[Lnc-business] Fwd: updated file with Libertarian success over major parties

[Wes Benedict]

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Subject: 	updated file with Libertarian success over major parties
Date: 	Tue, 06 Jan 2015 13:06:50 -0500
From: 	Wes Benedict <wes.benedict at lp.org>
To: 	statechairs at hq.lp.org <statechairs at hq.lp.org>



It's rare for a Libertarian candidate to win an election by beating a 
Democrat or Republican in a straight forward partisan election.

We are not considering the following kinds of elections in the attached:
* Nonpartisan elections
* Multiple-member elections ("vote for 3")
* Elections where Libertarian had fusion with another party
* Elections where multiple candidates appeared with the same party 
label. (For example, in the California gubernatorial recall election in 
2003, multiple candidates appeared as Republicans or Democrats.) The 
exception is Chad Ivery Perry in 2014, who ultimately beat two Democrats.
* Elections where the Libertarian appeared with a non-Libertarian label 
(independent, etc.)

We know of 11 Libertarian winners that have met the criteria in 43 
years. 6 of the 11 were in Indiana. The 2 newest were in Louisiana. If 
you know of others that have met the criteria in the attached 
spreadsheet, please send them to me along with your source of the 
election results.

For those interested in more about the historical election successes, 
see page 4 and 5 of this LP News:
http://www.lp.org/files/lp_news/2011-4_LP_News.pdf

and for state legislative victories, see page 9 of this LP News:
http://www.lp.org/files/lp_news/2011-2_LP_News.pdf

Thanks,

Wes Benedict, Executive Director
Libertarian National Committee, Inc.
*New address: 1444 Duke St., Alexandria, VA 22314*
(202) 333-0008 ext. 232, wes.benedict at lp.org
facebook.com/libertarians @LPNational
Join the Libertarian Party at: http://lp.org/membership


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