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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>I don’t want to single Mr.
Haugh out since his results on this metric are probably no different than that
of most of our other candidates who ran in <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>non-winnable elections that were
not ballot-access-retention races, but…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Perpetua'>
How many new members did Mr. Haugh’s campaign bring in to the LPNC and/or
the National LP?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Perpetua'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:33.0pt'><font size=2 color=black
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>If they even tracked that number,
I bet the combined total is fewer than 20. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>New members basically equals new
donors. If we don’t track and try to improve the number of new members/donors
that our non-winnable campaigns bring in, then we are reduced to bragging about
how many Google results one can come up with for their campaigns.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Google results don’t pay the
bills at LPNCHQ or LPHQ.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Libertarians who win elections are
in a position to directly vote on legislation in their district.
Libertarians who lose elections don’t get to do that.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>Campaign volunteers on Republican
and Democrat campaigns understand that.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>I would love to see this Board and
LPHQ staff teach the above maxim to our members, so that we are all working
towards the same organizational goal, which is to get as many Libertarians
elected to public office as possible so that they can DIRECTLY influence public
policy.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>I don’t have a problem with
running 1000 new candidates (1) in 2016 as long as at least 15% of them win
their elections, and as long as we end up with something close to 40 state
ballot access in Dec. 2016.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><br>
Scott Lieberman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face=Verdana><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>1. In other words, I would
not include incumbents running for re-election in that total.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>“Following up on an
earlier discussion, a similar search for "Aaron Starr" shows 3
results, and none of the results are about the "Aaron Starr" that ran
for the non-partisan race for City Council in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Oxnard</st1:place></st1:City>. They are for other people named
"Aaron Starr." I certainly appreciate the fact that Aaron Starr
ran for non-partisan office. I've done that three times myself, placing second
out of 5 the time I ran the hardest. And I realize it was not Aaron Starr's
goal to build brand awareness for the Libertarian Party.<br>
<br>
"Sean Haugh" still shows 1860 results on news.google.com.<br>
Our top of the ticket partisan candidates did a lot to build Libertarian brand
awareness. <br>
I support the strategy of running for everything from top of the ticket races
to tiny local races, partisan and non-partisan.<br>
I hope Aaron Starr takes what he learned this time, and runs again for the same
office next time.<br>
<br>
The Reform Party and Constitution Party don't run many candidates. If we see
them, or some other third party zooming past us in terms of identifiable
results, then we should take a closer look at what they're doing (not that we'd
necessarily want to copy them in any case--depends on what they're doing). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> Wes Benedict”<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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