Libertarian Party primary results
Posted on February 6th, 2008 at 4:09pm by bile Categories and Tags: Uncategorized, Alameda County, Arizona, Barry Hess, California, Christine Smith, elections, Eric Garris, freedom, George Phillies, Libertarian Party, liberty, Los Angeles, Missouri, Orange County, politics, Ron Paul, San Francisco County, Steve Kubby, Wayne Allen Root- Christine Smith : 25.1%
- Steve Kubby : 17.0%
- Wayne A. Root : 13.8%
No one else broke 10%. Phillies got 5.0%. Interestingly according to Eric Garris over at Third Party Watch Ron Paul may have actually won:
[I]t appears that Smith was beaten by “write-in votes.” The 12 ballot candidates received a total of 13,750 votes statewide, out of about 80,000 who are registered statewide.
A check of major counties shows that, in each case, the number of “write-in votes” exceeded Smith’s total. For example, in Los Angeles, the largest county in the state (making up a third of the state’s population) reported 2,157 write-in votes, compared to Smith’s total of 746. Orange County reported 1,279 write-ins compared to Smith’s total of 352. San Francisco County reported 145 write-ins, compared to Smith’s total of 86. Alameda County reported 138 write-ins, compared to Smith’s total of 133.
Unfortunately, the write-in votes will not be counted, since no one filed as an official write-in candidate, but one can make an educated guess as to what candidate LP registrants would write in.
- UNCOMMITTED : 46.8%
- Wanye A. Root : 18.1%
- Steve Kubby : 9.6%
- George Phillies : 8.0%
- George Phillies
- Wayne A. Root
- Barry Hess
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