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Monday Messages from the LP HQ, and dozens of press Chairman’s Corner releases that earned us many interviews with the media, especially radio talk shows. Want to become a Our vote totals and percentages in individual races were all significantly higher. Yet, not quite high enough in Monthly Pledger? Remembering David Illinois and New York, where we had hoped to gain ballot

status. The LNC provided significant funds in both these by Mark Hinkle states with the hopes of gaining ballot status through 2012 ’m sure every LNC Chair or 2014. would prefer to write a I’m very pleased to report that the LNC took a sig- IChair’s column filled with nificant step towards establishing the LP as “the” third good news. Unfortunately, this party. They have authorized the creation of a building one is going to start with sad fund that seeks to raise the capital necessary to buy our news: the death of our co-founder own building or office condo. Our lease in the infamous David Nolan. Watergate building is due to expire in February, 2012. So, Monthly Pledgers receive When I was elected LNC we have a short window in which to raise the down pay- Chair this past May and started to ment. We estimate about $250-300K should enable us to the insider’s Liberty Pledge preside over the first meeting of proceed. Newsletter, and are vital to the new LNC, I looked around the That’s a significant amount of money, especially room and was thrilled to have such a talented and experi- in a “non-election” year and in a tough economic climate funding our LP Headquarters enced Libertarian National Committee. And the frosting (thank you Bush & Obama). However, the long-term fi- operations. on the cake was that I got to work with the co-founder of nancial benefits are huge. Former LNC Chair Geoff Neale the Party: David Nolan. is heading up a fundraising committee comprised of Dr. Ready to Renew Your Membership? I’ve known David for many years, but this was the Mary Ruwart, Dr. James Lark, former LNC legal council first real opportunity to spend significant time working Bill Hall, and Wayne Root. with David, especially since he was Chair of the Conven- Under FEC rules, building funds come with spe- Send a gift of $25 or more. Write “re- tion Oversight Committee, the committee charged with re- cial restrictions. Funds donated to this project can only be new” on your check or contribution viewing bids from many hotels in many cities. Following spent on the purchase, and related expenses, of a building form. the leadership that Admiral Colley provided on the previ- or office condo. If we don’t raise enough to get the job ous Convention Oversight Committee, David jumped right done, we’ll have to give the money back. No shifting of in and took charge. I was very happy he took the initiative. funds to other projects like we see in government circles. You can renew or sign up for a Elsewhere in LP News is a more extensive review More details will be forthcoming, but the bottom line is monthly pledge: of David Nolan’s contributions to the LP and to the cause this makes very good business sense and it’ll allow more • online at LP.org of freedom. of your donations to go towards advancing the cause of • call 202-333-0008 To me, David Nolan is and was to the LP, what Bill freedom in our lifetimes. • use the enclosed postage-paid enve- Gates is to Microsoft: a co-founder and a guiding light. He Please help us celebrate the Party’s 40th anniver- will be sorely missed and will never be replaced. sary (December 11, 2011) by funding our move into a per- lope, or mail your contribution to: Thank You David Nolan. manent LP Headquarters. As with most elections, 2010 was a mixed bag for Libertarian Party the Libertarian Party. 2600 Virginia Avenue NW, Suite 200 We obtained significant media attention - dur Washington, DC 20037 ing 2010, thanks in part to our 800+ candidates, weekly

Send News, Articles, Libertarian Party News Essays or (ISSN 8755-139X) is the official LP News Photographs: newspaper of the Libertarian Party Libertarian Party® of the United The Purposes of the Libertarian Party: 2600 Virginia Avenue NW, Suite 200 States. Opinions and articles Washington, DC 20037 published in this newspaper do not The Party is organized to implement and give voice to the principles embodied in the State- ment of Principles by: functioning as a libertarian political entity separate and distinct from all Phone: (202) 333-0008 necessarily represent official party E-mail: [email protected] positions unless so indicated. other political parties or movements; moving public policy in a libertarian direction by building a political party that elects Libertarians to public office; chartering affiliate parties throughout the United States and promoting their growth and activities; nominating candidates for Presi- Send Address Changes To: NATIONAL CHAIR: Libertarian Party Mark Hinkle dent and Vice-President of the United States, and supporting Party and affiliate party candi- dates for political office; and, entering into public information activities. 2600 Virginia Avenue NW, Suite 200 2600 Virginia Avenue NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20037 Washington, DC 20037 Phone: (202) 333-0008 E-mail: [email protected] L P N E W S Editor: Email: [email protected] Wes Benedict [email protected] Vol. 41, Issue 1 The Libertarian Party - www.LP.org Page 3 Thanks for making 2010 a fantastic year! Help make the future even better! Dear Libertarian, ceived 12.6 million, and in 2006 we received 12.8 million. • About 650,000 Quiz Across America door hangers were It’s been an honor serving as your Executive Director. distributed.

I am especially thankful to our 15,000 dues-paying members, Why do we keep up this hard work? Because it’s the right thing to 1,200 monthly pledgers, and other loyal donors who help fund our do. party operations and outreach efforts. Freedom and prosperity are not guaranteed. We have to work hard Unlike the Republicans and Democrats, who are swimming in mil- to earn them and keep them. lions and even billions of special interest dollars, we rely on the support of principled, dedicated individuals like you. It is especially troubling that no matter which Republicans or Democrats get elected, they seem to continue growing government. There are so many wonderful things to appreciate about Libertar- Republicans talk smaller government on economic issues, but de- ians, I thought I’d list several: liver the opposite. Democrats talk about civil liberties, then violate them. • I’m thankful to David Nolan for having the vision to found the party in 1971. It’s up to Libertarians to point out those hypocrisies and to stand • I’m thankful for the opportunity to have worked directly up proudly for free markets and civil liberties. with Mr. Nolan this past year: he was an energetic contrib- utor, generous with praise, yet forthright with concerns. I do wonder if—in 20 years—America will be one of the nicest places • I’m thankful for the over 800 people who boldly offered to live, or if it will be another declining civilization fraught with their visions and reputations as candidates for public of- poverty and abuse that your children want to leave. fice this year. • I’m thankful to the family members who supported our The future of America may depend on the Libertarian Party push- candidates—and probably kept them from going overboard ing her towards liberty and away from tyranny. from time to time. • I’m thankful to the many volunteers who helped manage I hope you will stand by the Libertarian Party and help us give campaigns, make websites, file paperwork, design bro- America its best chance for freedom. chures, and distribute yard signs. • I’m thankful for the many Libertarian county chairs and If you can, I hope you will support the efforts of the Libertarian other officers throughout the U.S., who often are the only Party by sending a generous contribution today in the included ones willing to take on their leadership roles. return envelope. • I’m thankful for the many random comments people write on their donation forms or when they donate online. We You can also donate online at LP.org, or call (202) 333-0008 to can’t respond to all of them, but we do notice most of donate by credit card over the phone. them! • I’m even thankful for the meanest, nastiest, bitterest Sincerely, complaints we receive, usually by email: some are unwar- ranted, some are helpful (even if not worded politely), and some are downright hilarious! Please don’t stop! Wes Benedict, Executive Director I want to remind you about some of our accomplishments in 2010: P.S. So many wonderful Libertarians accomplished so much in • 800 candidates—in 2008 we had 593, and in 2006 we had 2010. Please rush your contribution back to me today so we can 596. provide more support to our activists and make 2011 an even bet- • Over 15 million votes for Libertarians—in 2008 we re- ter year! Page 4 The Libertarian Party - www.LP.org January 2011 November 2010 Election Results in states that refuse to report results for Federal Election Results by Arthur DiBianca them.) on the ballot as an independent.) Libertarians received a total of by Arthur DiBianca Seventeen U.S. House candidates hanks to our over 800 candidates more than 15,200,000 votes. got over 5% of the vote, in races with for taking the time and energy to Pamela Brown, running for Lieu- n November 2, there were 20 Lib- both a Republican and a Democrat. We’re T run for office. tenant Governor in California, got ertarians on the ballot for U.S. not aware of any past election in which so We have collected results for 798 574,640 votes. That is the second-high- Senate, and 162 on the ballot for many Libertarians passed that threshold. candidates. (Unfortunately, several of O U.S. House. Several Libertarians also ran Three Libertarians passed 5% in 2008, our candidates had to run as write-ins ...continued on page 5 for Congress as write-in candidates, and one in 2006, and two in 2004. Top ten vote-getters we have obtained results for two of them. Among U.S. Senate candidates, Based on posted official results, Rebecca Sink-Burris of Indiana received Richard B. Sanders WA Supreme Court, Position 6 (nonpartisan) 971,803 Libertarian candidates for U.S. House re- the highest percentage, 5.4%. The late J. Randell Stevens TX Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2 684,005 ceived 1,063,653 votes. According to Bal- David Nolan of Arizona received 4.7%. Dave Howard TX Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5 661,160 lot Access News, Libertarians received They are the first Libertarian U.S. Senate Pamela Brown CA Lt. Governor 574,640 1,078,179 votes for U.S. House in 2008, candidates running against both a Demo- Mary J. Ruwart TX Comptroller of Public Accounts 417,523 and 650,614 votes in 2006. crat and a Republican to get more than 4% Richard Bronstein CA Insurance Commissioner 372,684 Among candidates for U.S. House, of the vote since 2000. Andrew Favor CA Controller 292,440 the highest vote-getter was Christopher According to the most recent FEC Bob Roddis MI Supreme Court (nonpartisan) 262,654 Dwyer of Missouri. He received 46,817 reports, the five Libertarian congres- Timothy Hannan CA Attorney General 246,584 votes (22.3%) running against a Repub- sional candidates with the highest cam- Edward Teyssier CA Treasurer 218,387 lican. paign expenditures were John Ander- Top ten percentages (partisan single-member election, facing at least one op- The highest percentage went to An- son of Ohio ($157,128), Jim Prindle of ponent on the ballot) gelia O’Dell of Oklahoma. She received Texas ($41,906), Alex Snitker of Florida 45,646 votes (23.2%) running against ($37,005), Ed Mishou of Texas ($32,858), Bob Dempsey CO San Miguel County Coroner 42.33% a Republican. (Because of Oklahoma’s and Edward Gonzalez of California Sandra Darby NV Nye County Commission, District 4 41.25% harsh ballot access laws, O’Dell appeared ($32,512). Bob Isgrigg IN Clark County Surveyor 37.87% John Sams NC Chowan County Commissioner, District 3 35.54% Top five percentages for U.S. Senate Rachel A. Kielsky AZ Maricopa County Justice of the Peace 34.95% Rebecca Sink-Burris IN U.S. Senator 5.4% Sean T. O’Toole MO State Representative, District 40 33.42% David F. Nolan AZ U.S. Senator 4.7% Steve Murphy MO Clark County Presiding Commissioner 31.76% Jonathan Dine MO U.S. Senator 3.0% Brad Hyatt IN State Representative, District 56 31.57% Chuck Donovan GA U.S. Senator 2.7% Jon Bell IN Henry County Council 31.02% Michael Labno IL U.S. Senator 2.4% Mike Calpino MD Wicomico County Council, District 2 30.37% Top five percentages for U.S. House (either no Republican or no Democrat) Top ten percentages (partisan single-member election, facing both a Republi- Angelia O’Dell OK U.S. Representative, District 1 23.2% can and a Democrat) Christopher Dwyer MO U.S. Representative, District 9 22.3% Steve Murphy MO Clark County Presiding Commissioner 31.76% David Sparks TX U.S. Representative, District 24 18.4% Rex Bell IN State Representative, District 54 20.79% Bob Townsend TX U.S. Representative, District 7 18.0% Gayle Bond IN Wayne County Council, District 2 18.90% Bill Oliver TX U.S. Representative, District 31 17.5% Thomas Zmyslo Sr. IN St. Joseph County Council, District A 15.49% Tim Mullen PA State Representative, District 120 14.91% Top five percentages for U.S. House, running against both a Republican and a Dan Cox MT State Senator, District 44 11.91% Democrat Daniel Ferris IN Madison County Council, District 1 10.84% Carlos Rodriguez CA U.S. Representative, District 28 8.0% Tom Thacker WV State Senator, District 11 10.66% Edward Gonzalez CA U.S. Representative, District 16 7.9% Wil Losch WI State Assembly, District 34 10.02% Chard Reid IN U.S. Representative, District 5 7.7% Gregory Kelver IN LaPorte County Council, District 1 9.98% Marc Johnston OH U.S. Representative, District 2 6.8% Jeffery J. Blevins OH U.S. Representative, District 16 6.6% Top ten percentages (nonpartisan single-member election, facing at least one opponent on the ballot) *indicates race won Scott Stewart AZ Pima Community College Board, District 4 67.27%* Putting the Libertarian Party in Your Will In our January 2008 LP News, we reported how Mr. Raymond G. Burrington of Knox County, Carol Morris FL Fort Myers Beach Fire District Board, Seat 3 63.78%* Tennessee left around $200,000 to the Libertarian Party in his will. Jim Culberson FL Sebastian Inlet Taxing District, District 5 62.07%* Because of campaign finance laws, the portion of those funds over the 2008 limit of $28,500 Kathy Woolsey SC Charleston County Soil and Water Commission 53.06%* went into an escrow account, to be donated yearly to the Libertarian Party at the maximum level. Richard Sanders WA Supreme Court, Position 6 49.85% The Libertarian National Committee continues to benefit from the Burrington bequest, and has Stuart Coffin FL Duval County Soil & Water Conservation District, Grp. 5 49.68% since received a few other smaller bequests as well. Bob Odden MN Columbia Heights Mayor 42.35% To make a bequest in a will, it is as simple as writing, “I hereby give and bequeath [cash amount, percentage amount of estate, or property you are giving] to the Libertarian National Com- Phillip Laibe FL Duval County Soil & Water Conservation District, Grp. 1 41.03% mittee, Inc. (i.e., the national committee of the Libertarian Party in the United States of Ameri- Mary O’Connor MN Hennepin County Commissioner, District 1 39.31% ca), Washington, DC, for its general purposes.” If you are interested in making a gift to the Libertarian Party during your estate planning, don’t Violet Skinner FL Duval County Soil & Water Conservation District, Grp. 3 36.32% hesitate to call the LP Headquarters for assistance at 202-333-0008. Vol. 41, Issue 1 The Libertarian Party - www.LP.org Page 5 State Legislative Election Results Intern this Spring With the LP the last mid-term election, only Rex work or intern for a number of libertarian by Arthur DiBianca Bell passed that threshold. (Note, by Kyle Hartz and classical liberal organizations, such that only counts single-member dis- as these: e had 321 Libertarian can- tricts where the Libertarian candidate he Libertarian National Commit- didates for state legisla- appeared with the Libertarian label tee is now accepting applications • Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation W tive office in November, up only.) Tfor our spring internship program. • Reason from 279 in 2008 and 272 in 2006. It has been very rare for a Lib- Our program is focused on ex- • Cato Institute Particularly impressive was ertarian to win a state legislative seat. panding communication between the • Institute for Justice Rex Bell of Indiana, who got over The last time was in 2000, when Steve national office, party members, and po- • Institute for Humane Studies 20% of the vote running against both Vaillancourt was elected to the New tential members. Our interns help with • Competitive Enterprise Institute a Republican and a Democrat. He al- Hampshire State House in a three- answering questions about the party plat- • Americans for Tax Reform most beat the Democrat. member district. (Voters could “vote form, participating in grassroots events, • Pelican Institute Five Libertarians got over 10% for three,” with the top three candi- and supporting online activism. Interns • Students for Liberty of the vote, running against one Dem- dates winning. Vaillancourt came in also assist with fundraising, blog writing, • Tax Foundation ocrat and one Republican. In 2006, third out of six candidates.) research, and administrative tasks. • Atlas Research Foundation Applicants should possess strong • American Legislative Exchange Council Top ten percentages for state legislature (either no Republican or no Democrat research and writing skills. Knowledge • Libertarian National Committee in the race) of libertarian philosophy is preferred, but Sean T. O’Toole MO State Representative, District 40 33.42% not required. To apply, please email your resume and Brad Hyatt IN State Representative, District 56 31.57% Our former interns have gone on to cover letter to Kyle Hartz at [email protected]. Scott A. Kohlhaas AK State Representative, District 20 30.10% Jonathan Loya MA State Representative, Middlesex District 8 28.74% Ron Cenkush IN State Representative, District 5 27.97% November 2010 Election Winners Christopher Peters IA State Senator, District 15 25.22% elected to the Sebastian Inlet Taxing Dis- Fred Fogel HI State Representative, District 5 24.39% by Arthur DiBianca trict with over 51,000 votes. Bob Ludlow MO State Senator, District 10 23.65% Most of our elected officials won in Richard W. Shuey TX State Representative, District 43 22.44% ighteen Libertarians were elected or smaller jurisdictions, and some were unop- Don Crossley IN State Senator, District 27 21.72% re-elected to office on November 2. posed. EThey will have the opportunity to Local officials often have a lot of Top ten percentages for state legislature, running against both a Republican put Libertarian principles into action. Two control over local tax rates, budgets, and and a Democrat were in partisan races in Indiana; the others regulations. There have been many in- Rex Bell IN State Representative, District 54 20.79% were in nonpartisan races. stances in which Libertarian elected of- Tim Mullen PA State Representative, District 120 14.91% One of the biggest new winners was ficials have reduced the burden of local Dan Cox MT State Senator, District 44 11.91% Kathy Woolsey in South Carolina, who government on their constituents. Congrat- Tom Thacker WV State Senator, District 11 10.66% won a seat on the Charleston County Soil ulations to our newest elected Libertarians, Wil Losch WI State Assembly, District 34 10.00% and Water Commission with over 39,000 and may they continue this fine tradition! Chad Ricketts OH State Representative, District 91 9.93% votes. We have a complete list of Libertar- Gary Bryant CA State Assembly, District 3 9.04% In Florida, Jim Culberson was re- ian elected officials on our website. Erik Viker PA State Representative, District 85 8.97% Libertarian winners on November 2, 2010 Heather Scott TN State Representative, District 57 8.93% Andrea Garcia AZ State Senator, District 18 8.78% Bob O’Brien AZ Northern Gila County Sanitary District Unopposed Scott Stewart AZ Pima Community College Board, District 4 34,278 votes Rodger Musso CA Black Oak Mine Unified School District Board, Seat 2 Unopposed access for the 2012 presidential election Timothy Healey CA Fair Oaks Water District Board, District 1 Unopposed 2010 Results in 27 states. That is a little higher than Vern Dahl CA Lucia Mar Unified School District Board 12,711 votes ...continued from page 4 what we had coming out of the 2002 or Jack Hickey CA Sequoia Healthcare District Board 24,291 votes 2006 mid-term elections. As always, Robert Dickson CA Timber Cove Fire Protection District Board Unopposed est vote count in history for a Libertar- we’ll strive to get on the ballot in all Carol Morris FL Fort Myers Beach Fire District Board, Seat 3 2,203 votes ian running against both a Republican 50 states and the District of Columbia. Ron Skrutski FL Lee County Soil and Water Conservation District, Grp. 2 Unopposed and a Democrat. (The highest was Ed On a related topic, more voters Tom Clark FL Lee County Soil and Water Conservation District, Grp. 3 Unopposed Clark’s 1980 presidential candidacy. He have registered as Libertarians. Accord- Kim Hawk FL Lee County Soil and Water Conservation District, Grp. 5 Unopposed received about 921,000 votes.) Obvi- ing to Ballot Access News, there were Jim Culberson FL Sebastian Inlet Taxing District, District 5 51,110 votes ously, Libertarian candidates generally 278,446 voters registered as Libertar- Larry Frego FL St. Johns County Soil & Water Conservation District, Grp. 2 Unopposed get higher vote counts and percentages ians in October 2010, up from 240,328 Cheryl Heacox IN Clay Township Advisory Board, Wayne County (partisan) 113 votes when they are not facing both a Repub- in October 2008. (16% increase in two Steve Coffman* IN Liberty Township Advisory Board, Henry County (partisan) 245 votes lican and a Democrat. years.) Jeff Goforth NC Cabarrus County Soil and Water District Supervisor 16,987 votes Eighteen Libertarians were elect- (Note, many of the percentages Robert Rosenthal* NC Durham County Soil and Water District Supervisor 34,390 votes ed or re-elected to office. (More details below are based on preliminary results. Kathy Woolsey SC Charleston County Soil and Water Commission 39,408 votes on this page.) The final official percentages are un- * Effectively unopposed, because the number of seats up for election was equal to the number of candidates on the ballot. We achieved or retained ballot likely to change significantly.) Page 6 The Libertarian Party - www.LP.org January 2011 November 2, 2010 Results for Libertarian Candidates Alaska Gary Tutin State Assembly, District 19 3,674 2.9% Joseph Wendt Hillsborough County Soil and Water 45,503 21.4% Fredrick “David” Haase U.S. Senator 1,084 0.5% Raymond Bell State Assembly, District 21 6,925 4.6% Conservation District 1 William S. “Billy” Toien Governor 2,682 1.0% T. J. Campbell State Assembly, District 22 6,478 5.8% A. J. Brent Hillsborough County Soil and Water 40,201 19.0% Jeffrey D. Brown Lt. Governor (on ticket with Governor) Paul Polson State Assembly, District 33 7,051 4.8% Conservation District 5 Scott A. Kohlhaas State Representative, District 20 918 30.5% Peggy Christensen State Assembly, District 38 9,015 6.1% Jason Ferenczy- Hillsborough County Supervisor, 246 22.0% Robert E. Clift State Representative, District 21 189 2.9% Eytan Kollin State Assembly, District 44 4,613 3.6% Zumpano Fishhawk II CDD, Seat 3 Harley Brown State Representative, District 25 161 3.6% Sean McGary State Assembly, District 47 5,305 4.6% Ron Skrutski Lee County Soil and Water Conservation Unopposed Ethan Musulin State Assembly, District 53 3,446 2.4% District, Grp. 2 Arizona Anthony Tyler State Assembly, District 59 4,335 3.0% Tom Clark Lee County Soil and Water Conservation Unopposed David F. Nolan U.S. Senator 80,097 4.7% Debbie Tharp State Assembly, District 70 6,212 4.0% District, Grp. 3 Barry Hess Governor 38,722 2.2% Paul King State Assembly, District 74 9,453 6.4% Kim Hawk Lee County Soil and Water Conservation Unopposed Thane Eichenauer State Treasurer 66,166 4.0% Christopher Chadwick State Assembly, District 75 5,692 3.7% District, Grp. 5 Rick Fowlkes Corporation Commissioner 95,771 3.2% Dan Baehr State Assembly, District 76 6,679 5.1% Jim Culberson Sebastian Inlet Taxing District, District 5 51,110 62.1% Nicole Patti U.S. Representative, District 1 14,869 6.6% Rich Belitz State Assembly, District 77 6,228 4.7% Larry Frego St. Johns County Soil and Water Unopposed Powell Gammill U.S. Representative, District 2 10,820 4.1% Rodger Musso Black Oak Mine Unified Unopposed Conservation District, Grp. 2 Michael Shoen U.S. Representative, District 3 10,478 5.0% School District Board, Seat 2 Carol Morris Fort Myers Beach Fire District Board, 2,203 63.8% Joe Cobb U.S. Representative, District 4 2,718 3.0% Timothy Healey Fair Oaks Water District Board, Unopposed Seat 3 Nick Coons U.S. Representative, District 5 10,127 4.8% District 1 Darell Tapp U.S. Representative, District 6 7,712 3.1% Norm Westwell Huntington Beach City Council 9,738 4.8% Georgia George Keane U.S. Representative, District 7 4,318 2.7% Vern Dahl Lucia Mar Unified School 12,711 63.1% Chuck Donovan U.S. Senator 68,750 2.7% Steven Stoltz U.S. Representative, District 8 11,174 3.9% District Board John Monds Governor 103,194 4.0% Michael Patti State Senator, District 9 2,920 5.2% Susan Marie Weber Palm Desert City Council 3,082 12.6% Dan Barber Lt. Governor 88,746 3.5% Michael White State Senator, District 12 3,769 5.2% Jack Hickey Sequoia Healthcare District Board 24,291 18.9% David Chastain Secretary of State 106,123 4.2% Garret Chartier-Dickie State Senator, District 17 1,277 3.0% Steve Kubby South Lake Tahoe City Council 1,135 10.4% Don Smart Attorney General 88,583 3.5% Andrea Garcia State Senator, District 18 2,808 9.1% Robert Dickson Timber Cove Fire Protection Unopposed William Costa Commissioner of Labor 93,310 3.7% William Munsil State Senator, District 19 10,935 20.1% District Board Kira Willis State School Superintendent 124,547 4.9% Jack Kretzer State Senator, District 24 1,510 4.2% Colorado Kevin Cherry Commissioner of Agriculture 91,447 3.6% Frank Mulligan State Representative, District 2 5,195 8.9% Maclyn Stringer U.S. Senator 22,589 1.3% Shane Bruce Commissioner of Insurance and 96,549 3.8% Jim Iannuzo State Representative, District 7 4,395 4.0% Jaimes Brown Governor 13,314 0.7% Fire Safety Cristian Dumitrescu State Representative, District 17 1,429 1.9% Ken Wyble Lt. Governor (on ticket with Governor) James Sendelbach Public Service Commission - District 2 94,950 3.8% Damian Trabel State Representative, District 17 1,638 2.1% Jesse B. Wallace Colorado University Regent At Large 91,736 5.5% Taylor Bryant Richmond County School Board, 1,439 32.2% Chris A. H. Will State Representative, District 18 3,452 7.3% Clint Jones U.S. Representative, District 1 2,867 1.4% District 6 Michael Kielsky Maricopa County Attorney 153,887 25.5% Curtis Harris U.S. Representative, District 2 5,056 2.0% Christopher Rike Maricopa County Clerk of the Court 35,125 5.4% Gregory Gilman U.S. Representative, District 3 5,678 2.2% Hawaii Rachel A. Kielsky Maricopa County Justice of the Peace 2,202 34.9% Jerell Klaver U.S. Representative, District 5 5,680 2.4% Jeff Mallan U.S. Senator 2,957 0.8% Tom Murray Maricopa County Constable 2,693 7.5% Rob McNealy U.S. Representative, District 6 9,466 2.9% Pat Brock U.S. Representative, District 2 3,254 1.8% Bob O’Brien Northern Gila County Sanitary Unopposed Buck Bailey U.S. Representative, District 7 10,117 4.8% Fred Fogel State Representative, District 5 1,699 24.4% District Gilbert R. Fuller State Senator, District 7 2,190 3.9% Scott Stewart Pima Community College Board, 34,278 67.3% Doug Randall State Senator, District 11 1,320 4.6% Idaho District 4 Marc Goddard State Representative, District 4 919 5.2% Ted Dunlap Governor 5,867 1.3% Bo Shaffer State Representative, District 12 1,631 6.0% Mike Washburn U.S. Representative, District 1 4,696 1.9% California G. T. “Bud” Martin State Representative, District 27 1,681 5.8% John Charles Smith State Representative, District 11B 2,116 15.8% Gail Lightfoot U.S. Senator 175,242 1.8% Mike Kien State Representative, District 57 1,006 4.3% Randal Williamson State Representative, District 15A 299 2.6% Dale F. Ogden Governor 150,898 1.5% Christine Smith State Representative, District 60 2,005 6.4% Marvin Gardner State Representative, District 15B 2,215 21.3% Pamela Brown Lt. Governor 574,640 5.9% Eva F. Kosinski Boulder County Commissioner, 5,861 5.2% Mikel Hautzinger State Representative, District 17A 499 5.4% Christina Tobin Secretary of State 214,353 2.2% District 3 Timothy Hannan Attorney General 246,584 2.6% Gary Johnson Delta County Commissioner, 2,318 20.4% Illinois Andrew Favor Controller 292,440 3.0% District 1 Michael Labno U.S. Senator 87,247 2.4% Edward Teyssier Treasurer 218,387 2.3% Stephen Saint Mesa County Commissioner, 9,745 20.0% Lex Green Governor 34,681 0.9% Richard Bronstein Insurance Commissioner 372,684 4.0% District 2 Edward Rutledge Lt. Governor (on ticket with Governor) Kennita Watson Board of Equalization, District 1 77,942 3.0% Bob Dempsey San Miguel County Coroner 1,225 42.3% Josh Hanson Secretary of State 115,458 3.1% Willard Michlin Board of Equalization, District 2 112,825 4.7% Julie Fox Comptroller 121,068 3.3% Jerry Dixon Board of Equalization, District 3 117,783 4.9% Connecticut William Malan Attorney General 54,532 1.5% Peter De Baets Board of Equalization, District 4 198,575 11.6% Joshua Katz Comptroller 10,328 1.0% James Pauly Treasurer 68,803 1.9% Mike Rodrigues U.S. Representative, District 1 5,996 2.6% Ken Mosher Secretary of State 8,556 0.8% Doug Marks U.S. Representative, District 14 (write-in) 50 0.0% D. A. “Art” Tuma U.S. Representative, District 3 6,275 2.4% Daniel Reale U.S. Representative, District 2 27 0.0% Steve Funk State Representative, District 18 114 0.4% Joel Smolen U.S. Representative, District 6 5,660 2.2% (write-in) (write-in) Philip Berg U.S. Representative, District 8 4,843 2.3% Marc Guttman State Senator, District 20 688 2.1% Kevin Hendrickson State Representative, District 69 12 0.0% Jim Eyer U.S. Representative, District 9 4,113 1.9% Ty Perry State Representative, District 50 1 0.0% (write-in) Mark Williams U.S. Representative, District 12 4,611 2.3% (write-in) Paul Lazaga U.S. Representative, District 14 6,735 3.1% John Szewczyk State Representative, District 100 4,782 48.6% Indiana Edward Gonzalez U.S. Representative, District 16 12,304 7.9% Rebecca Sink-Burris U.S. Senator 94,330 5.4% Mary Larkin U.S. Representative, District 17 2,742 1.5% Delaware Mike Wherry Secretary of State 100,795 5.9% Darrell Stafford U.S. Representative, District 23 3,326 1.7% Jim Rash U.S. Senator 2,101 0.7% Eric Knipe State Auditor 78,004 4.6% Randall Weissbuch U.S. Representative, District 26 6,696 3.2% Brent Wangen U.S. Representative 1,986 0.6% Jon Morris U.S. Representative, District 1 4,762 2.8% Carlos Rodriguez U.S. Representative, District 28 10,229 8.0% Matthew Flebbe General Assembly, District 6 97 1.2% Mark Vogel U.S. Representative, District 2 9,447 5.0% William Cushing U.S. Representative, District 29 5,218 3.2% Scott Gesty General Assembly, District 7 162 1.8% Scott Wise U.S. Representative, District 3 7,631 4.1% Erich Miller U.S. Representative, District 30 5,021 2.1% James Edward Christina General Assembly, District 12 767 11.2% John Duncan U.S. Representative, District 4 10,423 5.2% Herb Peters U.S. Representative, District 36 10,840 5.6% George Barnett General Assembly, District 15 150 1.6% Chard Reid U.S. Representative, District 5 18,266 7.7% Mark Lambert U.S. Representative, District 42 12,115 5.9% Will McVay General Assembly, District 32 280 6.1% T.J. Thompson U.S. Representative, District 6 6,635 3.5% Mike Binkley U.S. Representative, District 48 8,773 3.6% Jesse McVay Kent County Recorder of Deeds 2,404 5.0% Dav Wilson U.S. Representative, District 7 4,815 3.3% Michael Paster U.S. Representative, District 49 4,290 2.3% Mary Pat McVay Kent County Levy Court, at Large 962 2.0% John Cunningham U.S. Representative, District 8 10,240 5.0% Lars Grossmith U.S. Representative, District 50 5,546 2.2% Timothy Webb Kent County Levy Court, District 2 141 1.8% Greg Knott U.S. Representative, District 9 12,070 5.4% Michael Benoit U.S. Representative, District 52 10,732 4.9% Charles Barman State Senator, District 6 1,423 3.2% Paul-Michael Dekker U.S. Representative, District 53 6,298 3.7% Florida Don Crossley State Senator, District 27 5,690 21.7% Steve Torno State Senator, District 6 11,236 5.0% Alexander Snitker U.S. Senator 24,850 0.5% Benjamin Hale State Senator, District 31 826 2.6% Adrian Galysh State Senator, District 20 6,245 4.5% Franklin Perez State Representative, District 33 2,036 3.6% Ed Gluck State Senator, District 38 1,303 3.9% Bob Weber State Senator, District 26 4,882 2.6% Ilene Davis Brevard County Commissioner, 7,348 22.3% John Schick State Representative, District 3 2,723 18.6% David Ruskin State Senator, District 28 14,879 6.1% District 2 Ron Cenkush State Representative, District 5 3,421 28.0% Michael Metti State Senator, District 36 11,737 3.8% Phillip Laibe Duval County Soil and Water 77,204 41.0% Andrew Wolf State Representative, District 9 2,716 19.8% Kristi Stone State Senator, District 38 15,185 5.4% Conservation District, Grp. 1 Steve Helsel State Representative, District 15 1,016 5.3% Gary Bryant State Assembly, District 3 14,420 9.3% Violet Skinner Duval County Soil and Water 68,878 36.3% Richard Liedtky State Representative, District 17 673 4.1% Kate Moore State Assembly, District 7 5,993 4.4% Conservation District, Grp. 3 Jeff Duensing State Representative, District 19 678 3.8% Janice Bonser State Assembly, District 10 5,286 3.3% Stuart Coffin Duval County Soil and Water 92,068 49.7% Ben Jarvis State Representative, District 21 538 3.1% Lisa Ringer State Assembly, District 16 4,909 4.1% Conservation District, Grp. 5 Thom Cox State Representative, District 22 406 2.6% Vol. 41, Issue 1 The Libertarian Party - www.LP.org Page 7 November 2, 2010 Results for Libertarian Candidates Jim Rainwater State Representative, District 28 2,605 14.3% Jake Porter Secretary of State 33,854 3.1% Adam Goodman U.S. Representative, District 9 2,601 1.0% Greg Noland State Representative, District 36 663 4.2% Rob Petsche U.S. Representative, District 1 4,087 1.9% Claude Beavers U.S. Representative, District 10 3,750 1.6% Rob Jozwiak State Representative, District 37 970 5.2% Gary Sicard U.S. Representative, District 2 4,356 1.9% John J. Tatar U.S. Representative, District 11 5,353 2.2% David Hinkle State Representative, District 40 3,864 17.0% Christopher Peters State Senator, District 15 6,092 25.2% Leonard Schwartz U.S. Representative, District 12 2,342 1.1% Dennis Beatty State Representative, District 44 697 3.9% Dustin Krutsinger State Representative, District 30 2,560 20.4% Heidi Peterson U.S. Representative, District 13 815 0.6% Chuck Hanneman State Representative, District 52 599 4.2% Tyler Pauly State Representative, District 46 350 2.5% Rick Secula U.S. Representative, District 14 1,859 1.2% Rex Bell State Representative, District 54 3,846 20.8% Kerry Lee Morgan U.S. Representative, District 15 1,969 0.9% Sarah Jordan State Representative, District 55 1,142 6.2% Kansas Gregory Creswell State Senator, District 2 808 1.5% Brad Hyatt State Representative, District 56 2,939 31.6% Michael Wm. Dann U.S. Senator 17,922 2.1% Raymond Warner State Senator, District 4 328 0.7% Edward A. Dilts State Representative, District 59 603 3.9% Andrew P. Gray Governor 21,909 2.7% Marlin Brandys State Senator, District 7 1,127 1.1% David Murdoch State Representative, District 60 633 2.9% Stacey Davis Lt. Governor (on ticket with Governor) Loel Gnadt State Senator, District 8 1,093 1.6% Al Cox State Representative, District 65 2,810 16.1% Phillip Lucas Secretary of State 16,946 2.1% Ronald Muszynski State Senator, District 17 2,412 2.8% Elizabeth Sepponen State Representative, District 81 403 3.9% Dennis Hawver Attorney General 24,000 2.9% Todd L. Richardson State Senator, District 22 3,174 3.3% Paul Leslie State Representative, District 85 2,953 14.1% Jack Warner U.S. Representative, District 1 6,537 3.4% Bradley D. Cook State Senator, District 24 3,550 3.5% Joe Hauptmann State Representative, District 87 3,219 13.8% Robert Garrard U.S. Representative, District 2 9,353 4.5% Patrick Clawson State Senator, District 27 2,167 2.8% Kevin Vail State Representative, District 90 2,944 15.7% Jasmin Talbert U.S. Representative, District 3 6,846 2.9% Jamie Lewis State Senator, District 28 3,144 2.9% Matt Amormino State Representative, District 91 689 4.6% Shawn Smith U.S. Representative, District 4 4,624 2.3% Bill Gelineau State Senator, District 29 1,406 1.8% Jason Sipe State Representative, District 92 717 4.0% Larry Monaghan State Representative, District 2 167 2.6% Bruce Campbell State Senator, District 30 2,976 3.1% Kent Raquet State Representative, District 93 2,702 12.9% Michael Kerner State Representative, District 17 339 3.8% Albert Chia Jr. State Senator, District 32 702 0.9% Mike Smythe State Representative, District 94 350 2.6% Jeffrey Caldwell II State Representative, District 19 182 2.5% Joshua Lillie State Senator, District 33 2,429 3.1% John Meuser State Representative, District 99 322 2.3% Robert J. McElwain State Representative, District 21 1,717 20.0% Nicholas Sundquist State Senator, District 34 2,107 2.5% Paul Dijak-Robinson State Representative, District 100 292 4.2% Sean Tabor State Representative, District 54 399 4.7% Allitta Hren State Senator, District 35 2,521 2.8% Duncan Adams Brown County Sheriff 134 2.1% Troy Abbott State Representative, District 56 229 3.5% Jesse Church State Representative, District 13 754 2.8% Bob Isgrigg Clark County Surveyor 9,947 37.9% Gordon Bakken State Representative, District 83 501 6.0% Keith Edwards State Representative, District 24 919 2.8% Amy Hapner Elkhart County Council, District 1 1,588 19.2% Randall Batson State Representative, District 95 185 5.1% James Allison State Representative, District 25 413 1.4% Mike Kole Hamilton County Council, District 2 1,643 6.9% David Thomas State Representative, District 98 108 4.8% James Young State Representative, District 26 938 3.2% Joseph Tucker Hamilton County Council, District 3 2,761 17.1% Thad Bartley State Representative, District 101 312 4.7% John Skosnik State Representative, District 27 951 3.3% Bill Claar Henry County Sheriff 2,511 20.9% Bennie Ferguson State Representative, District 104 413 3.8% James Miller State Representative, District 31 792 3.2% Jon Bell Henry County Council 1,173 31.0% Philip Breitmeyer State Representative, District 106 1,031 15.5% Scott Dudek State Representative, District 32 1,354 4.3% Jerry Titus Howard County Council, District 2 1,443 21.2% Nathan Allen State Representative, District 39 727 2.1% David Tyssen Lake County Council, District 4 742 3.7% Kentucky Terry W. Mulawa State Representative, District 42 857 3.7% Jeanine Kirpec Lake County Council, District 5 530 4.6% Ed Martin U.S. Representative, District 3 2,029 0.8% Thomas Johnson State Representative, District 44 1,355 3.7% Ryan Stewart Lake County Council, District 6 848 5.2% Matthew Linker State Representative, District 32 492 2.7% Ronald Sanderson State Representative, District 47 1,161 3.4% Janice Glueckert Lake County Council, District 7 705 3.0% George Dick State Representative, District 43 1,867 17.7% James H. Lewis II State Representative, District 66 1,218 3.1% Mike Sloan LaPorte County Comissioner, District 1 1,953 6.9% Eric Cranley Boone County Magistrate, District 1 1,838 19.0% Patty Hone State Representative, District 70 548 2.2% Gregory Kelver LaPorte County Council, District 1 722 10.0% William R. Wenzel State Representative, District 72 908 2.6% Daniel Ferris Madison County Council, District 1 1,056 10.8% Louisiana Ronald Heeren State Representative, District 73 1,261 3.2% Christine Nealis Madison County Council, District 3 636 7.2% Randall T. Hayes U.S. Senator 13,957 1.1% R.J. Stevens State Representative, District 74 713 2.0% John Nichols Madison County Council, District 4 676 6.0% Larry DeLeon State Representative, District 75 462 1.7% Joell Palmer Marion County Auditor 11,052 5.3% Maryland Matthew L. Friar State Representative, District 76 389 2.1% Tamyra d’Ippolito Monroe County Council, District 2 447 4.9% Susan Gaztañaga Governor 14,137 0.8% Brian Boyer State Representative, District 77 682 2.7% Victoria Foley Rush County Commissioner 996 22.1% Doug McNeil Lt. Governor (on ticket with Governor) Bill Bradley State Representative, District 80 722 2.9% Joyce Morrell Rush County Council, District 2 265 24.8% Richard Davis U.S. Representative, District 1 10,876 3.8% Robin C. Van Loon State Representative, District 86 909 2.4% Thomas Zmyslo Sr. St. Joseph County Council, District A 1,497 15.5% Lorenzo Gaztañaga U.S. Representative, District 2 5,090 2.4% Bob Willett State Representative, District 87 1,406 4.3% Bill Leider Steuben County Council, District 3 218 9.0% Jerry McKinley U.S. Representative, District 3 5,212 2.2% Charlie Clegg State Representative, District 88 1,091 3.3% Matthew Hisrich Wayne County Commissioner, District 1 4,154 28.4% Gavin Shickle U.S. Representative, District 5 2,578 1.1% Terry Ashcraft State Representative, District 89 1,127 3.5% Gayle Bond Wayne County Council, District 2 951 18.9% Dan Massey U.S. Representative, District 6 6,816 2.8% David Smith State Representative, District 94 811 2.3% Mark Harris Wayne County Council, District 4 928 25.2% Scott Spencer U.S. Representative, District 7 3,814 1.9% Brandon Dickhausen State Representative, District 97 1,392 4.8% Keith Henry Center Township Board, Howard County 2,205 7.2% Mark Grannis U.S. Representative, District 8 2,713 1.3% J. Longtain State Representative, District 98 3,619 14.1% Zachary Capehart Center Township Trustee, Marion County 1,379 5.4% Justin Kinsey House of Delegates, District 5B 817 4.4% Nathaniel Hren State Representative, District 100 725 2.7% Conley Tilson Clay Township Advisory Board, 106 15.5% Brandon Brooks House of Delegates, District 11 2,175 1.8% Thomas Hren State Representative, District 102 540 1.9% Wayne County Arvin Vohra House of Delegates, District 15 1,776 1.7% Emily Salvette Ann Arbor City Council 1,284 20.9% Marvin Heacox Clay Township Advisory Board, 88 12.8% Bryan Walker House of Delegates, District 21 1,057 1.5% Robert Hornbrook Ionia County Commissioner, District 6 443 18.3% Wayne County Shawn Quinn House of Delegates, District 29C 465 3.4% Benjamin Serek Kent County Commissioner, District 4 529 3.7% Cheryl Heacox Clay Township Advisory Board, 113 16.5% Josh Crandall House of Delegates, District 31 1,921 1.8% Bettie Ellens Kent County Commissioner, District 15 111 4.7% Wayne County Ron Owens-Bey House of Delegates, District 45 2,200 3.7% John Hargenrader Livingston County Commissioner, District 1 1,010 14.1% Kyle-Pierre Nfr Coolspring Township Board, 799 7.4% Mike Calpino Wicomico County Council, District 2 2,230 30.4% Rodger Young Livingston County Commissioner, District 5 341 5.9% LaPorte County Erin Stahl Macomb County Executive 8,489 3.2% Jared Wales Decatur Township Trustee, Marion County 334 6.4% Massachusetts Christe Langdeau Macomb County Commissioner, District 1 572 3.6% Lars Noldan Fall Creek Township Trustee, 1,813 15.0% Bob Clark U.S. Representative, District 5 1,991 0.9% Dan Flamand Macomb County Commissioner, District 3 439 2.6% Hamilton County Robert Underwood State Representative, Hampden District 9 1,778 19.5% Scott McAtamney Oakland County Commissioner, District 5 415 2.7% Terrie Cloud Franklin Township Trustee, Marion County 2,267 19.0% Jonathan Loya State Representative, Middlesex District 8 4,805 28.7% Andy LeCureaux Oakland County Commissioner, District 25 945 7.5% Sheila Garriot Kankakee Township Board, LaPorte County 385 12.2% Tom Perl Lake Township Trustee, Allen County 330 18.0% Michigan Minnesota Christopher Bowen Lawrence Township Trustee, Marion County 1,778 5.4% Ken Proctor Governor 22,390 0.7% Mary O’Connor Hennepin County Commissioner, District 1 17,053 39.3% Christopher Ward Lawrence Township Constable, Marion County 1,528 4.7% Erwin J. Haas Lt. Governor (on ticket with Governor) Bob Odden Columbia Heights Mayor 2,492 42.4% Steve Coffman Liberty Township Advisory Board, 245 31.0% Scotty Boman Secretary of State 58,213 1.8% Henry County Daniel W. Grow Attorney General 62,901 2.0% Mississippi Mark Lindborg Michigan Township Board, LaPorte County 1,666 11.6% Bob Roddis Supreme Court 262,654 5.6% Harold M. Taylor U.S. Representative, District 1 447 0.2% Jon Henderson Perry Township Trustee, Marion County 1,979 8.3% Bill Hall State Board of Education 76,184 1.3% Kenneth Hampton U.S. Representative, District 4 1,741 0.9% Erik Morris Pike Township Trustee, Marion County 1,049 5.2% Dick Gach State Board of Education 56,189 1.0% Mike Bishop Pike Township Constable, Marion County 971 4.8% Nicole Michalak Wayne State University Board of Governors 72,428 1.3% Missouri Ken Bisson Pleasant Township Board, Steuben County 800 8.0% Gregory Stempfle Wayne State University Board of Governors 61,285 1.1% Jonathan Dine U.S. Senator 58,663 3.0% Mark Lambert St. John Township Board, Lake County 900 1.9% Michael H. Miller Michigan State University Trustee 72,729 1.3% Charles W. Baum Auditor 70,672 3.7% Barbara Adams Van Buren Township Board, Brown County 122 5.5% Dan Johnson Michigan State University Trustee 79,626 1.4% Julie Stone U.S. Representative, District 1 5,223 2.8% Josh Featherstone Warren Township Trustee, Marion County 1,250 5.5% James Hudler University of Michigan Board of Regents 67,850 1.2% Steve Mosbacher U.S. Representative, District 2 7,677 2.9% Chris Sherman Washington Township Board, Hendricks County 1,856 6.4% Leslie Lazzerin University of Michigan Board of Regents 72,528 1.3% Steven R. Hedrick U.S. Representative, District 3 5,772 2.8% Todd Singer Washington Township Trustee, Hendricks County 1,997 19.7% Keith Shelton U.S. Representative, District 1 2,571 1.1% Jason Braun U.S. Representative, District 4 6,123 2.7% Richard Cunningham Washington Township Trustee, Marion County 2,295 5.4% Joseph Gillotte U.S. Representative, District 2 2,701 1.2% Randy Langkraehr U.S. Representative, District 5 3,077 1.6% Drew Bisson Wayne Township Trustee, Marion County 1,338 5.6% James Rogers U.S. Representative, District 3 2,677 1.2% Kevin Craig U.S. Representative, District 7 13,866 6.2% Clint Foster U.S. Representative, District 4 3,504 1.6% Rick Vandeven U.S. Representative, District 8 3,930 2.0% Iowa Michael J. Moon U.S. Representative, District 5 2,648 1.3% Christopher Dwyer U.S. Representative, District 9 46,817 22.3% John Heiderscheit U.S. Senator 25,290 2.3% Fred Strand U.S. Representative, District 6 3,369 1.7% Kevin Robert Parr State Senator, District 8 13,143 20.6% Eric Cooper Governor 14,257 1.3% Greg Merle U.S. Representative, District 7 3,239 1.4% Bob Ludlow State Senator, District 10 10,355 23.6% Nick Weltha Lt. Governor (on ticket with Governor) Bhagwan Dashairya U.S. Representative, District 8 3,881 1.6% Bill Slantz State Representative, District 15 765 6.0% Page 8 The Libertarian Party - www.LP.org January 2011 November 2, 2010 Results for Libertarian Candidates

Sean T. O’Toole State Representative, District 40 1,184 33.4% Barbara Jean Howe State Representative, District 32 3,787 21.6% Ed Gately State Senator, District 28 11,479 15.7% Kevin L. Kobe State Representative, District 51 281 4.0% Jeff Simon State Representative, District 62 4,240 16.3% Len Young State Senator, District 45 3,104 4.7% Jeffrey Hoorfar State Representative, District 55 568 4.5% Timothy Rohr District Attorney, District 25 4,812 5.7% Michael Robertson State Representative, District 63 1,939 11.2% Martin Hague State Representative, District 91 260 1.6% Brandon A. Black Alamance County Commissioner 2,442 3.1% Vance Mays State Representative, District 64 2,473 15.8% Janine Elizabeth Steck State Representative, District 114 2,178 16.2% Ray Gilbert Brunswick County Commissioner 6,595 19.4% Erik Viker State Representative, District 85 1,549 9.0% Bill Wayne State Representative, District 121 375 4.1% Jeff Goforth Cabarrus County Soil and Water District 16,987 28.2% Thomas Anderson State Representative, District 109 899 5.5% Teddy M. Fleck State Representative, District 140 433 3.4% Supervisor Brian Bergman State Representative, District 119 741 4.5% Bradley W. Stubbs State Representative, District 142 2,201 13.9% John Sams Chowan County Commissioner, District 3 359 35.5% Tim Mullen State Representative, District 120 2,858 14.9% Robert Roland State Representative, District 158 2,231 20.3% Robert Rosenthal Durham County Soil and Water District 34,390 47.7% William Kohler State Representative, District 196 1,305 5.9% Steve Murphy Clark County Presiding Commissioner 876 31.8% Supervisor Mike Muhammad State Representative, District 203 336 1.8% Mark Jones Greene County Presiding Commissoner 3,485 4.0% William Neil Holden Swain County Commissioner 1,015 6.2% Greg Hansen Howell County Presiding Commissioner 2,737 24.7% Stephen Burr Union County Commissioner 4,830 3.6% South Carolina Daniel McCarthy Jefferson County Executive 3,680 5.7% Brandon Derr Union County Commissioner 3,818 2.8% Tim Moultrie Superintendent of Education 35,362 2.7% Scott Stafford Laclede County Prosecuting Attorney 2,002 17.2% Thomas Hohman Union County Commissioner 3,910 2.9% Keith Blandford U.S. Representative, District 1 2,750 1.2% Anthony Morgan Randolph County Recorder of Deeds 1,606 22.3% Eddie McCain U.S. Representative, District 2 4,228 1.6% Theo “Ted” Brown Sr. Saint Louis County Executive 8,108 2.2% North Dakota Rick Mahler U.S. Representative, District 4 3,010 1.4% Keith Hanson U.S. Senator 3,890 1.6% Michael Carmany State Representative, District 8 191 2.0% Montana Joshua Voytek Public Service Commissioner 8,300 3.6% Doug Taylor State Representative, District 9 1,329 17.7% Mike Fellows U.S. Representative 20,691 5.7% Richard Flattum-Riemers Tax Commissioner 7,697 3.3% Daniel Curry State Representative, District 14 895 11.1% Dan Cox State Senator, District 44 1,039 11.9% Steven Edwards State Representative, District 18 1,322 12.5% Ron Vandevender State Representative, District 84 720 18.2% Ohio Jason Macias State Representative, District 20 1,271 11.6% Tobias Z Martin State Representative, District 87 762 17.6% Ken Matesz Governor 92,116 2.4% Laird Minor State Representative, District 27 1,472 12.7% James Morris Pearson State Representative, District 88 156 4.0% Ann Leech Lt. Governor (on ticket with Governor) Stan Smith State Representative, District 48 3,693 19.6% Arlin Bird State Representative, District 90 210 5.1% Marc Feldman Attorney General 107,521 2.8% Victor Kocher State Representative, District 76 1,220 12.0% Henry Kayl Good IV State Representative, District 92 120 2.7% Matthew Cantrell Treasurer 184,477 4.9% Kathy Woolsey Charleston County Soil and Water Commission 39,408 53.1% Wayne Kelly Ravalli County Sheriff 3,150 18.4% Charlie Earl Secretary of State 182,977 4.9% Mike Howard Auditor 182,534 4.9% Tennessee Nebraska Robert Vollmer Court of Appeals, District 5 71,814 19.2% Greg Samples U.S. Representative, District 2 1,185 0.7% Michele Sallach-Grace Auditor of Public Accounts 88,433 20.4% Jim Berns U.S. Representative, District 1 3,076 1.5% Mo Kiah U.S. Representative, District 3 216 0.1% Marc Johnston U.S. Representative, District 2 16,259 6.8% Stephen Collings U.S. Representative, District 5 584 0.3% Nevada Don Kissick U.S. Representative, District 4 7,708 3.8% Daniel Lewis State Representative, District 53 418 3.8% Arthur Lampitt, Jr. Governor 4,672 0.7% Brian Smith U.S. Representative, District 5 11,831 5.7% Heather Scott State Representative, District 57 2,451 8.9% Ed Klapproth U.S. Representative, District 1 2,118 1.3% M.J. “Buck” Elsass U.S. Representative, District 6 4,505 2.2% Joseph P. Silvestri U.S. Representative, District 3 4,026 1.5% John Anderson U.S. Representative, District 7 9,381 4.3% Texas Tom Cornell State Senator, District 1 1,001 5.6% David Harlow U.S. Representative, District 8 5,121 2.4% Kathie Glass Governor 109,057 2.2% Steve Lenores State Assembly, District 10 329 3.3% Jeff Goggins U.S. Representative, District 10 5,874 3.1% Scott Jameson Lieutenant Governor 121,914 2.5% Kristie Turley State Assembly, District 16 587 4.6% Travis Irvine U.S. Representative, District 12 8,710 3.2% Mary J. Ruwart Comptroller of Public Accounts 417,523 10.5% Nathan Santucci State Assembly, District 22 1,688 2.9% John Jelenic U.S. Representative, District 14 8,383 3.6% Jon Roland Attorney General 112,118 2.3% Erin Lale State Assembly, District 29 669 4.2% Bill Kammerer U.S. Representative, District 15 6,116 2.8% Rick Donaldson Commissioner of Agriculture 164,035 3.4% William P. Hols State Assembly, District 34 465 4.5% Jeffery J. Blevins U.S. Representative, District 16 14,585 6.6% James L. Holdar Commissioner of General Land Office 148,271 3.0% Tim Hagan Clark County Commission, District G 1,890 3.6% Bill Yarbrough State Senator, District 3 5,849 4.1% Roger Gary Railroad Commissioner 138,978 2.9% Sean P. Morse Clark County Assessor 8,646 2.0% Jessica Mears State Senator, District 9 2,677 3.3% William Strange, III Justice, Supreme Court, Place 3 138,857 2.9% Kris P. McKinster Clark County Recorder 9,920 2.3% John Fockler State Senator, District 33 5,019 3.8% Tom Oxford Justice, Supreme Court, Place 5 144,306 3.0% Wayne F. Rudolph Clark County Public Administrator 9,823 2.3% David Macko State Representative, District 17 2,812 5.6% Jack Armstrong Justice, Supreme Court, Place 9 195,234 4.0% Sandra Darby Nye County Commission, District 4 1,159 41.2% Michael Johnston State Representative, District 19 2,771 5.0% J. Randell Stevens Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 2 684,005 17.7% David Colborne Washoe County Commission, District 2 1,427 4.4% Lawrence Binsky State Representative, District 20 2,368 5.0% Dave Howard Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 5 661,160 17.1% Mark Noble State Representative, District 22 1,485 3.0% Robert Virasin Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 6 139,299 2.9% New Hampshire Casey Borders State Representative, District 23 2,353 5.0% Charles F. Parkes III U.S. Representative, District 1 14,811 10.3% Ken Blevens U.S. Senator 4,753 1.0% Bryant Callaghan State Representative, District 28 1,092 2.5% David W. Smith U.S. Representative, District 2 16,711 11.4% John Babiarz Governor 10,089 2.2% Ryan Printy State Representative, District 32 901 3.4% Christopher Claytor U.S. Representative, District 3 3,602 2.4% Philip Hodson U.S. Representative, District 1 7,966 3.5% Jillian Mack State Representative, District 33 1,047 3.4% Jim D. Prindle U.S. Representative, District 4 4,729 2.5% Howard Wilson U.S. Representative, District 2 4,796 2.1% David Finley State Representative, District 41 2,308 4.6% Ken Ashby U.S. Representative, District 5 2,958 2.0% Brendan Kelly State Representative, Rockingham District 14 890 6.2% Kurtis Liston State Representative, District 44 697 2.7% Bryon Severns U.S. Representative, District 6 4,700 2.9% Lisa Wilber State Representative, Hillsborough District 7 1,316 2.4% Joseph Pfeiffer State Representative, District 47 1,196 4.4% Bob Townsend U.S. Representative, District 7 31,704 18.0% Steven Couture State Representative, Belknap District 2 114 2.6% Josh Robertson State Representative, District 57 2,304 4.8% Bruce West U.S. Representative, District 8 4,988 2.5% Bob Williams State Representative, District 58 2,042 5.6% Michael W. Hope U.S. Representative, District 9 1,459 1.4% New Jersey Patick Manning State Representative, District 59 2,226 4.8% Jeremiah Perkins U.S. Representative, District 10 5,105 2.3% Russ Conger U.S. Representative, District 3 1,445 0.7% Barry Cox State Representative, District 66 8,333 20.1% James A. Powell U.S. Representative, District 11 4,321 2.8% Joe Siano U.S. Representative, District 4 2,912 1.6% Robert Waters State Representative, District 67 2,287 4.6% Matthew Solodow U.S. Representative, District 12 4,601 3.0% James Gawron U.S. Representative, District 11 4,179 2.3% Judy Kayden State Representative, District 80 1,638 4.0% John T. Burwell, Jr. U.S. Representative, District 13 5,650 4.3% Jacob Dawson State Representative, District 86 1,443 4.4% Aaron I. Cohn U.S. Representative, District 15 2,570 2.7% New Mexico Tim Sanders State Representative, District 87 1,170 3.2% Bill Collins U.S. Representative, District 16 4,319 5.1% Mark Curtis State Representative, District 19 523 7.8% Chad Ricketts State Representative, District 91 4,267 9.9% Richard B. Kelly U.S. Representative, District 17 2,808 1.6% Ryan McGilvray Cuyahoga County Council, District 1 2,258 4.5% Mike Taylor U.S. Representative, District 18 3,118 2.6% New York Michael Blose Franklin County Auditor 14,650 4.0% Richard Peterson U.S. Representative, District 19 4,315 3.2% Randy Credico U.S. Senator 24,869 0.5% John P. 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Governor 35,665 3.5% Jim Stutsman U.S. Representative, District 25 4,431 2.3% Tom Vendittelli U.S. Representative, District 13 929 0.7% Angelia O’Dell U.S. Representative, District 1 45,646 23.2% Mark Boler U.S. Representative, District 26 4,062 2.3% Dave Narby State Assembly, District 61 1,494 7.0% Clark Duffe U.S. Representative, District 5 3,067 1.6% Ed Mishou U.S. Representative, District 27 5,372 5.0% Danny Panzella State Assembly, District 63 1,732 8.6% Stephen Kaat U.S. Representative, District 28 1,889 1.7% Oregon Brad Walters U.S. Representative, District 29 866 1.3% North Carolina Marc Delphine U.S. Senator 16,028 1.1% J.B. Oswalt U.S. Representative, District 30 2,988 2.6% Michael Beitler U.S. Senator 55,687 2.1% Wes Wagner Governor 18,615 1.3% Bill Oliver U.S. Representative, District 31 26,735 17.5% Tom Rose U.S. Representative, District 2 3,505 1.8% Harry Joe Tabor U.S. Representative, District 1 2,492 0.9% John Jay Myers U.S. Representative, District 32 3,178 2.5% Darryl Holloman U.S. Representative, District 3 4,762 2.4% Jeff Lawrence U.S. Representative, District 3 8,380 3.0% Dave Scott State Senator, District 3 19,219 11.1% Thomas Hill U.S. Representative, District 8 5,098 3.0% Martin Soehrman State Representative, District 18 465 2.1% Lee Coughran State Senator, District 7 28,975 13.6% Lon Cecil U.S. Representative, District 12 3,197 2.0% James Foster State Representative, District 34 461 2.4% Ed Kless State Senator, District 8 25,856 16.0% Stephanie E. Watson State Senator, District 16 2,026 3.5% Mark F. Frohman State Senator, District 12 23,878 13.9% Barry Lee Coe State Senator, District 24 2,392 5.0% Pennsylvania Kent Phillips State Senator, District 14 6,871 3.6% Richard Evey State Senator, District 44 1,078 2.4% Vernon Etzel U.S. Representative, District 5 5,710 3.1% Phil Kurtz State Senator, District 17 22,767 16.8% Herb Sobel State Representative, District 3 471 2.1% Betsy Summers State Senator, District 14 3,737 5.6% Mette A. Baker State Senator, District 19 3,263 2.8% Vol. 41, Issue 1 The Libertarian Party - www.LP.org Page 9 Results for Libertarian Candidates Libertarian Party Arthur Thomas IV State Senator, District 25 40,937 17.4% Bob J. Shelton Judge, Tarrant County Probate Court No. 2 40,905 16.1% J. Douglas Froneberger State Representative, District 3 664 1.9% Dean Autrey Terrell County Judge 21 3.6% Jon Fitts State Representative, District 6 4,630 13.1% Jan Patrick Baker Terrell County Commissioner, Precinct 2 18 15.4% Founder David Eric M. (Ric) Brandt State Representative, District 7 2,583 8.7% Mark Tippetts Travis County Judge 11,470 5.0% Samuel Calkin State Representative, District 15 5,544 9.5% Gillian Dreesen Travis County Clerk 36,835 19.9% Travis Hill State Representative, District 17 1,290 3.0% Matthew Finkel Travis County Commissioner, Precinct 2 3,000 4.7% Rhys M. Blavier State Representative, District 18 3,125 10.4% David Dreesen Travis County Commissioner, Precinct 4 5,139 17.1% David Floyd State Representative, District 20 9,481 17.4% Arlo J. Pignotti Travis County District Clerk 37,943 20.9% Nolan Dies Joel Grace State Representative, District 24 4,971 11.3% Adam Sparks Travis County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 3,001 13.8% Joey Roland State Representative, District 26 922 2.0% Jaclyn Finkel Travis County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 3,700 5.1% ...continued from page 1 Derek Grayson State Representative, District 27 5,810 15.4% Matthew Rafacz Travis County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3 3,553 4.8% Jim Foreman State Representative, District 29 5,966 15.3% John Burton Travis County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4 2,782 15.6% tarian Party, said, “I am saddened by the news of David Richard W. Shuey State Representative, District 43 3,477 22.4% Michael Holt Travis County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5 5,443 16.3% Nolan’s death. He not only helped found the Libertarian George E. Emery State Representative, District 46 3,462 15.8% Mike Burris Travis County Treasurer 40,063 21.9% Kris Bailey State Representative, District 47 2,480 4.1% June Forbing Upshur County Clerk 410 4.2% Party, but remained active and helped to guide our party Ben Easton State Representative, District 48 1,517 2.9% Allen Weatherford Upshur County Commissioner, Precinct 2 195 8.6% for the last forty years. We are now the third-largest po- Nathan Kleffman State Representative, District 49 5,245 14.7% Vance Lowry Upshur County Commissioner, Precinct 4 155 6.0% Emily Cowan State Representative, District 50 1,480 3.4% Sherri L. Little Upshur County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 370 18.2% litical party in America, and one of the most persistent Arthur DiBianca State Representative, District 51 699 4.1% and successful third parties in American history, thanks Charles McCoy State Representative, District 52 2,010 4.5% Utah Brian W. Holk State Representative, District 53 4,090 10.1% W. McCullough Governor 11,714 2.0% in large part to David Nolan. We will feel this loss.” Penny Hendrix State Representative, District 55 5,596 18.9% Aric Cramer Lt. Governor (on ticket with Governor) Sharon Harris, President of the Advocates for Neill Snider State Representative, District 56 1,591 3.6% Jared Stratton U.S. Representative, District 1 4,307 2.2% Self-Government, commented, “I am so shocked and Derek Johnson State Representative, District 57 712 2.6% Jake Shannon U.S. Representative, District 3 2,945 1.5% Tom Stewart State Representative, District 58 1,397 3.9% Vincent Marcus State Senator, District 21 669 3.9% saddened by Dave’s death—what a loss for the cause Richard Forsythe, Jr. State Representative, District 61 5,505 13.8% Mark Sweet State Representative, District 23 151 4.0% of liberty!” Kenneth Myers State Representative, District 62 3,656 12.3% Chelsea Travis State Representative, District 35 271 6.2% Diane L. Chisholm State Representative, District 64 6,153 19.2% Ryan Kelly State Representative, District 39 243 4.7% Wes Benedict, Executive Director of the LP, said, Ryan M. Gray State Representative, District 65 5,797 17.4% Sandra Johnson State Representative, District 40 413 5.6% “While I’ve admired David Nolan for years, this year I Fred Jones State Representative, District 71 3,312 11.9% Erin Partridge State Representative, District 44 187 2.4% Robert A. Nowotny State Representative, District 73 8,442 14.5% George Hill State Representative, District 55 450 4.6% finally had the pleasure of working directly with him. Timothy Flood State Representative, District 79 1,964 15.7% Barry Short State Representative, District 72 1,324 16.5% He was an enthusiastic and principled activist doing the James A. Hudspeth State Representative, District 87 830 3.8% J. Robert Latham Davis County Attorney 10,150 15.7% hard work right alongside newer members.” Colin F. Sewards State Representative, District 93 799 3.1% Jonathon Grimes Salt Lake County District Attorney 8,808 4.0% Richard A. Cross State Representative, District 94 2,896 10.0% Dale Peterson Uintah County Commissioner A 812 11.4% Jack Dean, a longtime friend and political associ- Rod Wingo State Representative, District 97 4,448 13.6% Dave Thomas Uintah County Commissioner B 1,313 18.5% ate of Mr. Nolan, said, “David was the conscience of Cecil Anthony Ince State Representative, District 105 739 3.4% Sean Hullinger Utah County Attorney 12,761 13.8% Gene Freeman State Representative, District 106 439 2.0% the Libertarian Party. He was always there to remind us Brandon Parsons State Representative, District 107 678 2.2% Vermont what the party was about.” Jarrett R. Woods State Representative, District 108 778 2.4% Karen Kerin Attorney General 6,171 2.7% Troy Camplin State Representative, District 112 4,470 16.8% Ben Mayer State Representative, Chittenden 3-3 254 7.2% Regarding memorial services, Hinkle said, “Most David W. Bell State Representative, District 115 4,660 16.9% likely a memorial service will be held in January, af- Douglas P. Hanson State Representative, District 124 3,996 20.8% Virginia ter the holidays to allow maximum attendance. In lieu Jeffrey C. Blunt State Representative, District 125 4,543 21.5% James Quigley U.S. Representative, District 3 2,383 1.5% Joe Spencer State Representative, District 130 6,259 11.1% Stuart Bain U.S. Representative, District 6 15,309 9.2% of flowers, they are requesting donations be made in Michael Ryan State Representative, District 132 982 2.1% William Redpath U.S. Representative, District 10 4,607 2.2% David’s name to the Advocates for Self-Government.” Alfred N. Montestruc State Representative, District 133 348 1.3% David Dotson U.S. Representative, District 11 1,382 0.6% Gerald W. LaFleur State Representative, District 136 4,260 11.4% (The mailing address for the Advocates for Self-Gov- Wesley Hamner State Representative, District 138 532 2.0% Washington ernment is 1010 N Tennessee St Suite 215, Cartersville, Clifford Messina State Representative, District 144 339 1.3% Richard Sanders Supreme Court, Position 6 971,803 49.7% Eric M. Holdt State Representative, District 150 903 1.9% GA 30120. Their website is www.theadvocates.org.) Dean Kareem Higley State Board of Education, District 3 6,592 3.0% West Virginia Please check the LP website, LP.org, for any Mark Loewe State Board of Education, District 5 20,030 4.5% Tom Thacker State Senator, District 11 2,843 10.7% available information about a David Nolan memorial, or Jeff McGee State Board of Education, District 9 35,381 11.1% Tad Britch State House of Delegates, District 44 747 1.0% Jessica Dreesen State Board of Education, District 10 18,826 4.1% call our office at 202-333-0008. Amie Parsons State Board of Education, District 12 46,989 18.8% Wisconsin Mr. Nolan had submitted a resolution for consid- John Pekowski State Board of Education, District 15 28,180 11.0% Terry Virgil Lt. Governor 6,790 0.3% Steve Mayer Bexar County Judge 46,269 19.9% Joseph Kexel U.S. Representative, District 1 4,311 1.6% eration at the November 20-21 LNC meeting in New Or- James L. Thompson Bexar County Clerk 10,785 3.6% Leroy Watson State Assembly, District 31 2,378 10.5% leans. Unaware of Mr. Nolan’s death, the LNC adopted Raymundo Aleman Judge, Bexar County Court at Law 5 10,480 3.6% Wil Losch State Assembly, District 34 2,456 10.0% Melissa Martinez-Carrasco Bexar County Justice of the Peace, 5,524 6.3% Ben Olson, III State Assembly, District 50 429 2.3% the resolution, which reads as follows: Precinct 2, Place 2 George Meyers State Assembly, District 61 2,166 17.8% “WHEREAS the Libertarian Party can grow only Clyde Garland Brazos County Judge 4,271 13.5% Anthony DeCubellis State Assembly, District 62 403 2.1% by attracting new members and supporters, and Linda Wilbert Brazos County Justice of the Peace, 319 7.2% Daane Hoffman State Assembly, District 64 1,774 15.5% Precinct 4 Jim Maas State Assembly, District 85 830 4.2% “WHEREAS libertarianism is a unique political Brett Weiss Burnet County Commissioner, Precinct 4 492 15.4% philosophy, distinct from both contemporary liberalism Debra A. Carlson Dallas County Judge 14,370 3.5% Wyoming Ethan Brockman Dallas County Clerk 12,556 3.1% Mike Wheeler Governor 5,362 2.8% and contemporary conservatism, and Tim Miles Dallas County Commissioner, Precinct 4 2,627 2.9% Candice De Laat Secretary of State 8,045 4.4% “WHEREAS we need the support of both former Ed Woo Dallas County Constable, Precinct 2 2,267 3.0% John Love U.S. Representative 9,253 4.9% Vincent Venegoni Denton County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 2,934 13.6% Vernel Gail State Representative, District 24 497 13.3% liberals and former conservatives who have come to re- Clifton Paul Wilson Denton County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 5 1,267 13.0% Rich Brubaker State Representative, District 34 549 16.7% alize that libertarianism and the Libertarian Party offer Brandy Owens Ellis County Judge 3,774 13.6% Nicholas De Laat State Representative, District 52 426 15.1% a better path to achieving a just, humane and prosperous Kellie Robinson Ellis County Clerk 3,898 14.2% Jon Wiltbank State Representative, District 53 242 12.5% Daryl Ray Spence Ellis County Commissioner, Precinct 2 901 16.1% Penny Gail Park County Commissioner 2,377 8.5% society, Shannon Hunter Ellis County District Clerk 3,996 14.7% “The Libertarian National Committee hereby re- Terri Bernard Delgado Ellis County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1 920 14.1% Amy Sierra Ellis County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 858 11.0% affirms that the Libertarian Party welcomes individuals Mary Ann Bryan Harris County Justice of the Peace, 29,856 18.2% from across the political spectrum who now accept the Precinct 5, Place 2 Nathan P. Lusk Lubbock County Judge 3,934 8.1% libertarian principles of self-ownership and non-aggres- David Meine McLennan County Commissioner, Precinct 4 465 2.0% sion.” Clinton L. Chase McLennan County Justice of the Peace, 285 8.3% Mr. Nolan is survived by his wife Elizabeth. Precinct 7 Jimmy Myers Tarrant County District Clerk 15,845 4.7% Page 10 The Libertarian Party - www.LP.org January 2011 Somalia: Failed State, Economic Success? This article draws heavily on his research in “Somalia After State Collapse: Chaos or Improvement?” coauthored with Ryan Ford and Alex Nowrasteh, published in the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, vol. 67, 2008. The article was originally published at TheFreemanOnline.org. Reprinted with permission. new government diminished—and with it and continued to operate under colonial by Benjamin Powell so did the fighting. Somalia’s entire expe- rule. The Somali nation-state tried to re- rience with formal government has been place the Xeer with government legisla- erhaps the title overstates the situ- one of plunder and resource extraction tion and enforcement. However, in rural ation slightly. It is hard to call any by the ruling elite. As long as there was a areas and border regions where the So- Pcountry mired in poverty an eco- prospect for a new government, each clan mali government lacked firm control, peo- nomic success. Yet by most measures had a strong incentive to fight to make ple continued to apply the common law. Somalia’s poverty is diminishing and sure it was on the receiving, rather than When the Somali state collapsed, much of Somalia has improved living standards giving, end of the plundering. Once there the population returned to their traditional Somalia is located east of Ethiopia in Eastern Af- faster than the average sub-Saharan Afri- was no longer the immediate prospect for legal system. rica. It borders the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean. Somalia’s entire experience with formal can country since the early 1990s. In that a new central government the clans began The Xeer outlaws homicide, as- government has been one of plunder and resource sense Somalia is at least a relative success to settle back into their traditional custom- sault, torture, battery, rape, accidental extraction by the ruling elite. story. The most interesting part of Soma- ary and mostly peaceful relationships with wounding, kidnapping, abduction, rob- Since Somali courts are indepen- lia’s success is that it has all been achieved one another. bery, burglary, theft, arson, extortion, dent of one another, they often interpret while the country has lacked any effective Each period of violent chaos in So- fraud, and property damage. The legal customary law differently. Within clans, central government. malia has generally centered around out- system focuses on the restitution of vic- differences of interpretation are usually For many, the “A” word—anar- side attempts to establish a new govern- tims not the punishment of criminals. For quickly resolved, but this process can take chy—conjures up notions of chaos. For ment inside Somalia. The most recent of violations of the law, maximum compen- much longer on the national level. Ulti- others it simply means the absence of a these, which is still going on, is the Ethi- sation to victims is specified in camels mately, through the resolution of disputes single government ruling a geographic opian-backed Transitional Federal Gov- (though payment can be made in equiva- the law is discovered and conflicts in in- area. In this second sense, Somalia has ernment (TFG), which entered Somalia lent monetary value). Typical compensa- terpretation are resolved. Although the been in a state of anarchy since the fall of in 2006. Opposition to the TFG bolstered tion to the family of a murder victim is interpretation of the law stems from clan Siad Barre’s dictatorship in 1991. The re- support for the Islamic Courts Union 100 camels for a man and 50 for a woman; elders, the clans are not de facto govern- sult has been, in general, economic devel- (ICU), which itself became a de facto gov- an animal thief usually must return two ments. opment rather than chaos—although there ernment in some areas of southern Soma- animals for every one he stole. Throughout Somalia individuals certainly have been chaotic periods. The lia, including the former capital, Mogadi- Clan elders chosen on the basis of are free to choose new insurance groups interesting questions are how has develop- shu. In December 2006 Ethiopia invaded their knowledge of the law judge cases. and elders on becoming adults. They are ment been promoted and what has caused and overthrew the ICU and installed the The elders cannot create the law. They allowed either to form a new insurance the chaos. TFG in the former capital. However, there only interpret the community customs. El- group with themselves as head or join Somalia, located on the eastern is little popular support for the TFG. Its ders who make decisions that deviate from an established group, if it accepts them. horn of Africa, gained independence control is weak and there are frequent de- community norms are not consulted in fu- Movement between clans is particularly from Italy and Great Britain in 1960. A centralized attacks against TFG officials ture cases. When a dispute arises between widespread in southern Somalia: Some democracy was initially established but and soldiers and their Ethiopian support- two members of different clans, their clan clans have more adopted members than it was overthrown in a military coup in ers. It remains to be seen whether the TFG elders must reach a compromise. If they native-born members. 1969, when General Barre was installed will gain greater control over the country are unable to do so they appoint an elder The individual clans and insurance as dictator. He ruled until his government or if clan factions and warlords will over- from another clan to settle the dispute. groups are not geographic monopolies. was overthrown in 1991. Since the fall of throw it. After a verdict is reached the crimi- Geographic distribution of clans does not Barre’s government there have been mul- From the U.N. withdrawal in 1995 nal must compensate his victim the ap- match territorial boundaries. As pastoral tiple attempts to establish a new central until Ethiopa’s invasion, Somalia did have propriate amount. If he is unable or un- Somali move throughout their country, government, but Somalia has remained an some violent crime, but nowhere near the willing, his extended family must pay the their legal system moves with them. So in essentially stateless society. level that existed during its civil wars. In compensation. Every Somali is born into any given area multiple clan governance Immediately after the central gov- fact the Somali were able to maintain a an insurance group based on his lineage to systems can exist. ernment collapsed the chaos many would functioning customary legal system that a common great-grandfather. Out of their While local cleric courts became have predicted came about. Rival war- not only provided law and order but also own self-interest these insurance groups the dominant source of law in some re- lords plunged the country into civil war formed the institutional foundation that help enforce the judgment on wrongdoers. gions, and Qur’anic law is traditionally as each attempted to install himself as the enabled them to achieve greater rates of When an individual becomes particularly applied to marriage and inheritance, the new head of state. During this period the economic development than they achieved troublesome a family can publicly declare common law of Xeer and the accompany- famous “Black Hawk Down” incident, while they had a state and greater rates that he is no longer a member, effectively ing elder dispute resolution and insurance preserved in novel and movie, occurred. than many of their African neighbors. making the person an outlaw. Outlaws groups are the main source of law in So- Eighteen U.S. soldiers and more than must find another insurance group willing malia. The Xeer shares a focus on restitu- 1,000 Somali died in a violent conflict Customary Law in Somalia to sponsor them, or they are expelled from tion and the protection of life and property that followed U.S. and U.N. intervention. the larger clan. In cases in which more with English common law and other poly- The foreign forces eventually withdrew in Somali law is based on custom in- formal enforcement of the law is neces- centric systems. The traditional Somali le- 1995. terpreted and enforced by decentralized sary, clan elders can call for all clansmen gal system existed unofficially during the With the withdrawal of U.N. forces clan networks. The Somali customary law, to form a posse to enforce the verdict; the immediate prospect for installing a Xeer, has existed since pre-colonial times clansmen are obligated to answer the call. ...continued on page 5 Vol. 41, Issue 1 The Libertarian Party - www.LP.org Page 11 a mobile phone in Somalia is “generally market transactions to purchase goods cheaper and clearer than a call from any- and services on land, rather than pillage, Lessons From Somalia where else in Africa.” provides some evidence that Somali law ...continued from page 4 from the early 1980s, with Somalia los- We also compared Somalia to a is fairly robust if even these otherwise ing ground in life expectancy, death rate, subset of African countries that have been violent people respect it when conducting reign of Siad Barre and since the collapse and infant mortality as well as DPT and peaceful to make sure that it was not wars their internal affairs. of the state it has emerged to provide some measles immunization. Only telephone in other countries that account for Soma- Somalia’s pirates are criminals, of level of the rule of law on which coordi- landlines showed a slight improvement lia’s relative improvement. We found ba- course, but the nonpirate Somali are not nation in the Somali economy could be during this time. sically the same results. and should not be subject to retribution, based. Life expectancy in Somalia fell by Although the data should be treated including the imposition of an interna- two years from 1985 to 1990, but it has with caution, our findings are consistent tionally “friendly” government, for the Economic Performance increased by five years since becoming with the evidence showing the rural pas- criminal acts of a few. stateless. Only three of the 42 countries toral sector growing and an increasing Instead, Somali pirates should be There is no doubt that Somalia re- improved life expectancy as much since willingness of international businesses to dealt with like any other violent crimi- mains extremely poor today. However, as 1990. open up in Somalia. Unfortunately there nals. Those responsible for crimes should far as living standards can be assessed, While Somalia’s infant mortality is one new international “business” in be punished and stopped from committing they appear to be improving since the col- ranking has continued to slide, its death Somalia that has many observers con- future acts of piracy. This is probably best lapse of Somalia’s national government. rate has improved, jumping from 37th to cerned—piracy. accomplished by armed ships protect- In fact, standards are improving faster in 17th since 1990. While still in the bottom ing shipping lanes, not an internationally Somalia than in most of sub-Saharan Af- 50 percent in cases of tuberculosis, Soma- What About the Pirates? backed invasion or sponsoring of a new rica. lia’s relative rank has improved from 40th Somali government. Any government In other research my coauthors and to 31st since the collapse of the govern- Piracy has been on the rise in So- sponsored in Somalia would likely prey I used the World Development Indicators ment. Although Somalia’s immunization malia over the past year. In fact, if you on the population just as Siad Barre’s to compare Somalia’s performance with rates for measles and DPT are among the have heard about Somalia in the news re- regime did. Such predation would likely 41 other sub-Saharan African countries in lowest in Africa, its problems in this area cently, it is likely because of the piracy. result in many more criminal acts with far both the current period and, when data al- existed before the collapse of the state. Some Somali have organized themselves worse consequences than anything done low, over time. All data from Africa—and During the last five years of government into pirate bands that use small craft to by the pirates. perhaps Somalia in particular—should be rule Somalia’s immunization rankings fell raid large foreign ships passing by the treated with caution. But our findings are from 19th and 21st, respectively, to next country. They often hijack the cargo and Somalia’s Lesson broadly consistent with the improvements to last in both categories. While the coun- crew and demand ransom. Somali pirates other ethnographic and anthropological try has stayed near the bottom of this rank- have attacked more than 100 ships in the Somalia’s lesson should not be evidence has found. ing, the percentage of children immunized last year. As of December they were still overstated—it is no libertarian utopia. I Unfortunately, using a broad cross has improved. holding 17 ships with approximately 300 certainly don’t plan to move there any- section of countries over a 20-year peri- Access to improved water sources crew members for ransom. Estimates in- time soon. But Somalia does demonstrate od for a region with often unreliable (or is a problem in Somalia. It ranks consid- dicate that these pirates were paid nearly that a reasonable level of law and order uncollected) data limits our metrics of erably better in access to improved sani- $30 million in ransom over the last year. can be provided by nonstate customary comparison. We examined 13 measures: tation facilities. Unfortunately, neither of Because of Somalia’s strategic lo- legal systems and that such systems are the death rate, infant mortality, life ex- these measures was available over a long cation at the entry to the Red Sea and Suez capable of providing some basis for eco- pectancy, child malnutrition, telephone enough time period to compare perfor- Canal, the Somali pirates are becoming an nomic development. This is particularly mainlines, mobile phones, Internet users mance before the collapse of the state. increasing international concern. The al- true when the alternative is not a limited per 1,000 population, households with Telecommunications is a major ready well-armed pirates have used some government but instead a particularly bru- television, DPT immunization, measles area of success in Somalia. The one mea- of their profits to invest in more sophis- tal and repressive government such as So- immunization, percent of the population sure for which we have complete data, ticated weaponry, making themselves an malia had and is likely to have again if a with access to sanitation and an improved telephone landlines per 1,000 of popula- even greater threat. government is reestablished. water source, and cases of tuberculosis. tion, shows dramatic relative improve- Although they are a concern, this is Economist George Ayittey often Although Somalia’s 2005 standard ment since Somalia became stateless, not merely a symptom of a “failed state,” refers to many African governments as of living was low by western standards, it moving from 29th to eighth among the as many media reports make it out to be. “vampire states,” which suck the lifeblood compared fairly favorably with other Afri- African countries included in our survey. In one sense, that the piracy is commit- out of their citizens and their economy. can nations. Of our 13 measures, Somalia It ranks high in mobile phones (16th) and ted against passing foreign vessels is a He recently wrote that the “rogue African ranked in the top 50 percent of nations in Internet users (11th), while it ranks 27th in tribute to the internal effectiveness of nation-state should be left to the fate it five and only ranked near the bottom in in- households with televisions. Somali customary law. The pirates are deserves—implosion and state collapse.” fant mortality, immunization rates, and ac- In many African countries state well-armed and obviously not hesitant Many would react with horror to such a cess to improved water sources. Although monopolies and licensing restrictions to use violence. Yet they do not plunder suggestion and say, “If that happened in 2005 the nation placed in the bottom 50 raise prices and slow the spread of tele- Somali ships. What’s more, they interact you’d end up with another Somalia!” The percent of countries on seven measures, it communications. In Somalia it takes just peacefully with other Somali when they lesson we should learn from Somalia is has actually improved performance rela- three days for a landline to be installed; in are on land. Although the total number of that that’s not so bad—at least when com- tive to other countries since the collapse neighboring Kenya waiting lists are many pirates is small, it has been estimated that pared to the often ghastly alternatives. of the Somali state. Somalia ranked in the years long. Once lines are installed, pric- 10,000 to 15,000 people are employed by bottom 50 percent of all seven variables es are relatively low. A $10 monthly fee the pirates indirectly in related industries for which we have 1985-1990 data. In gets a customer unlimited local calls, and such as boat repair, security, and food Benjamin Powell is an assistant professor the last years of the Somali nation-state international calls are only 50 cents per provision. (Other enterprising Somalis of economics at Suffolk University and (1985-1990), its performance relative minute. Web access costs only 50 cents an have set up special restaurants to cater to senior economist with the Beacon Hill In- to other African countries deteriorated hour. According to The Economist, using the hostages.) That pirates use voluntary stitute. Page 12 The Libertarian Party - www.LP.org January 2011 The Libertarian National Committee Welcomes Our Newest Members

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At the about how the LP can win elections. sands of other stupid government waste). time I was in favor of the wars in Iraq and There are many good tips, especially This is the real problem at the fed- Afghanistan, and after reviewing the par- I for local races. Having said that, I am a eral level. If they couldn’t print money t’s with real regret that I read of the recent ty’s platform, I realized that I wasn’t a true realist. The only thing that will break the and/or run deficits, they couldn’t pass passing away of David Nolan. I worked Libertarian after all. presidential, or any national race is gi- enough taxes to run their scams. Iwith David on a couple of media proj- Since then, after an eye-opening stint gantic sums of money. We will not have So please don’t lose the faith, as ects back in the 1990s, the California Liberty in ROTC and extensive reading, my views a giant impact until a billionaire runs and we keep growing, and I am certain, one newspaper which was sold on newsracks on our wars have changed, and I can say in puts forth a minimum of $100 million up day our ship will win. throughout the state, and a radio program in all honesty that I’m a Libertarian through front, ala Ross Perot. And that’s just for Los Angeles. He was always a good guy to and through. starters. It will take $500 million total to Dean Brittain work with: informed, fun and on the point. I still think, however, that the topic really push the envelope. A super high Mount Vernon, Washington David’s biggest legacy, of course, is of interventionist foreign wars, or preemp- profile name might make a significant the Libertarian Party. Regardless of numbers tive, preventative, and offensive military impact, ala John Stossel, but even then it of votes cast for it, or candidates elected, the strategies, should be included on the quiz would require the $500 million. Do You Have LP has had a major impact in bringing lim- somehow. If possible, it would also be good If and when we get such a candi- ited government and pro-free market ideas to to include something about entangling mili- date, it will still not likely elect the presi- Something to Say? the public. tary alliances that have dragged us into un- dent, but it will likely put many LP’ers Let’s see us continue the fight for lib- necessary wars in the past (and have the in statewide offices, and probably a few f you have something to say about an erty. potential to do so again as China and Japan at the national level. That’s when all bets Iarticle you’ve read in LP News, you gear up their dispute over territory when are off. After that, we can run on our re- can submit a letter to the editor at edi- Joseph Miranda we’ve still got a military alliance with Ja- cord. Until then, we should continue to [email protected]. Remember, not all letters Northridge, California pan). be monthly pledgers, and vote LP at ev- received will be printed, and those that Surely foreign policy issues like ery opportunity. are printed may be edited for content, these are crucial enough to merit a place on To vote D or R is a total waste as grammar, and length. Please keep let- the quiz. That having been said, I think the proven by the W Bush era, who outspent ters under 200 words, and include your Revision to the Quiz quiz has been a great success and I’ve man- Clinton. And if you are scared of the name, city and state with your letter. aged to bring several friends to our cause national scene, at least vote LP at ALL because of it. Thanks for all your hard work! statewide and local levels. This is ratio- first became familiar with the Libertar- nal, since at the state and local levels, Submit your letter to the ian party two years ago when I took Lilia Weber they can’t PRINT money and/or run defi- editor to [email protected] Ithe World’s Smallest Political Quiz on Knoxville, Tennessee cits. And even in California, they can’t Libertarian State Leadership Alliance Local elections coming up. Run and win! Meeting: Seattle, February 18-20 you through the process and direct you by Wes Benedict to helpful resources. He will be happy to Seattle Center, which means that you and speak with you to find an appropriate of- by Rachel Hawkridge your family can walk across the grass to hope you will consider running for lo- fice to run for depending on your age, is- the Center, visit Experience Music Project cal office in 2011. The November 2010 sues of importance, and long-term political re you looking for a winter break? and Science Fiction Museum and Hall of I elections were certainly exciting. Lots goals. Bring your family to Seattle when Fame and the Space Needle; then ride the of Libertarians ran for statewide and fed- You can sign up to run for office at you come for LSLA! Monorail to downtown Westlake Center eral offices, most of them knowing they http://www.lp.org/run-for-office, or call us A for shopping. Or, from there, walk a few probably wouldn’t win. Our candidates at 800-ELECT-US and we’ll put you in There are a lot of things for them to do, and a wealth for you, too. Network- blocks to the waterfront and Pike Place also ran to get out our message, to give touch with Bob. ing, candidate training, campaign training, Market. voters a choice for liberty, and to make as When I lived in Texas, I ran for Aus- how to talk about sensitive subjects, excit- More information at State- big a footprint as possible for the LP on the tin City Council three times. Austin is a big ing speakers, MORE! ChairsConference.org. Call the hotel di- political landscape. city, and although I didn’t win, I did get The conference will be at the Best rectly to register for your room at 1-800- In odd-numbered years, federal 35% once, and helped to build brand rec- Western Executive Inn, Seattle. We have 351-9444, and ask for the Libertarian elections aren’t on the ballot. But many ognition for the Libertarian Party as well negotiated a fabulous rate of $79.00/night. event rate. Do register ASAP—time is states have lots of local elections for city as myself. 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Supporters are challenged to make a $39 agement and support local party affiliates shape. contribution and to engage in 39 days of provide is an important factor in garnering Several of our candidates spoke, activity dedicated to promoting the Party good election results. talking about the challenges and victories California and the path to Liberty. To make your do- Now is the time for candidates and they faced on the campaign trail and deal- Convention Location Selection nation, go to, http://lpillinois.org/donate- local affiliates to consider what lessons ing with the media. Brendan Kelly, who 39PayPal.php. they learned from the recent election re- ran for state rep, did increase his vote to- he Libertarian Pary of California For questions, comments, or addi- sults. They need to identify those lessons, tal from 2008 and received a lot of bullet has chosen April 8 to 10, 2011 for tional information, please email news@ record them and make sure they are fol- votes, but wasn’t able to raise as much Ttheir annual convention. The select- lpillinois.org lowed in fashioning future election strate- money, which did hamper the campaign. ed location is Harvey’s Harrah’s Resorts gies. And with luck, next time the LPM John Babiarz, who ran for governor, de- & Casinos, 18 Highway 50, Stateline, NV will get better results. tailed the active media blackout against 89449. For more information, contact Beau the campaign, and how many people heard Cain at 818-782-8400, or visit the web site: Michigan about him from the thousands of signs we www.ca.lp.org. Advice Offered had placed and the radio and TV ads he Nebraska bought. If the 10,000 voters who did not hortly after the November 3 general Election Results make a selection for Governor had voted election, Bill Hall of the Libertarian for him, we’d have major party status now. Illinois Party of Michigan reported the raw he Libertarian Party of Nebras- We went all-in with online mar- S ka, after regaining ballot access keting, generating 1.2 million Facebook 39 Day Challenge election results, with some important foot- notes regarding possible impacts on those Tthrough a statewide petitioning ef- impressions and 80K impressions on NH he Illinois Libertarian Party is results. Go to http://www.mi.lp.org/Lists/ fort, maintained that access through 2012 news sites in the last two weeks of the pleased to introduce five Patriots Announcements/DispForm_Original. after its candidate for Auditor, Michele campaign. George Phillies ran online ads Trunning for office. Please reach out aspx?ID=207&Source=http://www.mi.lp. Sallach-Grace, received 88,000 votes and through his federal PAC, the only outside to these Patriots directly to thank them or org/default.aspx if you haven’t seen that won 34 precincts in the general election. help we got, generating a few million im- to offer campaign support: Edwin Everly, report. The Sallach-Grace for Auditor campaign pressions. Rantoul Township High School Board; Active campaigning makes a differ- quadrupled the percentage of votes needed The new executive committee of Karen Green, Bloomington City Coun- ence. The three highest percentage vote for Libertarians to remain a recognized po- the LPNH will be: Chair, Rich Tomasso; cil Ward 2; Doug Marks, Carpentersville getters for State Representative in 3-way litical party in Nebraska. While the LP of 1st District vice chair, Brendan Kelly; Al- Village Trustee; Don Stover, Greenville races—Brandon Dickhausen 4.8%, Scott Nebraska is much smaller and not as well ternate, Don Converse; 2nd District vice City Council; Karin Vermillion, Mahomet Dudek 4.3% and Bob Willett 4.3%, were funded as its government insider oppo- chair, Howard Wilson; Alternate, John Library Board; Brian T. Wolf, Arlington active campaigners. If the LPM had more nents, the message of smaller government, Babiarz; Treasurer, Rich Khan; Secretary, Heights Village Trustee. of its 83 candidates willing to actively lower taxes, and more freedom seemed to Tom Kershaw; Membership Director, Mike Labno now holds the record as campaign, more of its candidates likely resonate with the electorate. Libertarians Chris Maden; Judicial Committee Chair, the top Libertarian vote-getter in an Illinois would have done better at the polls. can expect to see many more candidates in Ken Blevens. U.S. Senate race. His numbers were nearly Active affiliate parties make a dif- Nebraska in future election cycles thanks Faith Cook is our 2010 Libertar- two percentage points higher than those in ference. In West Michigan, the LPWM to Ms. Sallach-Grace’s achievement. ian of the Year. She helped in many areas the 2008 election. We can only imagine fielded 29 candidates; including many State including testifying at the state house, how much higher Mr. Labno might have Senate candidates in both 2006 and 2010, recruiting candidates, working outreach scored had the Republican and Democrat and had monthly meetings leading up to booths, collecting petitions, fundraising candidates not been neck-and-neck. the election that routinely drew as many New Hampshire and marketing ideas, and working on col- Similarly, gubernatorial candidate as 20 activists. If one looks at just those Looking Ahead lege outreach. Lex Green received more votes than the LPWM State Senate races run in both 2006 Our main goals for 2011 will be bal- previous two Libertarians in statewide and 2010, average percentages rose an in- n Dec 11, we held the LPNH state lot access reform (we are lining up cospon- elections in Illinois, the Presidential elec- credible 42%, from 1.9% (lower than the convention and our winter social, sors for the bill), generating our own me- tions of 2004 and 2008. He would have 2006 statewide average of 2.2%), to 2.7% Owhich was also a birthday celebra- dia (video, podcasts, flyers), growing our gained further support from Illinois voters (higher than the 2010 statewide average of tion for the Libertarian Party. It was a very membership and creating exciting brand- had he been invited to participate in the 2.3%). And four out of five of the high- busy term for us all, dealing with important ing for the Libertarian label. same number of debates and forums that est State Senate vote percentages in 3-way election reform legislation, local elections After convention business, we had his Republican and Democratic opponents races came from West Michigan—Bradley and Liberty Forum in March, through our dinner and celebrated the LP’s 39th birth- enjoyed. Cook 3.5%, Bruce Campbell 3.1%, Josh petitioning season, outreach at fairs and day with cake. Members old and new ex- Both Julie Fox and Josh Hanson Lillie 3.1% and Jamie Lewis 2.9%. The festivals, marching in the Independence changed ideas and stories, and plans were received more than 115,000 votes each, newly revitalized Great Lakes Bay Region Day parades in Amherst, Andover, and started for growing the party and improv- which reminds us that there are many Lib- (formerly Tri-City) Libertarian Party en- Merrimack, and of course the fall cam- ing our brand in 2011. Several of us stayed erty loving individuals to whom we can thusiastically fielded seven candidates. In paign season. The outgoing board thanks at the bar for another hour after the social reach out in the coming months. addition to Brandon Dickhausen’s excel- everyone who pitched in from our candi- talking local politics and the course of the In honor of the 39-year anniversary lent results noted above, Jay Longtain took dates and petitioners, to other volunteers party the last few years. LP STAFF

LP NATIONAL CHAIRman Mark Hinkle

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Wes Benedict

Operations DIrector Robert Kraus

Member Services Susan Dickson

Member Services & Affiliate relations manager Casey Hansen

STAFF ASSISTANT Arthur DiBianca

Special projectS Nick Dunbar

Development & new Media Assistant Kyle Hartz

Candidate & Affiliate Support specialist Bob Johnston

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