posted on Apr, 18 2010 @ 05:16 PM
The Libertarian Party was founded by David Nolan of Colorado Springs on 12/11 1971.
By 1972 they had their first electoral college vote for a Libertarian presidential ticket, from Roger MacBride of Virginia. He also cast the first
vote for a woman in the United States Electoral College. MacBride became the party's presidential nominee in the 1976 Presidential Election. Dick
Randolph became the first Libertarian to win state-level office with his election to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1978. The 1980
presidential contest, the Libertarian Party, for first time since 1916, became the third party. David H. Koch and Ed Clark received almost one million
votes. In 1981, Richard P. Siano, beat out both a Republican and Democrat for the Kingwood Township Committeeman in Hunterdon NJ. The Libertarian
Party, in 1983, was divided by internal disputes; former party leaders Edward Crane and David H. Koch left, taking a number of their supporters with
them. The 1984 LP (Libertarian Party) elected David Bergland as their presidential nominee and earned one quarter of a 36 state ballot! By 1987, Doug
Anderson was elected as the first LP Mayor of Denver CO. In 1988, Ron Paul won the Libertarian nomination for president and was on the ballot in 46
states.
I my self still am on the fence about Ron Paul. Is there a smear campaign out to get him? I have read about some shady people tied to his campaign as
well, but not as nefarious as some of the other. Time will tell.
en.wikipedia.org...
www.lp.org...
health.groups.yahoo.com...
www.lakewood.org.../citycouncil/councilcontact.cfm
www.ballot-access.org...
www.lp.org...
www.smallgovtimes.com...
[edit on 18-4-2010 by Violater1]