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Libertarian Party candidates, 2014

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The Libertarian Party supported 756 congressional, state, and local-level candidates across the country during the 2014 election cycle. An additional 20 Libertarians ran as fusion candidates and appeared on the ballot under a different or multiple party labels. Of these candidates, 23 Libertarians were elected or re-elected to public office, including seven fusion candidates.[1][2]

As of November 2017, 154 Libertarians held elected offices in 33 states, including two state legislators.[3]

2014 elected Libertarians

The following Libertarians won election or re-election to public office in 2014:

2014 elected Libertarians
State Party Candidate Office
Arkansas Libertarian Casey Copeland Prairie Grove Alderman (Washington County)
Arkansas Libertarian Jacob Faught Benton County Constable
Arkansas Libertarian Bobby Tullis Mineral Springs Mayor (Howard County)
Florida Libertarian Richard Paul Lee County Mosquito Control District, Area 4
Indiana Libertarian Cheryl Heacox Clay Township Board (Wayne County)
Indiana Libertarian Stephen Coffman Liberty Township Advisory Board (Henry County)
Kentucky Libertarian Larry Lea Odom-Groh Bellemeade Mayor (Jefferson County)
Kentucky Libertarian Tracey D. Roberts Marshall County Magistrate, District 2
Kentucky Libertarian Shannon Denniston Montgomery County Justice of the Peace, District 2
Louisiana Libertarian Henry Herford Franklin Parish Constable, District 1
Louisiana Libertarian Justin Bonnette Vernon Parish Justice of the Peace, Ward 6
Louisiana Libertarian William McBride Washington City Council, District 3 (St. Landry Parish)
Louisiana Libertarian Chad Ivery Perry Calcasieu Parish Justice of the Peace, Ward 7
Minnesota Libertarian Elizabeth Dahl Crystal City Council, Ward 1 (Hennepin County)
Minnesota Libertarian Olga Parsons Crystal Section II City Council (Hennepin County)
Nebraska Libertarian Keith Ottersberg Wymore City Council, Ward 2 (Gage County)
Oregon Republican (fusion candidate) Kim Thatcher Oregon State Senate District 13
Oregon Republican (fusion candidate) Sal Esquivel Oregon House of Representatives District 6
Oregon Republican (fusion candidate) Sherrie Sprenger Oregon House of Representatives District 17
Oregon Republican (fusion candidate) Bill Post Oregon House of Representatives District 25
Oregon Republican (fusion candidate) Mark Johnson Oregon House of Representatives District 52
Oregon Republican (fusion candidate) Knute C. Buehler Oregon House of Representatives District 54
Oregon Republican (fusion candidate) Gail Whitsett Oregon House of Representatives District 56


2014 Libertarian candidates

The following 2014 Libertarian candidates are available on Ballotpedia:

United States Senate

U.S. House of Representatives

  1. Craig Bowden
  2. Andy Horning
  3. Brian Slowinski
  4. Justin Amash
  5. Lucas Overby
  6. Brian Higgins
  7. Cecil Ince
  8. Cory Bruner
  9. Ray Netherwood
  10. Chris Clemmons
  11. Scott Soffen
  12. Henry Herford, Jr.
  13. Mark Boler
  14. Clark Patterson
  15. Max Koch, III
  16. Jaime Perez
  17. John Wieder
  18. John Betz, Jr.
  19. Ken Ashby
  20. Matthew Solodow
  21. Hugh Chauvin
  22. Ross Leone
  23. James Stanczak
  24. Scott Ballard
  25. Robb Rourke
  26. Ed Rankin
  27. Rodney Veach
  28. Ryan Rowley
  29. Roxanne Simonson
  30. Doug Purl
  31. Mike Kolls
  32. Ruben Corvalan
  33. Rob Lapham
  34. J.P. Raley
  35. Gerald Fowler
  36. Russ Jones (Texas)
  37. Johnny Johnson (Texas)
  38. Bill Kelsey
  39. Ryan Lange
  40. Ed Colliver
  41. Emily Pivoda
  42. Shawn Michael Hamilton (Texas)
  43. Bill Oliver (Texas)
  44. Jennifer Whelan
  45. Michael Idrogo
  46. David Cunningham (Texas)
  47. Mark Loewe
  48. Ryan Shields
  49. Richard Peterson
  50. Jason Reeves (Texas)
  51. Jack Seaman
  52. Thomas Casson
  53. Andy Shambaugh
  54. Arvin Vohra
  55. Brian Scott Willhite
  56. Debbie Standiford
  57. Grant Brand
  58. Ken Hamilton
  59. Danny Bedwell
  60. Joey Robinson
  61. Mark Matthew Herd
  62. David Bruce (California)
  63. Mike Fellows (Montana)
  64. Steve Brown (Nevada)
  65. Randy Kimmick
  66. Jim Vein
  67. Joe Kent (Hawaii)
  68. Bill Slantz
  69. Rufus Craig
  70. Daniel Elder (Missouri)
  71. Robb Cunningham
  72. Leonard Steinman II (Missouri)
  73. Steven Hedrick
  74. Randy Langkraehr
  75. Herschel Young
  76. Roy Welborn
  77. Russ Monchil
  78. Claudia Tenney
  79. Kevin Craig (Missouri)
  80. Douglas Arthur Tuma
  81. Michael Benoit
  82. Curtis McLaughlin
  83. Kevin Umbaugh
  84. David Earl Williams III (Chicago, Illinois)
  85. James Carr (Virginia)
  86. Clay Steven Grant
  87. Bill Redpath
  88. Bo Brown
  89. Jeffrey Carson
  90. Marc Harrold
  91. Jeffrey Blunt
  92. Ken Petty
  93. James Veasaw
  94. Steven Laird
  95. Eric Eberly
  96. David Harlow
  97. David Macko
  98. Brian Chabot
  99. Will Hammer
  100. Jim McDermott (Alaska)
  101. Paul Jones (Virginia)
  102. Joe Cobb
  103. Erwin J. Haas
  104. Gus Fahrendorf
  105. Robert Murphy (Oklahoma)
  106. Brendan Kelly (New Hampshire)
  107. Scott Gesty
  108. Davy Jones
  109. Jeffry LaMonte Sanford
  110. Richard Brubaker
  111. Rick Vandeven
  112. Robert Shapiro
  113. Dorit Goikhman
  114. Jim Gawron
  115. James Foster (Oregon)
  116. Sharon Durbin
  117. Jeffrey Langan
  118. David Chester
  119. Loel Gnadt
  120. Ronald Welch
  121. Harold H. Jones
  122. Ken Proctor
  123. John Tatar
  124. Bhagwan Dashairya
  125. Chris Sharer
  126. Leonard Schwartz
  127. Charles Saucier
  128. Randall Lord
  129. Samuel Davenport
  130. Daniel Reale
  131. Frank Atwood
  132. Travis Mero
  133. Jess Loban
  134. Norm Olsen
  135. Keith Deschler
  136. Rob Taylor (Wisconsin)
  137. Roger Roots
  138. Michael Salyer
  139. Scott Smith (New York)
  140. Donna Dunn
  141. Don Dezarn
  142. R. Mike Frey
  143. Chris Mayo
  144. Eric Miller (Indiana)
  145. John Krom
  146. Scott Wise
  147. Jeff Petermann
  148. Edward Wright (Iowa)
  149. Powell Gammill
  150. Chris Rike
  151. Dan Souza
  152. Gregory Creswell
  153. Will Aikens
  154. Will Tyler White
  155. Bryan Holder
  156. Johnny Partain
  157. James Weeks II
  158. Ted Rogers

Statewide offices

  1. Matthew Hess
  2. Adrian Wyllie
  3. Charlie Earl
  4. Sherry Clark (Ohio)
  5. Ralph Allen Beach
  6. Ken Santema
  7. Gene Chapman
  8. Rocky Palmquist
  9. Jake Porter
  10. Tresa McAlhaney
  11. Grant Nelson (Kansas)
  12. Julie Fox
  13. Kathie Glass
  14. Ed Kless
  15. Brandon de Hoyos
  16. Mark Miller (Texas)
  17. Keen A. Umbehr
  18. Chris Michel
  19. Matthew Skopek
  20. Chad Grimm
  21. Alex Cummings
  22. John Wayne Smith (Florida)
  23. Tom Glass
  24. Frank Gilbert
  25. J.R. Myers
  26. Lee Wrights
  27. Ken Krawchuk
  28. Ben Sanders
  29. Rick Donaldson
  30. Jason Marshall Kute
  31. Robert J. Bell (Texas gubernatorial candidate)
  32. Rob Astorino
  33. Jamie Balagia
  34. Robert Lynn Garett
  35. Jamar Osborne
  36. Roland Riemers
  37. Shawn Quinn
  38. Lorenzo Gaztañaga
  39. Aaron Keith Harris
  40. Marc Allan Feldman
  41. Anthony Mangnall
  42. Jeff Davis (Hawaii)
  43. Kevin Knedler
  44. Bob Bridges
  45. Nathan LeBron
  46. Chris Olson
  47. Ben Backus
  48. Michael Knebel
  49. Aaron Cash
  50. Brian Leach
  51. Jacob Holloway
  52. Chris Hayes
  53. Richard Cooper
  54. Chris Edes
  55. Henry Haller
  56. John T. Bujak
  57. Steve French (South Carolina)
  58. Lee Hieb
  59. Barry Hess
  60. Andrew McCullough
  61. Jonathan Jaech
  62. Ben Koyl
  63. Brandon Young
  64. David K. Williams (Colorado)
  65. David Jurist
  66. David Schambach
  67. Shaun Crowell
  68. Daniel Lewis (Tennessee)
  69. Dax Ewbank
  70. Robert Butler (Texas)
  71. Justin Knight
  72. Michael McDermott (New York)
  73. Carl Person
  74. John Clifton
  75. Andrew Hunt
  76. Bill Wohlsifer
  77. Andrew C. Lee
  78. Carolyn "Care" Clift
  79. Karl Tatgenhorst
  80. Josh Umbehr
  81. Ian Freeman
  82. Tony Jones (Rhode Island)
  83. Cindy Marlin
  84. Robert Burke (Wisconsin)
  85. Joseph Brost
  86. Thomas Nelson (Wisconsin)
  87. Andy Craig (Wisconsin)
  88. Jerry Shidell
  89. Tim Watson
  90. Keith Laube
  91. Keegan Iversen
  92. Mary Buzuma
  93. Justin M. Altman
  94. Bob Odden
  95. Mary O'Connor (Minnesota)
  96. Jamie Lewis
  97. Chris Dock
  98. Sean O'Toole
  99. Scott Zimmerman
  100. Ted Metz
  101. John Monds
  102. Robin Aaron Gilmer
  103. Greg Roe
  104. Paul Grad
  105. Mike Jasper
  106. John Schick
  107. Dan Feliciano
  108. John Machurek
  109. Chad Haber
  110. Emmett Reistroffer
  111. Kurt Evans
  112. John English (South Dakota)
  113. Scott Boman
  114. Kit Carson
  115. Dee Cozzens
  116. Elvis Presley
  117. Aubrey Dunn
  118. Mark Elworth Jr.
  119. Morgan Bruce Reeves
  120. Leo Dymowski
  121. Steven L. Childs

State Legislatures

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