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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>On page 11, the December 2014 issue of LP News lists the
20 candidates who raised the most money for their campaigns in 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Aaron Starr, who ran for a City Council seat in <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Oxnard</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">California</st1:State></st1:place>,
is in 4<sup>th</sup> place on that list.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Forget about US House – on the list there were 3
Gubernatorial Nominees, 4 US Senate Nominees, and one Attorney General Nominee
who raised less money than Mr. Starr.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>And of course there were other Libertarian Nominees for
Governor, US Senate, and other statewide races who did not even make that list.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>What does it say about our political party when a candidate
for City Council can out raise almost all of our nominees who are running for
statewide offices? It’s not like <st1:City w:st="on">Oxnard</st1:City>
is <st1:City w:st="on">New York City</st1:City> – the population of <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Oxnard</st1:City></st1:place> is only 204,000.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>I understand that raising money for statewide races that
are not “vote test” races is very difficult.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'>Perhaps this chart is telling us that our state affiliates
should be steering our star fundraisers into running for offices that they have
a chance of winning. Or, if that is not possible, at least make sure they
are running for vote test races.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Verdana'> Scott Lieberman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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