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Libertarian Party News October 2008 PAGE 2 Ca n d i d a t e ’s Co r n e r A Financial Iceberg those two firms. the process. Ready to Renew Both Goldman and Mor- Companies now will run Your By Bob Barr gan Stanley won permission to to the Treasury Department be- Membership? become bank holding compa- fore taking tough steps to clean nies, allowing them to accept up their own balance sheets. deposits along with increased After the automakers joined in- Renew through the mail: Send a gift of $25 or more to: regulatory oversight. Last surer AIG and investment bank Libertarian Party ongress passed the $700 month, Bank of America spent Bear Stearns in winning their 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, billion Wall Street bailout, $50 billion to acquire Merrill own federal bailouts, what com- Suite 200 C Washington, DC 20037 supported by both Senators John Lynch, which had unloaded its pany will not expect a handout McCain and Barack Obama. bad mortgage backed securi- from the taxpayer? Who will Please note “Renewal” on the The U.S. stock market promptly ties in the summer, well before bail out Uncle Sam when all of memo line if paying by check. dropped. Over the following Congress stepped in. his bills--well over $100 trillion To renew online: weekend, the financial crisis Even more dramatically, in unfunded liabilities--come Go to our web site at www.LP.org. Click, “Member Center” at the top threatened European banks, and a bidding war has broken out due? right and then click “Renew Your stock prices across Asia and between Citigroup, which had Far from bringing change Membership.” Europe tanked. been tapped by the Federal Re- to Washington, the election of You may also start a monthly pledge So much for the argument serve to save troubled Wachovia either Sen. Obama or McCain online by clicking on “Make a that the bailout was necessary to Donation” bank, and Wells Fargo, which would mean more of the same: on the main page of LP.org then selecting calm the markets. jumped in with an unexpected More political interference in the option to start a monthly pledge. Yet, while politicians $15 billion purchase offer. The the economy; more special Monthly pledgers automatically renew. were putting the taxpayers ever two are now battling in court interests running government Renew over the phone: more at risk, we have seen the over the right to buy a bank economic policy; more taxpayer Call the National Office at possibilities of a market work- (202) 333-0008 between the hours seen as financial road kill only bailouts; more politics as usual. of 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. eastern, out. For instance, Warren Buffet last week. The bailout represents Monday through Friday. invested $8 billion in investment There is much more to be done just the tip of the proverbial If calling after hours, please leave a bank Goldman Sachs and manu- to clean up the economic mess iceberg of fiscal irresponsibil- message and we will return your call facturer General Electric. He flowing from the housing mar- ity in Washington. Indeed, the as soon as possible. imposed tough terms, but he has ket crash, but the ill-considered national debt already exceeds solidified the financial futures of federal bailout is likely to slow * Continued on Page 5

Libertarian Party News Se n d Ne w s , Ar t i c l e s , (ISSN 8755-139X) is the official Essa y s o r monthly newspaper of the LP News Ph o t o g r ap h s : Libertarian Party® of the United Libertarian Party States. Opinions and articles LP NEWS: 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 200 published in this newspaper do not A publication of the Washington, D.C. 20037 necessarily represent official party Libertarian Party Phone: (202) 333-0008 positions unless so indicated. E-mail: [email protected] Produced by: Libertarian Party NATIONAL CHAIR: Headquarters Se n d Ad d r e ss Ch a n g e s To: Libertarian Party Editor EMERITUS: William Redpath 2600 Virginia Avenue, NW, Suite 200 Karl Hess • 1923-1994 2600 Virginia Ave, NW, Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20037 Washington, D.C. 20037 Or call: (202) 333-0008 E-mail: [email protected] The Mission Statement of the Libertarian Party: “To move public policy in a libertarian direction by building a political party that elects Libertarians to public office.” Libertarian Party News October 2008 PAGE 3 Libertarian Politics in the Classroom Ballot Access Update *Continued from Page 1 the ballot in Pennsylvania. Two other New England es Benedict, Executive Director a positive ruling by Scalia would A similar attack is being states where we have to sue our way of the Libertarian Party of Texas, have a profound impact on federal waged against Edward Martin, the onto the ballot are Maine and Con- visitedW Inness Mitchell’s Political Com- Libertarian candidate for U.S. House necticut. Gary Sinawski is our attor- munications teacher at St. Edwards ballot access cases across country. in Kentucky’s 3rd District. There University in Austin, Texas. Republicans are also go- ney in all three New England cases. “When presenting the Libertar- ing all out to knock the Barr/Root our enemies claim that Martin is In Connecticut, at issue is the ian Party to students, I usually start out ticket off the ballot in Pennsylvania. ineligible to run because he was not incredible incompetence of the town by giving everyone the World’s Smallest There, our party followed the well- registered to vote as a Libertarian clerks and the Democratic Secretary Political Quiz and displaying the results established procedure of starting our when he filed, in direct opposition to of State. The state office has lost as of the class on the board. That’s pretty petition before the convention using the relevant laws in that state, which many as 126 petition sheets (with much all it takes to get the conversation local stand-in candidates, who were allow us to nominate anyone regard- room for 30 signatures per page) going. Then it’s just a matter of giving later replaced by Barr and Root. less of registration status. We won between the time we turned them lots of short answers to questions,” said We won the lawsuit chal- that case in state court and now the in to the town clerks and when they Benedict. lenging our substitution procedure in Republicans have appealed to the counted the validated signatures. “I think the smiles in the photo- Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, Kentucky Supreme Court. Their report also contained basic graph at the conclusion of a 75 minute Lawsuits over substitution presentation clearly show Libertarian thanks to our attorneys Sam Stret- math errors concerning the number have also been filed in Massachu- politics can be presented in a way that in- ton and Marc Arrigo. Cumberland of valid signatures obtained. Mean- terests young people,” said Wes Benedict. County GOP Chair and an army of setts and New Hampshire. We won while, the town clerks did a very This was Benedict’s third time in four very well paid Republican lawyers our case in Massachusetts, after the inconsistent and often sloppy job of years presenting to Mr. Mitchell’s class. have appealed to the state Supreme Democratic Secretary of State there verifying the signatures. Of course, showing a YouTube Court, alleging that we committed first said we could substitute Barr/ We turned in almost 13,000 video of Mr. Benedict’s recent testimony fraud by having different candidate Root after completing our petition, signatures in Connecticut, with 7,500 before the Austin City Council using a names on the petition even though then arbitrarily changing their minds valid ones required. We have been $46 pair of underwear to point out the ab- they have absolutely no evidence to once it was time to do so. The judge able to find enough signatures that surdity of a giving a $65 million subsidy support this claim. Briefs have also in that case agreed the state had no should have been easily verified to a luxury mall probably helped increase been filed in this case, and again we justification for their reversal and but were rejected to put us over the the intensity of the students’ smiles. now the Barr/Root ticket is on the Wes Benedict is the Executive Director of the expect a ruling before press time. For required number. All of this evidence Libertarian Party of Texas. now, the Barr/Root ticket remains on ballot in Massachusetts. Thanks to is now submitted to the court and we the firm of Foley-Hoag in Boston, are hopeful of a positive ruling soon. who was recruited and paid for by the Many thanks to Andy Rule with the Massachusetts ACLU, for winning LPCT, who continues to do all the this important legal victory. heavy lifting for a ballot drive we all The New Hampshire case is thought was done two months ago. unique in that there are two Libertar- Although we collected more ian Presidential Candidates on the than enough signatures by the state’s ballot, Barr and George Phillies of deadline in Maine, their Democratic Massachusetts. The LPNH decided in 2007 to start a petition early using Secretary of State arbitrarily decided to Phillies as a stand-in to ensure that enforce a prior deadline to have these we would be on the ballot there and signatures to the town clerks which had to set up this lawsuit. been routinely ignored up until now. We completed a success- Many town clerks in Maine asserted ful petition drive for the Barr/Root to us that they would have no problem ticket and several local and state New validating our signatures in time for us Hampshire Libertarian candidates, to hand them over to the state. How- and that ballot spot is not threatened ever the state blocked them from doing by this case. What is at stake is win- so. ning the right of substitution for our We are fighting to have this New Hampshire party, so they can case heard in time to place Barr/Root nominate candidates in the future in on the ballot. However, we drew a the manner which best suits them Republican Judge, John Woodcock, with the least possible number of pe- who had previously issued a totally titions or petition signatures required. nonsensical negative ruling in a similar The Executive Director of the Libertarian Party of Texas, Wes Benedict, led a class on Libertarian We should have our day in court in case involving independent candidate Politics. The students of Inness Mitchell’s Political Communications class at St. Edwards *Continued on Page 7 University in Austin, TX enjoyed learning the concepts of Libertarian political theory. New Hampshire soon. Libertarian Party News October 2008 PAGE 4 possibly a sign from above, but planning meetings in the near f f i l i a t e e w s n d v e n t s the LP crew eventually noticed future as we chart our course A N A E the Democrats in the front for the next 2 to 5 years. of the parade. Progress hap- We also want to thank pens one step at a time and the those down-ticket candidates Newly-elected State Libertarians of Wayne County that ran for office with the Lib- Chair, Dave Brady, moved to ILLINOIS are continuing along the path to ertarian Party label. For many Illinois with his wife Francine freedom. Ohioans, it was a thrill to have (the LPI’s new webmaster) LPI Make Progressive an additional choice. With the about two years ago from Penn- Changes in the Fight for momentum rolling our way, we Liberty sylvania. Dave is a former Vice Chair from the state. Dave and OHIO expect to expand those choices Francine won an award at last in the next election cycle.

Val Vetter stepped down weekend’s convention for the The LPO Assists in Bob Barr For more information on the as Chair after serving two excellent job they have done Visits Libertarian Party of Ohio, . terms. Dave Brady was elected with the local LP party they please go to www.LPO.org the new LPI State Chair. LPI’s recently formed in McHenry What a month of Octo- treasurer remains Debra Aaron. County. ber it was - Bob Barr visited Crystal Jurzynski, who headed Ohio three times. The LPO TEXAS Illinois’s ballot drive efforts this worked hard to make his stops year, was elected Secretary. in Columbus, Cleveland, and North Texas Libertarians The LPI also elected a INDIANA Cincinnati a success. This also Help Politically Homeless number of other chairs at this helped to inspire the base of weekend’s convention, includ- The First Shall Be Last and Find Their Way members and bring in new ing Campaigns Chair, Jan Sto- The Last First members to the party. As we ver, our former ED and a very The North TX Libertar- Something happened at grow as a party in Ohio, we resourceful and hard-working ians (Collin, Dallas, Denton the Levi Coffin Days Parade need more volunteers. Hats off activist. All new members of and Tarrant Counties) rented a in Wayne County that hasn’t to Barr state coordinator, Mr. Illinois’s Executive Commit- happened before. The Libertar- booth at this year’s Plano Bal- John Stewart, for taking this tee should be listed on the LPI ians were in front of the Repub- loon Festival to get the word lead role in Ohio. website shortly. licans! Many thought it was out about the Libertarian Party Next, we would have and our area Candidates. already held our Central Com- We had an Operation mittee elections (up to 36 Politically Homeless Kit from seats) and the election of of- The Advocates on hand (work- ficers for the Executive Com- ing 2 Nolan Charts at a time), mittee team (7 people). The and did our best to entice folks serious business of getting visiting the festival to come candidates elected will be more over to our booth and take the of our focus in the future. We World’s Smallest Political Quiz must also spend more time (WSPQ). with fundraising and improve Once they found out the communication aspects of where they were on the “new” our organization. All of this political spectrum, we encour- means that there will be addi- aged them to take some litera- tional workload for the Offi- ture about Libertarianism (the cers and Directors of the LPO. Discover Liberty tabloid from There will be more frequent The Advocates), our candidates, Executive Committee meetings and/or to sign up for more in- Wayne County Libertarians Participate at the Levi Coffin Days going forward. In fact, the formation. Parade in Indiana LPO will be having strategic In total 443 individuals Libertarian Party News October 2008 PAGE 5

Af f i l i a t e Ne w s An d Ev e n t s A Financial(Continued) Iceberg * Continued from Page 2 took the WSPQ, and 66 folks Jeffrey Joyner perous and populous allies, signed up to get more informa- Scott Kjar $9.5 trillion, and Congress and attempting to rebuild tion about the Libertarian Party. Tim Lebsack recently raised the debt ceil- failed societies. Then the We had signs, literature, Daniel Rosenfield (& Brother) ing to $10.6 trillion (which U.S. could close bases, bring and promoted our 2008 candi- Yvonne Schick (& Brother) the Bush administration is home troops and put defense dates: Presidential Candidate: John Shuey proposing to increase in the back into the Pentagon’s mis- Bob Barr; Senatorial Candidate: John Spivey bailout to $11.3 trillion). sion all while saving a lot of Yvonne Schick; Congressional Ben Westfried For instance, the 2009 money. Candidate: Christopher J. Clay- Many thanks to everyone federal budget will exceed $3 Social Security and tor (3rd District); Texas House that took valuable time out of trillion. Next year’s deficit Medicare are the govern- of Representatives Candidate their weekend to staff the booth will run a half trillion dollars. ment’s biggest domestic Jeffrey Joyner (District 67) and or just stop by and offer sup- Additionally, this assumes programs; their outlays next Candidate Ben Westfried (Dis- port. You made this a great no more federal bailouts. We year will run $656 billion for trict 66); Texas State Board success! of Education, Place 14 Candi- need a president willing to social security alone--almost date: John Shuey; and our 2010 reconsider every spending as much as the proposed Wall Gubernatorial Candidate: Jeff program and challenge every Street bailout, and $412 bil- “Affiliate News and Events” are reports Daiell. special interest that comes in lion for Medicare. But this from our state affiliates about the activi- A special thanks to those the door. one-year cost of more than a ties and events occurring in their area that came out and helped staff The U.S. already has trillion dollars is but a fore- in the last month. If you are a state the booth and administer the spent about $600 billion on taste of future fiscal disaster. chairman and would like to submit your WPSQ to the festival visitors: the war in Iraq. That’s almost The total unfunded liability news for the next issue, please email Marshall Beerwinkle as much as the Wall Street Libertarian Party Director of Commu- for these two programs--that Jeff Daiell (& Spouse) nications, Andrew Davis, at Andrew. bailout package. But total is, the amount of promised Kevin Fredrickson [email protected]. costs for the war may exceed benefits in excess of expected Brad Herndon (& Fiancée) $2 trillion. There are many revenue--is $100 trillion. reasons to pull our forces out That is trillion with a ‘T,’ or of Iraq, leaving Iraq for the about 140 Wall Street bail- Iraqis. Ending this enormous outs. waste of taxpayer money is The U.S. is heading one of the most important towards financial disaster, reasons. and the recently passed bail- The defense budget out only adds fuel to the fire. next year will be at least Washington has been living $515 billion. Toss in outlays beyond its means for decades for Afghanistan and Iraq, and the bill is finally coming and the total will run nearly due. Politics as usual will no $700 billion. Yet most of this longer suffice. The Ameri- money, the equivalent of the can people want and deserve Wall Street bailout, is going change. to defend other countries- Only a vote for Bob -not America. Washington Barr and the Libertarian Party September 29, 2008: Richmond area Libertarian volunteers led by Jon Walker, staff a should stop protecting pros- will make a difference. booth at the Virginia State Fair. Libertarian Party News October 2008 PAGE 6

The Libertarian Party Plans for Elections ★ FROM THE NATIONAL CHAIRMAN ★ and Future Growth

acting Executive Director, Robert communication between the volunteer to public office, we lose our meaning Kraus, tells me we’ve had 3,393 new coordinator at the national office and and our purpose. The libertarian members since May, compared to our state affiliates. By always having movement relies on the Libertarian 1,417 during the same time four years some task that needs to be done, we Party to see that candidates get ago. This is a 10.6 percent growth, can make our volunteers feel useful elected, and public policy gets By Willliam Redpath whereas in 2004, we grew during this and needed at any time. Keeping this influenced. We’ve already seen the time only 2.2 percent. momentum up will only increase their wonderful impact of Libertarians in Likewise, fundraising has participation in presidential elections. places like Lee County, FL, where a been better than normal. We’ve raised The last thing we must do group of Libertarians took over a Soil nearly $40,000 more than we did in is work together to grow the party and Water Conservation Board and 2004. by getting Libertarians elected and cut wasteful spending. We need to very four years, generally This increase and membership pushing public policy in a Libertarian see this type of thing on a daily basis E from the end of May until and funding will serve the Libertarian direction. We are, after all, a political from Libertarians—as it is something the beginning of November, the Party well in the period between party, and many of the internal that ALL Libertarians can stand Libertarian Party turns full-tilt into presidential elections. disagreements have distracted us behind. “presidential-campaign mode,” when But it’s not just about from this main focus. We don’t need In these next four years, the majority of our efforts are spent membership and fundraising consensus on every issue, nor do we we should aim to have the highest finishing up a grueling ballot access (though these two things are awfully need to agree about every nuance of fundraising, membership and drive and gaining the most exposure important). The amount of votes every argument; however, we do need candidate goals in the history of our from a presidential run. The earned Barr gets in November will help cooperation among all members on party. I predict the Barr/Root ticket media—that is, media we did not us tremendously in retaining ballot finding the best candidates in every will give us an excellent foundation directly pay for—during a presidential access in many states. state, and working to get them elected. on which to build, and it is up to us, year usually means national media In a previous issue of LP By failing to function as a political the Libertarian Party workers, to build exposure for the Party that we News, we told you that achieving even party, which seeks to elected people a mansion of liberty in which we will otherwise do not get. This, of course, 2.5 percent of the vote will save us at transcends into more candidates, more least $250,000 in ballot access costs, members and more money until the and thousands of volunteer hours. cycle repeats itself. Should he break 5 percent, the savings With what appears to be the will be much, much more. Every The Libertarian National Committee is strongest showing the Libertarian Libertarian should be voting for Bob looking to appoint ten people to serve on Party has ever had in a presidential Barr because every vote goes towards race, judging by this earned media helping out the Party in 2012, and the Platform Committee in preparation alone, I think it is safe to say we the support of our candidate is great can expect tremendous results in the support for our party. for the 2010 Libertarian National coming few years. In the next few years, I’d like But what happens November Convention. to see more attention to developing 5? Where do we go from there? What our state affiliates into potent political do we want to see going into 2012? entities. There are already some It never hurts to start planning great examples of strong, active Committee members will be expected to expend an appreciable early, and a quick jump on the gains and influential state parties. The amount of their time in the months leading up to the Convention; we’ve made in the 2008 presidential Libertarian Parties of Texas, Georgia and due to the anticipated amount of work, they will be expected season is the best way to take full and Indiana are but three of many to incur considerable travel costs, at personal expense, for meet- advantage of everything we’ve strong state parties that run many ings prior to the Convention, in addition to attendance at the worked for. Without actually knowing candidates and have a significant Libertarian National Convention in 2010. the election results, it’s hard to say impact in their state’s politics. We what we’re going to be working with must train and guide other state chairs come November 5, but some results who need help with things such as So that members of the Libertarian National Committee can thus far of Bob Barr’s run can already recruitment, lobbying, media and any determine who might best fill seats on the Platform Committee, be seen. of the other important functions our each applicant is requested to draft and submit via e-mail three We’ve had an explosion state affiliates can play. As our state proposed or modified platform planks to [email protected] no later of membership since Barr even affiliates grow in effectiveness, so will than November 16, 2008. announced his intentions to seek the the Libertarian Party as a whole. Libertarian Party’s nomination, and We must also look to strengthen the increases have only continued as our grassroots effort at the state we edge closer to Election Day. Our level. We can do this by increasing Libertarian Party News October 2008 PAGE 7 Students for Liberty: Bringing Ballot Access Update (Continued) Libertarian Ideas to Campus Along with our win earlier in the year in Ohio, our loss in West uring the summer of 2007, five students serving as Koch * Continued from Page 3 Virginia, and our ongoing cases in D Foundation Summer Fellows in Washington, D.C., decided to Laurie Dobson. We’ll probably be build a student-run organization to promote libertarian ideas among North Carolina, Tennessee and Wash- fighting this one well after the election. ington state, that makes at least 14 students. Roughly a year later Students for Liberty (SFL) shows We continue to fight in Okla- states where Libertarians have had to go signs that it will be a major contributor to the growth of the libertarian homa against the toughest ballot access to court just this year because Repub- movement. restrictions in the nation. Jim Linger of licans and Democrats are trying their SFL is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization with the stated Tulsa is representing us there. A con- hardest to keep Libertarians from enjoy- ference was held on October 2nd to try mission of providing a student-driven forum of support for students ing the same access to the ballot they to move the case along. Unfortunately have preserved for themselves. and student organizations dedicated to liberty. Alexander McCobin, a this is probably also a case that will not recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania who is currently a A number of the attorneys who be resolved in time to affect this elec- have helped us are named in this article Koch Associate at the Cato Institute, is a founder of the organization tion. to point out that not all lawyers are bad. and serves as its executive director. The executive board is composed In stark contrast to the strug- One of the blessings of this struggle is almost exclusively of students. Jim Lark, a Libertarian National gles of Libertarians to get on the ballot that there are a good number of excel- Committee member and former LP national chairman, is a member of even when we have followed all the lent attorneys who passionately believe absurd laws trying to keep us off it, in SFL’s Board of Advisors. in electoral freedom and are willing to Texas both the McCain and Obama SFL held its first major event last February: a student conference give us their best efforts for free or at a campaigns failed to meet a deadline discount. at Columbia University in New York City. The conference was an to officially file for the ballot. If that Even with their generosity and outstanding success; it drew over 100 students from throughout the law had been enforced, that would dedication, having to fight so many U.S., as well as several students from other countries. David Boaz leave Bob Barr as the only Presidential battles in court does cost a significant of the Cato Institute gave a keynote address entitled “The Power candidate on the Texas ballot. As you amount of money, time and other re- of Libertarian Thought.” Dr. Lark gave an invited address on the can well imagine, the court summarily sources. If you agree with me that the dismissed our complaint. Obviously, “nuts and bolts” of building campus organizations, and provided Libertarian Party should never give up ballot access restrictions only apply information about the LP and its programs to the attendees. Other against these unjust and corrupt bal- when you are not a Democrat or Repub- lot access restrictions without a fight, speakers included Tom Palmer of the Cato Institute, Nigel Ashford of lican. please go today to https://www.lp.org/ the Institute for Humane Studies (IHS), Professor Randy Barnett, and Professor Alan Kors. The organization plans to develop various tools to help libertarian student activists at both the college and high school levels. A campus organizing guide was recently released and is available on the organization’s website (www.studentsforliberty.org). SFL is working with organizations such as the Cato Institute, IHS, the International Society for Individual Liberty, and the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. The collaboration hopes to facilitate the outreach to students by those organizations and to help students become familiar with each organization’s programs. SFL has scheduled five regional conferences to take place in late October through mid- November. These conferences will allow students to network with each other, learn how to build effective campus organizations, and improve their communication skills. The second national conference is currently being planned for next year; the details will be released soon. “I am delighted by the tremendous progress that Students for Liberty has made since the conference at Columbia,” noted Dr. Lark. “Mr. McCobin and his colleagues are doing a great job. I believe SFL will be a great asset in the battle for liberty, and will be a tremendous resource for the LP in its work to build support among students. I hope students who are LP members will also become involved with SFL.” Libertarian Party News October 2008 PAGE 8

Libertarian Party Candidates ALASKA DELAWARE Mark Fish Sean Cassidy Jill Stone Tyler Nixon Randy Whiting Darrell Goldman State House, District 22 San Francisco Board of Supervisors State Senate, District 29 State House, District 4 Orange County Soil & Water State House, District 44 http://fish4house.net/ 415-379-1488 626-287-0948 Supervisor, Seat 1 Jesse Priester Cheryl Heacox Scott Kohlhaas Andrew Favor Marty Swinney State House, District 23 GEORGIA Wayne County Commissioner, State House, District 20 State Assembly, District 73 State Assembly, District 51 Brandon Givens District 2 http://www.alaskalibertarian.com/ http://www.andyfavor.com/ 310-330-0412 FLORIDA Public Service Commission, District 4 pages/scott_kohlhaas.html AJ Brent http://www.votegivens.com/ Doug Horner Colin Goldman Chris Tallerico Hillsborough County Soil & Water Allen County Council, at large ARIZONA State Senate, District 23 Richmond City Council Board, District 2 Kevin Madsen John Buttrick http://www.colingoldman.com/ 510-557-7908 Loganville City Council Andy Horning Maricopa County Superior Court Ilene Davis 770-554-4137 Governor Judge Flash Gordon Jesse Thomas http://www.horningforgovernor. Brevard County Commission 602-257-8961 Vacaville City Council State Senate, District 39 com/ http://www.ilenedavis.org/ John Monds 707-580-6363 619-318-0928 Public Service Commission, District 1 Scott Gibson Robert Jozwiak Jeff Garbus http://www.mondsforpsc.com/ State House, District 10 Tim Hannan Tom Tryon State House, District 37 Hillsborough County Soil & Water State Assembly, District 6 Calaveras County Supervisor Board, Seat 4 IOWA Dennis Grenier 707-578-0903 Eric Cooper Lisa Kelly State Senate, District 7 Cynthia VanAuken State House, District 46 Lt. Governor 480-488-3450 Mark Hinkle Chico City Council Howard Horowitz Palm Beach County Soil & Water State Assembly, District 27 Campbell DeSouza Steve Keltner Board, Group 4 Ernest Hancock http://markhinkle.defendsliberty. John Webster State House, District 45 State Senate, District 30 Maricopa County Recorder com/ State Senate, District 13 561-514-1714 http://www.votekeltner.com/ http://www.jwebster.com/senate13. Russell Gibson Jeff Hunt David Hodges John Inks htm State House, District 60 Greg Kelver Duval County Soil & Water Board, Maricopa County School Mountain View City Council http://russgibson2008.com/ State Senate, District 8 Superintendant Norm Westwell Group 2 Ocean View School District Board http://www.jeffhunt2008.com/ Ryan Liedtky Maureen Keedy IDAHO James Iannuzo of Trustees Marshall County Council State Assembly, District 59 Marvin Gardner State House, District 7 http://www.reelectfirecracker.com/ Tracy Lundquist 574-952-8409 909-881-5209 State House, District 15A West Volusia County Hospital Rachel Kielsky Authority, Group A, Seat 1 Mark Lindborg Paul King John Zukoski Mikel Hautzinger Maricopa County Assessor http://www.tracylunquist.com/ LaPorte County Council State Assembly, District 74 Dublin City Council State House, District 17A http://s158460704.onlinehome.us/ http://www.electjohnzukoski.com/ Home.html Michael Kielsky John Meuser index.html Rex Kerr Maricopa County Attorney JJ McCurry State House, District 99 COLORADO State House, District 20A John Kling Jim Frye Orange County Soil & Water Jim Mikesell Ty Lundell State Assembly, District 54 State House, District 42 Supervisor, Seat 3 State House, District 19 Jim Olyer Wayne County Council, at large 562-881-1422 http://www.fryefor42.com/ State House, District 18B Mike McIntosh Bil Munsil Wade Mitchell Tom Logan Randy Luallin Palm Beach County Soil & Water INDIANA State House, District 28 Justice of the Peace, San Tan State Assembly, District 44 Boulder County Commissioner, Board, Group 2 District Ed Angleton 805-403-2556 District 3 http://www.mikemcintoshforsheriff. State House, District 100 KP Nfr http://randyluallin.com/ org/ Mark Phelps http://www.edangleton.com/ State House, District 9 Michael Mendez State House, District 27 State Assembly, District 61 Bo Shafer Scott McPherson Rex Bell Greg Noland 520-232-2412 http://gomendez.com/ Boulder County Commissioner, Mayor State House, District 54 State House, District 36 District 2 http://www.mcpherson4mayor.com/ http://www.electrexbell.com/ Mike Renzulli John Murphy http://www.boforcommissioner. Joel Palmer State Senate, District 14 State Assembly, District 75 com/ J Adam Mitchell Jon Bell State Senate, District 37 Collier County Soil & Water Board, State House, District 56 Tom Rogers Steve Myers Ralph Shnelvar Seat 4 Todd Singer Pima County School Superintendant State Senate, District 21 Boulder County Commissioner, Gayle Bond Henry County Commissioner, District 1 323-665-6111 Bruce Reichert Wayne County Commissioner, District 3 Chris A.H. Will http://www.shnelvar.com/ District 3 Collier County Soil & Water Board, Maricopa County Sheriff Tim Stewart Kate O’Brien Seat 1 Jack Woehr Barry Campbell State House, District 41 Rancho Simi Recreation and Parks 239-403-7880 State House, District 25 State Senate, District 36 765-366-8695 CALIFORNIA District Supervisor Dan Baehr http://www.well.com/~jax/2008/ http://www.lowertaxestotheground. Tyson Richmond com/ State Assembly, District 76 Brian Perry Jared Wales Ken Wyble Hillsborough County Soil & Water Decatur Township Advisory Board, 619-584-6220 State Assembly, District 19 State Senate, District 28 Board, District 4 Michele Colson Seat D3 http://www.brianperry.us/ http://www.kenwyble.com/ Henry County Commissioner, Rich Belitz Diane Rozek District 2 KANSAS State Assembly, District 77 Cliff Pickens CONNECTICUT Orange County Soil & Water Gordon Bakken Atwater City Council, at-large www.richbelitz.com Marc Guttman Supervisor, Seat 5 Al Cox State Senate, District 30 209-402-3153 State Senate, District 20 State House, District 60 Janice Bonser http://www.whyliberty.com/ Bradford Schmidt Frederick Campbell State Assembly, District 10 Athanasios Rebelos Jupiter Inlet Commission, District 5 Paul Dijak-Robinson Anderson County Attorney 916-879-2528 Millbrae City Council DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Center Township Advisory Board, Seat D6 415-683-6277 Jabriel Ballentine Jack Tanner Pierre Carpentier Pamela Brown Area Neighborhood Commissioner, Lee County Soil & Water Board, Dickenson County Commissioner, State Assembly, District 40 David Ruprecht District 6A02 Seat 4 Jack Evans District 2 818-700-1853 Sierra Madre City Council 202-701-6262 http://jacktanner.net/ State House, District 83 785-263-2137 Libertarian Party News October 2008 PAGE 9

Libertarian Party Candidates MICHIGAN Dave Chase Scott Alexander Jay Gillotte Nicole Michalak Jeff Steinport Steve Salt Mitchell County Commissioner, State House, District 106 State House, District 87 Wayne State University Board of State Board of Education Adair County Commissioner, District 2 http://www.electscottalexander.com/ http://jaygillotte.lpwm.org/ Trustees District 2 785-738-6622 Pam Steinport Nathan Allen Krista Goodwin James Miller State House, District 86 Julie Stone Yvonne Cunningham Commerce Township Trustee Augusta Township Trustee State House, District 31 State House, District 69 State House, District 26 http://theonlyteam.org/krista_ Bill Wenzel 228-596-3275 James Allison goodwin Kerry Morgan State House, District 72 Mark Darby State House, District 25 University of Michigan Board of http://billwenzel.lpwm.org/ Wes Upchurch State House, District 30 Carol Grant Regents Secretary of State Oakland County Commissioner, http://kerrymorgan.lpwm.org/ Justin Yeary http://www.wesupchurch.com/ Terry Ashcraft Ben Ferguson District 15 Monroe County Sheriff State House, District 88 State House, District 104 Steve Nickelson Lance Weber 620-604-5072 Bill Hall Kent County Treasurer Rodger Young State House, District 39 Thomas Bagwell State Board of Education State House, District 47 http://lanceweber.com/ Charles Harter Ypsilanti Township Parks http://billhall.lpwm.org/ Larry Orcutt http://rodgeryoung.lpwm.org/ McPherson County Commissioner, Commission State House, District 73 MONTANA District 3 Justin Headworth James Young Donald Eisenmenger 620-489-9407 Tim Beck Richland Township Treasurer Mike Orcutt State House, District 26 Superintendent of Public Instruction State House, District 3 616-262-7944 State House, District 77 Rob Hodgkinson Joseph Zemans Stan Jones State Senate, District 37 John Bonnell Bruce Hoepner Charles Page State House, District 32 Governor http://www.vote-hodgkinson.org/ Macomb County Commissioner, Oakland County Commissioner, Canton Township Trustee http://users.aol.com/zemensformich/ District 21 District 18 home.htm Paul O’Leary Josiah Johnson Bill Parker State House, District 25 State House, District 92 John Boyle Thomas Hren Cass County Sheriff Lauren Zemans State House, District 52 State House, District 102 Macomb County Commissioner, Ronald Vandevender Michael Kerner http://tomhren.lpwm.org/ Jerry Plas District 25 State House, District 84 State House, District 17 David Brown State House, District 39 406-799-5267 Nathaniel Hren MINNESOTA Michigan State University Board Robert McElwain State House, District 100 Eric Plourde Mary O’Connor NORTH CAROLINA of Trustees State House, District 21 Mayor Brooklyn Center City Council Brian Berger James Hudler http://www.epforaa.com/ New Hanover County Larry Monaghan Michael Brylewski Sylvan Township Trustee Bob Odden Commissioner State Senate, District 2 Macomb County Commissioner, David Raaflaub Mayor http://www.electberger.com/ 620-638-4111 District 6 Lawrence Johnson State House, District 54 Ypsilanti Township Parks MISSOURI Jeff Cannon Jason Peck Tom Clark Commission Todd Richardson State House, District 93 State House, District 24 Wayne County Commissioner, State House, District 66 John Alsup http://www.boston-tea-party.info/ District 1 Thomas Jones http://toddrichardson.lpwm.org/ State House, District 18 Keith Cavelli State House, District 8 636-916-1729 State House, District 108 James Pruden Greg Dean Robert Roddis http://keithcalvelli.com/ State House, District 86 State House, District 105 Dan Keizer Supreme Court Justice Ted Brown http://gregdean.lpwm.org/ Wayne State University Board of St. Louis County Council, District 4 Paul Elledge Shirley Roy Trustees Joseph Rosenquist Guilford County Commissioner State House, District 2 Vince Dragonetti Michigan State University Board Larry Busby http://elledge2008.com/ State House, District 67 James Kimmelman of Trustees State House, District 154 Shawn Smith http://vincedragonetti.lpwm.org/ Riga Township Supervisor Richard Evey State House, District 83 517-486-2561 Larry Ross Christopher Dwyer State Senate, District 44 State House, District 40 State Senate, District 19 828-391-1778 Keith Edwards Sheri Stearns Carolyn Langlois Macomb County Commissioner, State House, District 43 Midland County Clerk Dennis Schlemmer Andrew Finkenstadt Ray Gilbert District 24 State House, District 22 Governor Brunswick County Board of William Stewart-Starks 586-777-7468 Eric Larson Education State House, District 10 University of Michigan Board of Darryl Schmitz Teddy Fleck Daniel Flamand Regents 562-587-2773 http://ericlarson.lpwm.org/ State House, District 93 Lt. Governor Lewis Guignard State House, District 42 http://darrylschmitz.lpwm.org/ http://teddyfleck.com/ Gaston County Commissioner Mike Trow http://danflamand.lpwm.org/ Marcy Larson State House, District 69 Kent County Commissioner, Mark Simonait Bobby Foster Sean Haugh Matthew Friar District 5 State House, District 75 State House, District 54 State House, District 30 Patrick Wilbur State House, District 76 816-786-8253 seanhaugh.com Jamie Lewis State Senate, District 3 http://www.matthewfriar.com/ John Skosnik http://www.patrickwilbur.com/ Gaines Township Supervisor State House, District 27 Eric Harris Susan Hogarth Richard Gach http://johnskosnik.lpwm.org/ State Senate, District 13 State House, District 38 KENTUCKY Oakland County Commissioner, Dan McDougall 919-906-2106 State House, District 104 Lance Combs District 16 Devon Smith Mark Jones State House, District 81 http://danmcdougall08.blogspot. State House, District 97 Greene County Commissioner, Lawrence Hollar com/ Jason Gatties District 1 State House, District 96 Pat Lucas http://votemarkjones.com/ Lake Michigan College Board of Tracey McLaughlin Erin Stahl State House, District 67 Barbara Howe Trustees State House, District 74 Macomb County Commissioner, Michael Peters http://www.votegatties.org/ http://traceymclaughlin.lpwm.org/ District 23 State House, District 32 MAINE State House, District 59 919-690-1423 Bill DiScipio Howard Merritt John Stedman Bill Gelineau Wakefield Selectman Washtenaw County Commissioner, Kent County Sheriff Robert Roland Kira Howe 781-246-1139 Kent County Clerk District 3 http://www.stedman.ws/SHERIFF State House, District 158 State Senate, District 7 Libertarian Party News October 2008 PAGE 10

Libertarian Party Candidates NEW HAMPSHIRE NEW YORK 512-215-9488 Brian Irving Jeff Adcock Bill Buran Barry Allison State Senate, District 17 Executive Council, Seat 4 State Assembly, District 72 State Senate, District 21 Mike Burris Joe Edgar http://billburan.com/ 210-946-5529 Travis County Tax Assessor- Travis County Constable, Precinct 3 Justin Lallinger Matthew Kahn Collector 541-953-3575 State House, District 29 State House, Hillsborough District 27 Gary Fischer Joe Allport 512-291-5158 Riverhead Town Justice State House, District 9 Matthew Eilers Jan MacKay Brendan Kelly 936-569-8832 Samuel Calkin Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, State House, Rockingham District 14 Nic Leobold State House, District 15 State Senate, District 15 Place 3 http://www.brendankellylpnh.com/ State Assembly, District 66 Derrick Anderson 281-627-3595 http://www.grassroot.us/ 212-228-9255 Harris County Justice of the Peace, mackayforsenate/ Fancy Fairchild Philip Nazarro Precinct 1, Place 1 Jeff Carruthers Travis County Commissioner, State House, Rockingham District 12 OHIO 713-248-4434 Bexar County Commissioner, Mark McMains Precinct 1 315-489-4904 Jeremiah Arn Precinct 3 512-272-8802 Commissioner of Insurance State House, District 21 Mike Andras 210-693-5216 http://www.markmcmains.com/ Susan Newell Williamson County Sheriff David Floyd 512-507-9916 Rodney Caston Governor Michael Johnston Railroad Commissioner Rachel Merrill 603-239-6104 State House, District 19 Collin County Constable, Precinct 3 512-658-5675 State Senate, District 8 James Atwell Andrews 469-939-5246 Thom Simmons Ann Leech Williamson County Commissioner, Richard Forsythe Jesse Mignona State House, Cheshire District 5 State Senate, District 14 Precinct 3 Jerry Chandler State House, District 61 State House, District 2 603-585-7106 614-804-8644 512-746-4547 State House, District 50 http://www.grassroot.us/votejesse/ 512-627-0300 Gene Freeman Morey Straus Timothy McNeil William Armstrong State House, District 106 Cary Morris State House, Hillsborough District 11 State House, District 65 State House, District 116 Robin Chester State House, District 99 972-262-5700 State House, District 73 [email protected] 210-286-2825 Robert Owens 817-875-7770 Attorney General Ed Bailey Michael French Mike Munger Rich Tomasso San Patricio County Tax Assessor- Tom Clayton State House, District 2 Governor State House, Hillsborough District 17 OREGON Collector Parker County Commissioner, http://munger4ncgov.com/ Precinct 1 Brent Friedman Lisa Wilbur Marc Delphine 360-382-1908 http://www.tomwclayton.com/ Collin County Sheriff State House, Hillsborough District 7 State House, District 26 Richard Norman Blake Bailey 214-228-1723 Richard Cole Forsyth County Commissioner Jay Ellefson State House, District 87 Howard Wilson State House, District 25 State House, District 36 806 351-1668 Mark Frohman State Senate, District 5 979-230-9351 Jeff Ober 503-477-8440 Tarrant County Commissioner, 603-735-5427 State House, District 95 James Baird Bill Collins Precinct 3 http://www.ober.org/ PENNSYLVANIA State House, District 105 817-246-4097 NEW MEXICO State House, District 78 Berlie Etzel 972-594-1831 Michael Blessing 915-587-0342 Jake Ratliff State Treasurer Linda Gallegos State House, District 16 State House, District 65 Sally Baynton Alex Cresswell Ellis County Tax Assessor-Collector 9 505-836-1594 Jeremiah Hornbaker State House, District 122 State House, District 137 Travis Hill State Senate, District 33 Philip Rhodes 210-279-1177 832-251-9980 Bastrop County Tax Assessor- NEVADA 570-831-5425 Collector Lt. Governor Tim Hagan http://www.philrhodes2008.com/ Shannon Beckett McCracken Richard Cross 512-285-3856 State Senate, District 5A Mary Lea Lucas State House, District 73 State Senate, District 10 State Senate, District 21 830-796-4747 817-472-4260 Bobby Richmond Elmo Hockman William Hols Bruce Beckman Vance Mays State House, District 81 State House, District 71 State House, District 34 State Board of Education, District 11 Ron Darby State House, District 64 http://elect-elmo.com/ 336-480-6640 817-886-8476 State House, District 14 Emily Klapproth 979-846-4175 David Posipanka Brian Holk TJ Rohr County Commissioner, District C Wes Benedict State House, District 35 State House, District 53 State House, District 87 Travis County Commissioner, Mhair Dekmezian 325-423-0725 http://www.electtjrohr.com/ Edward Klapproth Precinct 3 State House, District 134 Michael Robertson 713-432-1549 State House, District 2 http://www.wesbenedict.com/ State House, District 63 Michael Holt David Rollins 814-358-2882 Susan Delgado Travis County Constable, Precinct 5 Robert Bolkom State Senate, District 20 Mark Lund State Senate, District 6 Cameron County Tax Assessor- http://rollinsforncsenate.blogspot. State Assembly Marakay Rogers http://susandelgado.com/ Lee Hooper Collector com/ 775-882-0209 Attorney General State House, District 65 956-986-2994 Arthur DiBianca 214-488-2876 Rusty Sheridan Deborah Payne-Dedmon Betsy Summers State House, District 51 Richard Brown 512-707-2809 State Senate, District 37 County Commissioner, District B Auditor General Dave Howard State House, District 141 Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Wayne Rudolph SOUTH CAROLINA 281-447-0713 Alan Duesterhoft Place 4 Herb Sobol State House, District 4 Victor Kocher State House, District 17 512-255-3579 State House, District 3 State House, District 76 Richard Brown 979-535-4493 State House, District 69 Nathan Santucci Kevin Howell Travis Wheat 940-613-1144 cell Charles Earley State House, District 22 TENNESSEE State House, District 86 State Senate, District 38 Lisa Leeds State House, District 23 State House, District 58 Mary Ann Bryan http://www.myspace.com/ Kristie Turley Kevin Jackson http://lisaleeds2008.com/ State Board of Education, District 6 Tim Eason State House, District 109 wheatforsenate State House, District 3 713-907-4033 State House, District 1 972-227-4560 903-824-1520 Jack Wyatt TEXAS James Young Geoffrey Adams Paul Bryan Richard Johnson Guilford County Soil & Water State Assembly, District 24 State House, District 94 State House, District 11 Ben Easton State Board of Education, District 7 District Supervisor 775-786-9865 817-657-7908 903-643-7945 State House, District 48 409-739-0056 Libertarian Party News October 2008 PAGE 11

Libertarian Party Candidates 817-473-8213 210-659-1988 http://www.votedylan.com/ Jason Jordan David McDaniel Justo Perez State House, District 64 Travis County Sheriff State House, District 127 Drew Shirley Joe Tirado Ronald Regehr 940-735-1009 http://www.davidmcdaniel2008.com/ 281-361-0671 Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8 State House, District 147 State House, District 55 512-417-6171 832-282-6532 Jeffrey Joyner Jeffrey McGee Ken Petty Dell Schanze State House, District 67 Harris County Tax Assessor- State House, District 150 John Shuey Dean Tucker Governor http://www.votejoyner.com/ Collector http://www.thepettygroup.com/ State Board of Education, District 14 State House, District 22 petty2008/ http://www.voteshuey.us/ Mike Stoddard Cathy Kennedy David Meine John Turner State Auditor Ellis County Treasuer (unexpired term) State House, District 56 Sherry Phillips Richard Shuey State House, District 63 469-363-3177 254-776-8075 State House, District 82 State House, District 43 214-750-6110 x323 Brent Zimmerman 432-689-4123 956-286-2937 State House, District 16 Randy Kohn Cliff Messina Robert Virasin Collin County Tax Assessor- State Senate, District 11 Arlo Pignotti Hy Siegel State House, District 70 VERMONT Collector 281-862-0300 214-306-4650 Travis County Constable, Precinct 2 State House, District 95 Dwight Duke 972-769-7238 512-589-5568 817-457-2665 State Senate, Washington Conty Tim Miles Michael Walton 802-426-3824 Nicolaas Kramer State House, District 111 State House, District 71 Lauren Poindexter Lillian Simmons State House, District 54 972-572-2969 325-829-9310 State Senate, District 31 State House, District 52 Karen Kerin 512-932-2725 432-367-3311 http://xld.com/ls/home.htm Attorney General Alfred Montestruc Craig Weems http://www.kerinforattorneygeneral.us/ Phil Kurtz State House, District 135 State House, District 20 Preston Poulter Phil Smart State House, District 132 832-338-9536 512-350-9159 Kelly Todd 281-914-0040 State House, District 115 State House, District 10 State House, Orleans County Gene Moody 972-713-0797 Benjamin Westfried Gerald LaFleur State House, District 6 Robert Pritchett State House, District 66 State House, District 136 903-825-2090 State House, District 100 David Smith 972-208-9744 WASHINGTON 713-270-6540 972-557-6583 Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7 Ruth Bennett Bradley Moore Philip White State House, District 37 Chris Lane Nueces County Tax Assessor- Rafael Ramos Stephen Smith State House, District 112 206-595-8559 State House, District 55 Collector State House, District 24 State House, District 98 713-240-1053 254-780-9695 713-254-7017 817-337-0005 WISCONSIN Jorgen Nelson Rodney Wingo Ted Burleson Todd Littekin Harris County Commissioner, Richard Ramsey MJ (Smitty) Smith State House, District 97 State Assembly, District 91 State House, District 96 Precinct 1 State House, District 19 State Senate, District 28 817-570-7145 817-727-5566 832-433-0098 409-379-1645 806-795-6560 Deborah Wood Keith Deschler Steve Lopez Lenard Nelson Steve Ravet Charles Snelling Hays County Commissioner, State House, District 62 State Senate, District 26 State House, District 32 Hays County Tax Assessor- State House, District 41 Precinct 3 Craig Mohn 361-729-4916 Collector 956-687-3141 512-633-0733 Stephen Lucas State House, District 29 State House, District 28 Carl Nulsen Jim Renfro Neill Snider James Yow Brad Sponholtz State Senate, District 9 State Senate, District 23 State House, District 57 State House, District 4 State House, District 7 John Lynch 214-497-5545 214-329-5206 972-452-3928 State House, District 44 Tom Stewart WYOMING Bill Oliver Coy Reynolds State House, District 58 UTAH Joe Marcom Timothy Delaney State Senate, District 24 State House, District 59 817-320-9699 Nathaniel Ashby State House, District 143 State House, District 57 http://www.coyreynolds.blogspot. State House, District 64 713-455-3218 307-333-5076 Paul Osborn com/ William Bryan Strange Charles Bonsall State Senate, District 16 Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, David Mason State House, District 49 Clair Schwan 214-219-0661 John Roemer Place 9 State House, District 103 State House, District 7 Brazos County Tax Assessor- 972-849-0156 Aric Cramer 307-316-0141 Tom Oxford Collector Kim Stroman State House, District 71 Chief Justice, Supreme Court State Board of Education, District 8 Paul Mastin 409-363-4988 Jerry Russell 903-746-7127 State House, District 91 Joe Hobbs Lubbock County Commissioner, 817-595-1385 Oscar Palma Lt. Governor Precinct 1 Joey Stroman State House, District 126 The list provided is as of 10/10/08 806-885-4403 State House, District 7 713-204-6439 Shaun Kruger of known Libertarian Candidates Kevin McCarthy 903-238-4034 Jefferson County Commissioner, State House, District 36 for Non-Federal Office. Please Jon Scallan Precinct 3 Billy Parker check our website for a list of all Williamson County Tax Assessor- Arthur Thomas http://krmforcomm.wordpress.com/ State Senate, District 20 Andrew McCullough candidates including Federal, local, 361-522-8481 Collector State House, District 121 Attorney General and state office seekers http://www. Charles McCoy 512-914-5779 210-568-7950 http://www.andrewmccullough.org lp.org/candidates. Williamson County Constable, Brandon Parsons If you are a candidate for office and Precinct 4 State House, District 107 Colin Sewards James Thompson Dylan McDonnell are not on our website, please email 512-642-3926 214-503-7384 State House, District 93 State House, District 118 State House, District 24 [email protected] . Libertarian Party News October 2008 PAGE 12 The Libertarian National Committee Welcomes Our Newest Members

New Members for 8/22 - 10/26 Paul Hilstad Thomas Ahern Catherine Blaylock Brandon Clark Jason Donnelly Robert Hooper Basant Ahluwalia Joseph Boeke George Clark Erik Donner christopher hudgins William Aicher Robert Bognar Jenkin Clark Orion Doty Lifetime Matt Janowak Richard Akers Nicholas Bokowy Kevin Clark Eric Downes Steven Johnson Kenneth Albin Phillip Boland Justin Clason Peter Duhamel Marek Fludzinski Jessica Jourdan Albert Aldesco Benjamin Bollenbacher David Claussen Adam Dulski Dan Hickey Stephen Jourdan Benjamin Allen Jason Boni Benjamin Clayton Edward Dunar Tyler Kushera David Keener James Allen James Boone Daniel Clayton Chris Duncan Jonathan Turner Tom Kellogg Terry Allen Matthew Boone Jeffrey Cleary James Dundas Brian Krause Jason Alonte Christopher Booth John Clever Brently Dunivant Patron John Lavey Thomas Alvarez Gregory Boozier Andrew Cobbe Gregory Dunlap Keith Lawrence Richard Ambrose Casey Borders Todd Coffey Kevin Dupuy Walt Armour Meghan Lynch Tonya Amen Scott Bourdon Cynthia Colarusso Laura Duvall Debra Ireland Greg Maish Donna Anderson Matt Bowden Claire Colberg Bryan Dykstra Robert Malone Jonathan Anderson Brie Anne Boyd Charles Cole Jason Ebbs Sponsor John D. Marlowe Torger Anderson Lance Brace Austin Coleman Clyde Edwards Scott Martni Richard Anesi Todd Bradford Matthew Collins Carolynne Effron Chris Anderson Zachary Matula James Anglim Leon Braud Jr. Taylor Collins Patrick Egge Natalie Bandlow Cindy Mcauliffe Suzan Anglim Julie Breitenbach Tim Colony Brian Elliott Vince Chambers Chris McGarry Jason Annunziato Mark Brennan Jason Colvard Robert C. Elliott Jim Cooksey Patrick McGuire Christine Antypas Kara Brewton Edward Comeau Shane Eloe Kreig DuBose Chris Michaels Al Aquino Bill Bridges Matthew Congleton Cole Ely Johnson Gordon William Milan Miguel Araya Rick Bridges Jayson Conley John Emmons Corey Gray Michelle Montany Randall Archer Paul V. Brigitzer Chris Cooke Daniel Enden Brian Murray James Morrison Roy Arrowood Will Brink William Cooper Chester Engelking John R. Staples Donald Moses Timothy Aste Timothy Brittain Paul Costello Bruce Englerth Ronald Svetz Patrick Mullins Hubert Atkinson Gabriel Brooks Jason Cottey Leonard Erlandson Brian Whildin Daniel Newhouse Sam Ausdemore Kimberly Brown Jeff Couch Drew Errington Mark Winey Roger Ohman Tina Averill Kristi Brown Jason Coulthard Gustav Escher Hugh Parsons William Babinchak Scott Brown Chris Cramer Eric Evans Supporting Tibor Paulovits Randolph Bacon Vivienne Brown Daniel Crawford Corey Everlove Wayne Peck Pranav Badhwar Christopher Bruffett Shane Crew Khedouri Ezair Peter Aldo Joe Peters Scott Bahnsen David Bryant Trey Criado Ryan Ezzie Dean Alleva Chris Peterson A. Baker Ken Buchmann Jack Criss Michael Fahnestock Eric Allsup Daniel Peterson Rod Baker Melissa Bueto Curtis Cristini Andrew Faircloth Sherrin Altiere Patrick Petrelli Jabriel Ballentine Michael Bulger Deborah Crowder Marcus Fallen John Amaral Stephen Preston Derek Balling Jared Bunting Chuck Cubbison James L. Farmer Bob Atwood Bradford Proctor Tim Ballor Philip Burkholder Christopher Curry Albert E. Farrens Jr. Cody Barney Thomas Provost Christopher Bangs Jessica Burlingham Daniel Curtis Anastasiya Fatiy Jolan Billings Millard Ramsey Kevin Banks Stuart Burt Scott Cusack Donald Fearn Tom Breneman Allen Riddle David Barkman Paul Bussey Douglas Dalessandro John Fedak Michael Brennan Seth Riney Christopher Barnett Ryan Butch Benjamin Daniel Christopher Feeney Carl J. Burmeister Massaro Robert Jr. Jon Barnhill William Buttry Jeff Daniels Orion Felles Barney Canada Dave Roberts Luke Barrow Sean Byrne Todd Daniels Ron Fent David Carr Richard Robey Allen Basler Wayne Cabanas Danielle Davant Charles Ferguson David Carson Honor Robson Doug Bates Ruth Cahoon John Davenport Scott Ferguson Melissa Ciana James Running William Bates Chris Call Alan David Jonathan Ferrer Mike Clyde David Samson Earl Baum Charles E. Calvert Corrinne Davies Nicholas Fett James Constantine Wilma Sinclair Teresa Baxter Don Camper Jeff Davis Jacqueline Fiest Gerald Corrigan Richardson Smith Elizabeth Beaird Kurt Cantin Jerry Davis Roger Figg Matthew Curry Robert Stuart Jason Beaty Shawn Capps Michael Davis David Firmin Catherine Dotter Jerry Terrell Joshua Beaulieu Scott Carlson Mike Davis Alton W. Fly Jr. John C. Echols Jr. Douglas Testori Timothy Bechtold Christine Carlton Patrick Davis Charles Fones Dennis Edwards John Tindall Theodore J. Bednar III Joseph Carmichael Ryan Davis Eric Fontaine Jason Fossen William Tribbey Gerald Behrendt Dale D. Carpenter Tyler Davis Rick Fontenot Eric Foster Kevan Ulsh Haile Bekele Kevin Carpenter Antoinette Davis-Martinez George Foote Jeffrey Fox Elizabeth Viering Leslie Belch David-Vincent Caruso Kimberly R. De Jesus Eileen Ford David Garretson Alan Vorhes Chase Benedict Louis Castrogivanni Samuel Deaton Lorraine Forfa John George Charles P. Watkins Gina Benson Matthew Cavins Timothy Deemter Mark Franklin Jennifer Gilmer James Welch Burak Berilgen Dominic Cerra Rick Demers Mary Franklin James Glymph Robert Wood Craig Berndt Aaron Chambers Frank Denson Robert Franklin David Gray Wesley Wornom Andrew Berry Sabrina Champagne Michael Devers Walker Franklin Bryce Hamilton Robert Yarbrough Andy Berry Steve Chandler Allyson Dickerman Kent Frazier Kenneth Harper Jeffrey Young Kirk Berry Travers Chandler Victor Diffee Eric O. Frei Harold Harple Paul Young Michael Bess Russell Chappell Jason Dippen Robert Frey Louie Harrison Kristin Bielecki Matthew Charles Sarah Dippen Susanne Friend Chad Hartwick Sustaining Randal Birch Mitchell Chessman Jim Distler Travis Friess James Hennacy James Birchfield Stephen Choquette William Dixon Christopher Furlin Allan Hessenflow Brendan Abel Jamie Bird Alexandra Christian Pamela Doane John Gable Peter Hibbs Tara Ackeret Stephen Bishop Ross Christoph Brandon Dockery Paul Gac Elizabeth Hicks Philip Adams Brandy Black Joseph Ciccarelli Alexander Dominiak Nicholas Galbreath Michael Hill Timothy Adams Chris Blatner Julio Claret John Donarummo Edward Gamble Libertarian Party News October 2008 PAGE 13 The Libertarian National Committee Welcomes Our Newest Members ALASKA State Assembly, District 76 [email protected] State Senate, District 39 AudreyMark Gammie Fish Jack Harris 619-584-6220 Brian Jones-Chance Daniel Licardi Lance Mingle 619-318-0928 Brian Peterson RobertState Gammie House, District 22 Stephen Harris Chris Jordan AndrewJohn KlingLieberman Chuck Minnich [email protected] Petty Thomas907-561-5327 Gammill David R. Hart Rich Belitz Michael Joyce BenjaminState Assembly, Lindquist District 54 Trevor Misturado Bradley Phillips Gina Gandy Joseph Hartman Deborah Kalinowski Amy Ling Eduardo Mitchell David Phillips http://fish4house.net/ State Assembly, District 77 562-881-1422 Tom Tryon [email protected] F. Gartland Erica Hastert Steven Karafit Jonathan Link Nathan Mize Calaveras CountyJames Supervisor Phillips Sarah Gay Paul Hathcox 619-508-0160 Joshua Karpel [email protected] Link Susan R. Mochel John Phipps Jeff Gehlhausen Alex Hatziemmanuelwww.richbelitz.comScott Kay Brad A. Logan Shawn Monk Doug Pierson WayneScott Gehman Kohlhaas Rick Haupt [email protected] Kayes RichardTom Logan Autumn MontgomeryCynthia VanAukenGregory Pike EricState Genheimer House, District 20 Kyle Heagle Mark Keane GeorgeState Longacre Assembly, District 44 Bradford Moore Chico City CouncilJohn Pilger Angela907-337-3171 Gerhard James J. 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Will Billy Jones Jesse Levy RandyRichmond Miller City Council Kevin Peltonen Ken Wyble Brian Rohner JoshuaMaricopa Hardy County Sheriff Hilton Jones Paul King Allison C. Lewis Ryan510-557-7908 Miller Fernando Pena State Senate, DistrictJack Roque 28 Lisa Hardy J. W. Jones Jason Lewis Steve Miller James Perricellia Susan Rose State Assembly, District 74 [email protected] 303-400-9699 Sarah Hardy CALIFORNIA Knox Jones Theodore M. Leyva Brandon Millett David Perricone http://www.kenwyble.com/Timothy Rosenberger Simon Harrington Mark Jones 760-434-6190 Stephen Liang Zachary Mills Kurt Perron Timothy Rosendahl DavidDan Harris Baehr Trish Jones http://s158460704.onlinehome.us/index.htmlPaul Libis AdamJesse Mingal Thomas Dan Peters [email protected] Rossetto Libertarian Party News October 2008 PAGE 14 Ten Things You Can Do to Help the LP The Libertarian National Committee On Election Day Welcomes Our Newest Members Peter Rottenbucher Terry R. Smith David Treibman Nick Rugai John Smithwick John S. Tremaine Charles Runion Thomas Snee Matthew Turner By Austin Petersen Tony Rusk David Sneider Andrew Twist Allan Russell Paul Snellings Rhonda Ullom Cindy Russell William Snipes David Ulmer William Sailor Charles Solar David Ussery 1. Get up early and canvass your Dante Salazar Derek Spicer Mark Vanderstelt Justin Salisbury Darin Spiegel Billy S. VanOrsdol street with literature, vote card reminders, door Tim Salisbury Christopher Spiro Roger Vanriper II hangers, etc. Be respectful of private property. Al Salo Chris Spott Gary Vaughn Cheryl Sammons Michael St. Germain Joshua Venske 2. Offer rides to the polls for people in your James Sanford Melissa Staid Ben Vetuski community. J Douglas Saurman Stacie Stalcup Michael Vila Pawel Sawicki J. Raliegh Stamper Mary Virgilio 3. If you work for a company, encourage the CEO Stephanie Sayre Jerry Stang Olga Vnukova or office manager to send out an email reminding Ross Scalise Dennis Stanley Craig VonDemfange Peter Schallot Monica Stansell Greg Voros people to vote. Encourage them to come to you Andrew Schaufele David Stein Zoran Vukadinovic if they have questions, and help them find their Elliott Scheirman Julie Stein Susan Waddell Eric Schleien Timothy Stein Corbett Waddingham polling location if necessary. Robert Schmidlein Mark Stephan Michael Wader 4. Offer a “How Government Works” lunch. Derrick Schmitt Joshua Stephens Andrew Waggoner Michael Schmitt Lisa Stephens Thomas Wagner Advertise it at work and with friends and Jason Schmitz Earl Stevens Eric Wahl colleagues. Give a brief presentation on the Carol Schnipper Michael Stevens Daniel Walker Stephanie Scholer Don Stewart John Walker candidates, parties, and platforms. Keep Lawrence Schork John Stewart Scott Walker responses to questions positive, and be upfront Martin Schroeder Matthew Stigen Joshua Walters Michael Schubert Jonas Stoltz Joycelyn Walters about your partisanship. Be ready for tough Ronald S. Schwartz Randy Stout Douglas Walton questions. Always be honest and direct. Avoid Caroline Scott Richard Strang Tom Ware Jay Seese Scott Strehle John T. Watts speaking ill of others. Michael Seith James Strohm Stanley Wawrzonkiewicz 5. Locate all polling locations in your area. Neal Sette Thomas Strott William Way David Severson Scott Suchora Brian Weeks Coordinate with other volunteers in your area to Jeff Sexton James Sullivan Jeffrey Weeks have someone stationed outside poll locations (at Karen Shackelford Melissa Sullivan Jason Weiers Shawna Shah Brad Swiertz Stephen Weigel least 100 feet) with literature. Hand out literature Joshua Shankle Ray Swingle Gerri Weits and ask people if they are looking for real Heather Sharp Neil Switzer Aaron Welch Curtis Shaver Evan Symon Rachel Welch change. Avoid detailed discussion or arguments. James Sheppard Michael Szymanowski James Weldon Michael Shibilo Chris Tallerico Christopher West Smile! Christopher Shipley Paul Talley John West 6. Make phone calls to everyone in your contact Kevin Shipley Alan Tamayo Michael West Duane Shiskowsky Gary Tapert Robert Whisner list reminding them to vote. Tell them there is Gregory Short Noel Tavano Stephen White another choice on their ballot if they are unhappy Allison Shultz April Taylor Bonnie Wiesner Andrew Silverman Bruce Taylor Carl Wilde with the establishment candidates. Sarah K. Silverman Frank Taylor Angela Williams 7. Call Talk Radio! Go to www.lp.org and click Gary Silvia Brenda Teems Bill Williams Briton Simmons Sheri Teems Lily Williams the talk radio button for listings. Flood the radio Michael Simonetti Claude Terral Jared Wilson stations with calls and emails telling them who Raymond Singer Kenneth Terry Peri Wilson James Singleton William Terry Jr. Charles Windsor you voted for and why! Robert Singleton Maxwell Terryll Mark Winer 8. Send out an email early to your address book Bill Sjolinder Jason Tetlow Darren Winkelman Emmanuel Skevofilax Robert Thoelen Isaiah Winters describing the major candidate stances on the Michael Skiba Diane Thomas Matthew Wire major issues. For example: the Iraq War, the Stuart Skym Bailie Thompson John Witt Zachary Slate Jeremy Thompson Theodore Witte Bailout, etc. Alex Sleighter Michael Thompson Mark Wolfskehl 9. Wear your candidate and party gear! Lots of Jason Slovin Benjamin Thomson Andrew Wolverton Adam Slunecka David Thomson Jeffrey Woods people will surprise you by asking you about Jim Smallwood Kristen Thorup Marc Woodside your paraphernalia. Bryan Smith Vince Tinerella Kase Wright Christopher Smith Joseph Tinsley Richard Young 10. The best thing you can do to help the Libertarian David Smith William Todd Thomas Young Party on Election Day is to vote for Libertarian Edward Smith Megan Tomich Linda Youngblood Logan Smith Dustin Torrance Paul Zacharia candidates! There is bound to be one on your Ralph Smith Jr Joseph Toth Jesse N. Zamudio ballot. Rose Smith Justin Toth Zachary Zelinski S. Kelly Smith Stanley Transue Krista Zerby Libertarian Party News October 2008 PAGE 15 upcominG Event Date Location Contact

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