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LP Release: 662 Candidates
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William Winter)
Tue Oct 18 17:36:04 1994
Date: 18 Oct 94 17:23:41 EDT
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NEWS FROM THE LIBERTARIAN PARTY
1528 Pennsylvania Avenue SE
Washington DC 20003
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For immediate release: October 18, 1994
For additional information:
Bill Winter, Director of Communications
(202) 543-1988
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THIRD-PARTY SURGE
Libertarians run 662 candidates in 45 states
The Libertarian Party is hoping to capitalize on what political
experts are calling the "Year of the Outsider" by running more than 660
candidates for federal, state, and local office this year -- its largest slate
in an off-presidential year election in more than a decade.
"Republicans and Democrats better watch out. Libertarians aren't
creeping up behind them - we're charging!" said Steve Dasbach, national
Chairman of the Libertarian Party. "Voters who are mad at incumbents, the mess
in Washington, and corrupt Republicans and Democrats will have a genuine
choice when they walk into the voting booth this year."
According to figures from the National Libertarian Party's
headquarters in Washington, DC, there are 662 Libertarian candidates for
federal, state, and local office in 45 states.
Included in that number are 89 candidates for the U.S. House of
Representatives, 17 candidates for the U.S. Senate, and 18 candidates for
governor.
"The days when Republicans and Democrats only had to worry about a
two-way race are over," said Dasbach. "We're contesting one out of every six
U.S. Senate seats; one out of every five U.S. House seats, and one out of
every three governor's seats."
At the state level, there are 57 Libertarian candidates for state
senate and 283 candidates for state representative. "We have a new strategy of
building from the grassroots up, focusing on winnable state-level races,"
explained Dasbach.
Several Libertarians are also running for re-election this year,
including three New Hampshire state legislators and the mayor of Moreno
Valley, California. There are currently more than 125 Libertarians serving in
public office across the USA.
The states with the most Libertarian candidates include: New Hampshire
(109), California (90), Texas (57), Missouri (51), and Michigan (50). Rounding
out the top 10 are Utah (36), Pennsylvania (32), Wisconsin (24), Nevada (23),
and Arizona (15).
The Libertarian Party's slate of 662 candidates in 1994 compares to
391 candidates in 1990, and 206 candidates in 1986.
The Libertarian Party is America's third-largest political party. Its
platform calls for free enterprise, free trade, private charity, individual
liberty and responsibility, and a vigorous defense of the Bill of Rights --
"issues that will resonate with voters this year," said Dasbach.
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