Libertarian Party candidates, 2012

The Libertarian Party supported Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson during the 2012 election cycle. Johnson received 1,275,971 votes in the general election, amounting to nearly one percent of the popular vote. Johnson's 2012 vote total ranked as the highest number of votes for a Libertarian presidential candidate in history and fell just short of 1960 Libertarian presidential candidate Ed Clark's 1.1 percent of the popular vote.

The party also supported 567 congressional, state, and local-level candidates across the country. Of these candidates, 30 Libertarians were elected or re-elected to public office.

As of November 2017, 154 Libertarians held elected offices in 33 states.

2012 elected Libertarians

The following Libertarians won election or re-election to public office in 2012:

2012 elected Libertarians
State	Party	Candidate	Office
Arizona	Libertarian	Ruth E. Bennett	Continental Elementary School District Board
Arkansas	Libertarian	Frank Gilbert	Constable for Dekalb Township
California	Libertarian	Susan Marie Weber	Palm Desert City Council
Georgia	Libertarian	Brett Bittner	Marietta Board of Education
Louisiana	Libertarian	Randall T. Hayes	Atlanta Alderman
Louisiana	Libertarian	Michael Riffe	Sikes Alderman
Louisiana	Libertarian	Bob Clark	Berlin Library Trustee
New York	Libertarian	William Brooke Harris	Alfred-Almond Central School Board of Education
Texas	Libertarian	Ed Tidwell	Lago Vista City Council Place 2
Arizona	Libertarian	James Bertrand	Drexel Heights Fire District Board
Arkansas	Libertarian	Casey D. Copeland	Prairie Grove Alderman
California	Libertarian	Jason Gonella	Lake Los Angeles Town Council
California	Libertarian	Jonathan D. Hall	Tehachapi Cummings Water District Board
California	Libertarian	Brian Holtz Purissima	Hills Water District Board
California	Libertarian	John Inks	Mountain View City Council
California	Libertarian	Linda Strom	Lakeside Community Planning Group
Colorado	Libertarian	Michael Dunafon	Glendale City Council
Massachusetts	Libertarian	Art Torrey	Billerica Town Meeting Representative
Minnesota	Libertarian	Maynard Meyer	Madison City Council
New Hampshire	Libertarian	William Marsh	Brookfield Town Moderator
Oregon	Libertarian	Richard Sager	Gaston City Council, Position 3
Tennessee	Libertarian	Wallace Redd	Clarksville City Council, Ward 4
Texas	Libertarian	Gerhard Kleinschmidt	Annetta South Mayor
Vermont	Libertarian	Andy Hooper	Montpelier City Council, District 1
Wisconsin	Libertarian	Mark Hepfinger	Cottage Grove Municipal Court Judge
Wisconsin	Libertarian	Chris King	Monroe County Board of Supervisors, District 21
Wisconsin	Libertarian	Phillip Owens	Rock County Board of Supervisors, District 16
Wisconsin	Libertarian	Dave Ripp	Dane County Board of Supervisors, District 29
Wisconsin	Libertarian	Sean Scallon	Pepin County Board of Supervisors, District 8
Wisconsin	Libertarian	Kurt Schlicht	Dane County Board of Supervisors, District 28

2012 Libertarian candidates

See also: Gary Johnson

The following 2012 Libertarian candidates are available on Ballotpedia:

United States Senate

1. Andrew Ian Dodge
2. Andy Horning
3. Jon Roland
4. John Fockler Jr.
5. Gail Lightfoot
6. Dan Cox (Montana)
7. S. Gopal Raju
8. John Jay Myers
9. Wayne Huffman
10. Scott Jameson
11. Robert Butler (Texas)
12. Jonathan Dine
13. Shaun Crowell
14. Dean Ahmad
15. Rayburn Smith
16. Chris Edes
17. Paul Passarelli
18. Kenneth Kaplan
19. Marc Victor
20. Scott Boman
21. Steve Brown (Nevada)

U.S. House of Representatives

1. Johnny Partain
2. Jim McDermott (Alaska)
3. Dick Withington
4. Danny Bedwell
5. Mike Koffenberger
6. Jim Burns
7. Jim Berns
8. Richard Ehrbar III
9. Chris Kalla
10. Eric Eberly
11. Sean Stipe
12. Ryan Steele
13. David Harlow
14. Calen Fretts
15. Darryl Holloman
16. Brian Irving
17. Rob Oates
18. Curtis Campbell
19. Jim Fulner
20. David Macko
21. Sandra Queen Noble
22. Ron Williams (Mississippi)
23. David Kaiser
24. Joseph Silvestri
25. William Pojunis
26. Jim Vein
27. Robb Cunningham
28. Steven Wilson
29. Herschel Young
30. Thomas Holbrook (Missouri)
31. Randy Langkraehr
32. Kevin Craig (Missouri)
33. Rick Vandeven
34. Bill Slantz
35. Clark Patterson
36. Thomas Griffing
37. John Robert Deek
38. Ken Ashby
39. Zach Grady
40. Hugh Chauvin
41. Matthew Solodow
42. Drew Parks
43. John Wieder
44. Roy Hall
45. Richard Priest
46. Scott Ballard
47. Kenneth Duncan
48. Christopher Barber
49. Ronald Finch
50. Junart Sodoy
51. Richard Peterson
52. A.E. Potts
53. Steve Susman
54. John Stathas
55. Betsy Dewey
56. Corrie Byrd
57. Mark Boler
58. Patrick Hisel
59. James Stanczak
60. Ethan Garofolo
61. Seth Hollist
62. John-Henry Liberty
63. Ed Rankin
64. Steven Shanklin
65. Ross Leone
66. Ben Easton
67. Jeffrey Blunt
68. Douglas Arthur Tuma
69. Michael Benoit
70. Steve Collett
71. Michael Salyer
72. Gaylon Kent
73. Gregory Gilman
74. Randolph Wilson Crow
75. Jim Pirtle
76. Keith Deschler
77. Jack Anderson (Arizona)
78. Blanca Guerra
79. Joe Pamelia
80. Helmuth Hack
81. Joe Cobb
82. Hardy Macia
83. Joe Ruiz
84. Arvin Vohra
85. Ronald Owens-Bey
86. Muir Boda
87. Mark Grannis
88. Nickolaus Mueller
89. Scott Soffen
90. Scott Gesty
91. Richard Brubaker
92. Josh Gilliland
93. Justin Amash
94. David Pangrac
95. Jessica Paxton
96. Chris Hayes
97. Bobby Tullis
98. Benjamin Gehlhausen
99. Chard Reid
100. Bart Gadau
101. Dennis Hawver
102. Joel Balam
103. Patrick Provost
104. Jim Stark
105. Randall Lord
106. Clay Steven Grant
107. Caleb Trotter
108. Kim Allen
109. Bill Gelineau
110. Ken Proctor
111. Emily Salvette
112. John Gelineau
113. Richard Secula
114. Christie Gelineau
115. Daniel Goebel
116. Bhagwan Dashairya
117. John Tatar
118. Chris Sharer
119. Leonard Schwartz
120. Keith Blandford
121. Chuck Huntting
122. Michael Cline
123. Joe Tabor
124. Craig Astor
125. Frank Atwood
126. Randy Luallin
127. Buck Bailey
128. Brendan Kelly (New Hampshire)
129. John Ordille
130. Robert Shapiro
131. Len Flynn
132. Patrick McKnight
133. Mick Erickson
134. Michael McDermott (New York)
135. Anthony Powell
136. Powell Gammill
137. Catherine Wark
138. Rex Bell
139. Brian Higgins
140. Mary Buzuma
141. Jacob Holloway
142. Rhett Rosenquest Smith
143. Rufus Craig
144. Thomas Jefferson (Kansas)
145. Gregory Creswell
146. Daniel Reale
147. Robert Murphy (Oklahoma)
148. Russ Monchil
149. Eric Olson (North Dakota)
150. Leo Dymowski

Statewide offices

1. Andrew McCullough
2. Rupert Boneham
3. Vivekananda Wall
4. Marc Mulcahy
5. Jaime Perez
6. Roger Roots
7. Vincent Marcus
8. Ken Larsen
9. Thomas Nance III
10. Matthew Copple
11. Cisse Spragins
12. Jim Higgins
13. Dave Browning
14. Leonard Steinman II (Missouri)
15. Brad Klopfenstein
16. Roland Riemers
17. Ron Vandevender
18. Joshua Voytek
19. Tom Cox (Oregon)
20. Margie Waite-McKeown
21. David R. Eisenhour
22. David Staples
23. Marakay Rogers
24. Patricia Fryman
25. Betsy Summers
26. Bruce Alexander Knight
27. James Leuenberger
28. John Mahler
29. John J. Babiarz
30. Brad Ploeger
31. David Moran (West Virginia)
32. Russell Clarke
33. Sean O'Toole
34. Brian Kamerath
35. Barbara Howe (North Carolina)
36. Christopher Gohl

State Legislatures

1. Paul D. Hinds
2. David Dinwiddie
3. Brandon Black (North Carolina)
4. John Marshall (Montana)
5. Rob McCoy (Montana)
6. John H. Webster
7. Courtney White
8. Mark Madsen
9. Bob Townsend (Texas)
10. Dave McElwee
11. Jeffrey Fox
12. Ed Kless
13. John Betz, Jr.
14. Ryan Dixon
15. Austin Page
16. N. Ruben Perez
17. Joseph Morse
18. Tom Kilbride
19. M.J. Smith
20. Richard Forsythe
21. Brian Cook
22. Morgan Bruce Reeves
23. Richard Prawdzienski
24. Damian Trabel
25. Dennis Grenier
26. Mike Last
27. Loyal Ploof
28. Shannon Hanson
29. Steven Hedrick
30. Frank Gilbert
31. Glen Schwarz
32. Michael J. Rollins
33. F.C. Peterson
34. Gena Martinez
35. John Potter (Delaware)
36. Gwendolyn Jones
37. Jesse Bryant
38. Chris Grundemann
39. Sacha Weis
40. Brandon Hughes
41. Dave Respecki
42. Jeff Johnston (Colorado)
43. Ken Bray
44. Lloyd Sweeny
45. Ronald Schweizer
46. Robert Harrison (Colorado)
47. Courtney Kolva
48. Dave Thomas (Kansas)
49. Clarence Hinchey
50. Carl Kramer
51. Lisa D. Ringer
52. Bryan Lintz
53. Marcia Groff
54. Joseph Addabbo
55. Mark Vetanen
56. Herbert Booth
57. Eugene Newell, Jr.
58. Marc Guttman
59. Richard B. Kahn
60. Richard Tomasso
61. Michele Poague
62. William Bartley
63. Aubrey Dunn
64. Brad Thomas (Delaware)
65. Edward Carta
66. Susan Delgado
67. Aaron Davis
68. Richard Evey

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See also

• Libertarian Party
• Libertarian National Convention, 2016

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