Vivekananda Wall

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Vivekananda Wall was a Libertarian candidate for Texas Railroad Commission in the 2012 elections.

Elections

See also: Texas down ballot state executive elections, 2012

Wall ran for Texas Railroad Commission in 2012. He defeated Thomas Nance III for the Libertarian nomination at the party's state convention on June 9.^[1]

Beryl Burgess, Warren Chisum, Christi Craddick, Joe Cotten, Roland Sledge and Becky Berger sought the Republican nomination. Since no candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote getters - Chisum and Craddick - faced off in a runoff election on July 31,^[2] which Craddick won.

Dale Henry ran as a Democrat and Chris Kennedy for the Green Party. Craddick won the general election on November 6, 2012.^[3]

Incumbent Buddy Garcia (R) was appointed to serve in the seat until the general election and did not run for election.^[4]

Texas Railroad Commissioner 2 General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Christi Craddick	56.2%	4,336,499
	Democratic	Dale Henry	39.6%	3,057,733
	Libertarian	Vivekananda Wall	2.2%	173,001
	Green	Chris Kennedy	2%	153,664
Total Votes				7,720,897
Election results via Texas Secretary of State

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