Charlie Earl
Charlie Earl was a Libertarian candidate for Governor of Ohio in the 2014 elections.[1]
Earl previously served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1981-1985, and he ran unsuccessfully for Ohio Secretary of State in 2010.
Biography
Earl has long worked as a radio broadcaster, including serving as Farm Director for WFIN, and has been a television newscaster. Additionally, Earl has managed and owned commercial radio properties and taught advertising and mass communication courses at Bowling Green State University, Ohio Northern University and Delaware County Community College.[2]
Education
- B.A., English, College of Wooster
- MA, Mass Communication, Bowling Green State University
Political career
Ohio House of Representatives (1981-1985)
Noteworthy events
As a Libertarian candidate, Earl had the potential to draw votes from current Republican incumbent Governor John Kasich who had been criticized by some conservatives and tea party activists for some of his more moderate decisions. This situation would have been ideal for Democratic challenger Ed FitzGerald in an already tight race.
In early 2014, a Libertarian voter took a case to court to disqualify Earl from the ballot. This voter claimed that Democrats circulated Earl's candidacy petitions and provided funding to the Libertarian candidate to draw more votes away from Kasich. Ohio law required that petition circulators be members of the qualifying candidate's party. Earl's representation, Mark Brown, who previously challenged the constitutionality of new ballot access rules passed by the Ohio Legislature and signed by Kasich in November, said that the challenge against Earl was an extension of the Republican strategy to remove third parties from the Ohio ballot. All petition circulators were qualified by Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted.[3]
On March 7, the Libertarian gubernatorial ticket was stricken from the ballot, after having initially gotten the Secretary of State's approval.[4] Though the challenge alleged that Charlie Earl's signature-gathering effort had been led by Democrats, Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted struck Charlie Earl from the ballot on a technicality instead of accepting this reasoning. He found that some of the signature gatherers had failed to properly identify their employer on the correct form and therefore threw out the signatures they had gathered.[5] The Libertarian Party of Ohio failed to win an injunction against this disqualification twice at the district court and, after a similarly unsuccessful appeal to the Sixth Circuit, petitioned the Supreme Court for emergency relief that would allow Charlie Earl to appear on the May 6 primary ballot.[6] On May 2, the Supreme Court rejected the petition and it was immediately refiled with a different justice, to no avail. No relief was provided by dawn on Election Day and the Sixth Circuit ruling stood, keeping Earl from qualifying as a write-in candidate.[7][8] On June 4, a petition for re-hearing before the full Sixth Circuit was rejected, leaving an appeal to the district court as the only possible source of redress.[9][10]
The legal challenge affected more than this one candidacy. According to Ballot Access News, "With no gubernatorial candidate on the November ballot, the party will lose its status as a qualified party," which could have consequences in future elections.[11]
Elections
2014
- See also: Ohio gubernatorial election, 2014
Earl ran for election as Governor of Ohio but was removed from the primary ballot, making it impossible to qualify as the Libertarian nominee despite running unopposed.
When asked why he was running, Earl stated, "Because I am not intimidated by the electoral process, I believe I am best equipped to carry the message of personal liberty and responsible constitutional government for the people of Ohio. I care too much for my native state to stand by and watch its great potential squandered by a collection of career politicians."[12]
Polls
| Ohio Governor's Race 2014 - Kasich vs. Fitzgerald | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | John Kasich | Ed Fitzgerald | Other | Margin of error | Sample size | ||||||||||||||
| The Columbus Dispatch October 22-31, 2014 | 62% | 34% | 4% | +/-3.3 | 1,009 | ||||||||||||||
| New York Times/CBS News/YouGov October 16-23, 2014 | 54% | 35% | 11% | +/-3 | 2,728 | ||||||||||||||
| Columbus Dispatch September 3-12, 2014 | 59% | 29% | 10% | +/-2.7 | 1,185 | ||||||||||||||
| Rasmussen Reports September 8-9, 2014 | 50% | 30% | 20% | +/-4.0 | 780 | ||||||||||||||
| YouGov August 18, September 2, 2014 | 50% | 37% | 13% | +/-3.0 | 2,978 | ||||||||||||||
| Qunnipiac July 24-28, 2014 | 48% | 36% | 16% | +/-2.7 | 1,366 | ||||||||||||||
| YouGov July 7-24, 2014 | 49% | 43% | 8% | +/-0 | 3,624 | ||||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac May 7-12, 2014 | 50% | 35% | 14% | +/-2.9 | 1,174 | ||||||||||||||
| Rasmussen Reports May 7-8, 2014 | 45% | 38% | 17% | +/-4.0 | 750 | ||||||||||||||
| SurveyUSA April 24-28, 2014 | 46% | 36% | 18% | +/-4 | 618 | ||||||||||||||
| Magellan Strategies for the Liberty Foundation of America April 14-15, 2014 | 47% | 41% | 12% | +/-3.35 | 857 | ||||||||||||||
| Quinnipiac University Poll February 12-17, 2014 | 43% | 38% | 19% | +/-2.7 | 1,370 | ||||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 50.25% | 36% | 13.5% | +/-2.97 | 1,536.58 | ||||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio Governor's Race 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poll | John Kasich | Ed Fitzgerald | Charlie Earl | Not sure | Margin of error | Sample size | |||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling (December 6-8, 2013) | 40% | 38% | 6% | 16% | +/-3.1 | 1,011 | |||||||||||||
| Public Policy Polling (November 5-6, 2013) | 41% | 41% | 6% | 13% | +/-4.0 | 595 | |||||||||||||
| AVERAGES | 40.5% | 39.5% | 6% | 14.5% | +/-3.55 | 803 | |||||||||||||
| Note: The polls above may not reflect all polls that have been conducted in this race. Those displayed are a random sampling chosen by Ballotpedia staff. If you would like to nominate another poll for inclusion in the table, send an email to editor@ballotpedia.org. | |||||||||||||||||||
2010
- See also: Ohio Secretary of State election, 2010
On November 2, 2010, Jon Husted won election to the office of Ohio Secretary of State. He defeated Maryellen O'Shaughnessy (D) and Charles Earl (L) in the general election.
| Ohio Secretary of State, 2010 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Jon Husted |
53.7% | 2,013,674 | |
| Democratic | Maryellen O'Shaughnessy | 41.5% | 1,555,705 | |
| Libertarian | Charles Earl | 4.9% | 182,977 | |
| Total Votes | 3,752,356 | |||
| Election results via Ohio Secretary of State. | ||||
Personal
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Earl and his wife Pat have two children, Kelly and Rory, and four grandchildren.[13]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Charlie + Earl + Ohio + Governor"
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Facebook, "Earl and Clark for Ohio," accessed August 29, 2013
- ↑ Facebook, "Earl and Clark for Ohio," accessed September 12, 2013
- ↑ Cincinnati.com, Libertarian governor candidate challenged in Ohio, March 4, 2014
- ↑ Akron Beacon Journal Online, "Libertarian governor candidate challenged in Ohio," March 10, 2014
- ↑ The Republic, "Ohio elections chief disqualifies 2 Libertarian candidates from May primary after protests," March 10, 2014
- ↑ Libertarian Party of Ohio v. Jon Husted, "APPLICATION FOR STAY AND EMERGENCY INJUNCTION ADDRESSED TO JUSTICE KAGAN," accessed May 2, 2014
- ↑ The Republic, "Ohio Libertarians' ballot plea denied at US Supreme Court, re-filed with 2nd justice," May 2, 2014
- ↑ Ballot Access News, "U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Give Injunctive Relief to Ohio Libertarian Party," May 5, 2014
- ↑ Ballot Access News, "Sixth Circuit Won’t Rehear Ohio Libertarian Party Ballot Access Case," June 4, 2014
- ↑ Seymour Tribune, "Legal options trimmed for Libertarian Ohio governor candidate; federal court won't rehear case," June 4, 2014
- ↑ Ballot Access News, "Ohio Secretary of State Removes Libertarian Party Statewide Candidates from the Libertarian Primary Ballot," March 10, 2014
- ↑ Sandusky Register, "This guy's running for governor, too," September 11, 2013
- ↑ Earl and Clark for Ohio, "About," accessed December 5, 2013
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