive, alienating, embarrassing, and pointless internal squabbles.
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At Crazy for Liberty, Doug Craig writes:
Bob Barr urges us to vote for one of the worst Republicans in the country.
I am no fan of Saxby Chambliss but it looks like Bob Barr is.
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A press release from the Constitution Party of Georgia highlights numerous instances of “lost” write-in votes in several of that state’s counties:
The Constitution Party of Georgia presented documentation today that showed the official 2008 Georgia election results failed to include more than 10% of the votes cast for Constitution Party Presidential candidate Chuck Baldwin.
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Posted at Crazy for Liberty by Doug Craig. Doug is a hard working Libertarian activist from Georgia.
I did not have time to work much on campaigns this year after the Denver convention.
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Allen Buckley, who received 127,974 votes for U.S. Senate in Georgia as the Libertarian nominee, will not make an endorsement in the December runoff, the AP reports.…
From the Covington News
It has been a while since I had a column appear here in The Covington News. I spent the spent the last five months working for Bob Barr, the Libertarian Party’s presidential nominee and former United States Representative.
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The Senate Guru blog at Huffington Post has the following:
Allen Buckley was the Libertarian Party’s nominee for U.S. Senate in Georgia in 2008. On Election Day, Buckley took 3.4% of the vote.
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