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Noteworthy minor party candidates in the 2018 elections
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Last updated January 27, 2021
In 2018, there were 99 minor-party or independent candidates who received more votes than the margin separating the top two finishers in their election. This page contains information on these noteworthy minor-party candidates organized by level of government.[1]
The partisan affiliation of the noteworthy minor party candidates includes:
- 43 Libertarian Party candidates
- 30 independent or unaffiliated candidates
- Five Green Party candidates
- Four U.S. Taxpayers Party of Michigan candidates
- Four Vermont Progressive Party candidates
- Three Independent American Party candidates
- Three Reform Party candidates
- One Berlin-Northfield Alliance Party candidate
- One Constitution Party candidate
- One Grassroots Party candidate
- One Green Mountain Party candidate
- One Moderation Party candidate
- One Mountain Party candidate
- One United Utah Party candidate
Federal elections
| Noteworthy minor-party federal candidates, 2018 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Minor-party candidate | Minor-party candidate affiliation | Minor-party votes | Winning candidate[2] | Winning votes | Second place candidate[3] | Second place votes | Margin of victory |
| U.S. Senate, Arizona |  Angela Green |
Green Party |
57,442 (2.4%) |  Kyrsten Sinema |
1,191,100 (50.0%) |  Martha McSally |
1,135,200 (47.6%) | 55,900 (2.3%) |
| U.S. Senate, West Virginia |  Rusty Hollen |
Libertarian Party |
24,411 (4.2%) | Joe Manchin III |
290,510 (49.6%) | Patrick Morrisey |
271,113 (46.3%) | 19,397 (3.3%) |
| U.S. House, Kansas' 2nd District | Kelly Standley |
Libertarian Party |
14,731 (5.6%) | Steve Watkins |
126,098 (47.6%) | Paul Davis |
123,859 (46.8%) | 2,239 (0.8%) |
| U.S. House, New York's 27th District |  Larry Piegza |
Reform Party |
5,973 (2.1%) | Chris Collins |
140,146 (49.1%) | Nate McMurray |
139,059 (48.8%) | 1,087 (0.4%) |
| U.S. House, Texas' 23rd District | Ruben Corvalan |
Libertarian Party |
4,425 (2.1%) | Will Hurd |
103,285 (49.2%) | Gina Ortiz Jones |
102,359 (48.7%) | 926 (0.4%) |
State elections
Statewide
Non-statewide
Local elections
| Noteworthy minor-party local candidates, 2018[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Election | Minor-party candidate | Minor-party candidate affiliation | Winning candidate[2] | Second place candidate[3] |
| Ada County Clerk |  Graham Carter |
Independent |
Phil McGrane |
Kelly Yvonne Mitchell
|
| Denton County Commissioners Court District 2 | James Felber |
Libertarian Party |
Ron Marchant |
Brandy Jones
|
| Harris County Commissioners Court Judge | Eric Gatlin |
Libertarian Party |
Lina Hidalgo |
Ed Emmett
|
| North Carolina 10th Judicial District | Nicolette Fulton |
Independent |
J. Brian Ratledge |
Rebecca Edwards
|
Footnotes
- ↑ Candidates who ran in special elections that took place on November 6, 2018, are included in this analysis unless the special election was for an office that was also up for regular election on that day.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 In multi-seat elections, this refers to the winning candidate with the least votes.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 In multi-seat elections, this is the top-placing candidate who did not win instead.
- ↑ Coverage of local candidates in this section is limited to those races within Ballotpedia's local coverage scope.
