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WWW.LP.ORG MINIMUM GOVERNMENT • MAXIMUM FREEDOM HastaÊlaÊVista,ÊBaby!Ê ArizonaÊ"Top-Two"ÊInitiativeÊGoes The Party of Principle™ Page 7 TOP2 December 2012 The Official Newspaper of the Libertarian Party Volume 42, Issue IV In This Issue: Record-Setting Libertarian Votes in 2012 Election Gov. Gary Johnson ................1, 8 More Than 15,755,122 Votes Cast for Libertarian Candidates Nationwide Election Results ............1, 3, 4, 5, LPhe 2012 election marks the highest just 12,869,625.News 7, 9, 15, 16 vote total in LP history for the Lib- In addition to the Johnson/Gray tick- Tertarian presidential and vice presi- et, more than 1 million votes were cast for Chair’s Corner ...........................2 dential candidates, signaling that a grow- Libertarians in six additional races: ing bloc of Americans are aligning with the • Mark W. Bennett, Texas Court of Libertarian agenda of less government and Criminal Appeals, won 1,326,526 LNC News ......................2, 14, 15 more freedom. votes. Libertarians Gov. Gary Johnson and • William Bryan Strange, Texas Court Ballot Access ..................4, 5, 7, 9 Judge Jim Gray won a record 1,272,558 of Criminal Appeals, won 1,313,746 votes, surpassing the 32-year record held votes. Ballot Initiatives ........................6 by Ed Clark and David Koch, the LP’s • RS Roberto Koelsch, Texas Supreme 1980 presidential and vice presidential Court, won 1,280,886 votes. Elected Libertarians .........7, 9, 16 nominees, who won 921,128 votes. • Jaime O. Perez, Texas Railroad The Johnson-Gray ticket more than Commissioner, won 1,122,792 votes. Top-Two Initiatives ...............7, 9 doubled the 2008 LP presidential vote to- • David Staples, Georgia Public tal of Bob Barr and Wayne Root, and more Service Commission, District 5, won Gov.
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