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They wished to create an alternative to the other parties.
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It was founded in the home of David Nolan.
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The first woman to recieve and electoral vote was from the Libertarian Party.
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Presidential candidate Roger MacBride and David Bergland ran.
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Roger MacBride and David Bergland received over 170,000 votes.
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Ed Clark receives 5 percent of the vote in his race for governor of California
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Dick Randolph of Alaska became the first elected Libertarian state legislator.
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Ed Clark appeared on the ballot in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and earned almost 1 million votes.
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In the same year that Ed Clark recieved all these votes, Dick Randolph is re-elected to the Alaska state legislature
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Ray Cullen, candidate for California Treasurer, got 570,000 votes, which was the largest ever for a third-party candidate in that state at that time.
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Libertarians swept the city council race in Big Water, Utah, winning every seat that year.
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Approximately 2 million people voted for the Libertarian Party candidates. Their popularity is growing over the years.
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Libertarian Party activists participated in the successful effort to stop Clinton’s takeover of the health care system. In November, more than 650 Libertarian candidates ran for office, and more than 2.2 million people voted for them.
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The Libertarian Party became the first third party in U.S. history to earn ballot status in all 50 states two presidential elections in a row.
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African-American civil rights leader Roy Innis joined the party.
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The party ran 1,642 candidates for office, which was the largest slate of third-party candidates since before World War II.
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The Libertarian Party goes on to offer the American people an Iraq Exit Strategy
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Throughout the year, 48 Libertarians were elected or re-elected to public office
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In Indianapolis, Councilmember Ed Coleman officially switched his affiliation to Libertarian.
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Pamela Brown, ran for California Lieutenant Governor against both a Republican and a Democrat, and recieved 574,640 votes