On November 8, 2011, the town of Henry, Indiana, held partisan elections for Town Council. Each race was at-large but each race was a separate election. Two of the seats only had a Republican running. For the third seat, two candidates were on the ballot, Libertarian Dennis Denney and Republican incumbent Rebecca Hammer. The final results show that Denney received 93 votes and Hammer received 92. Thanks to Rick Hasen and Robbin Stewart for this news.
Hammer could ask for a recount, but she probably will not do so. Shirley has a population of 830 and is in east central Indiana, in Henry County. The Libertarian Party won three other partisan elections around the U.S. on November 8. The others were: (1) Susan Bell, Town Judge, Hagerstown, Indiana; (2) Miccah Shepherd, Clerk-Treasurer of Claypool, Indiana; (3) Erik Viker, Selingsgrove, Pennsylvania Town Council.
The town is Shirley. It is on the Hancock-Henry County line (Main Street) with about 3/4 of the population in Hancock County.
P.R. in ALL legislative body elections — big and small.
The Pennsylvania Councilman’s name is Erik Viker. Heck of a nice guy and a real statesman for the party.
#3, thank you. I will fix the post.
Why is nobody reporting on the Libertarian elected to the Fayetteville, North Carolina city council? The Fayettevill Observer reported it, listed the guy as a “Libertarian,” at least three times in the article. Yet LP.org, Ballot Access News, no Libertarian site has picked up on it. Fayetteville is a good sized city, much larger than a town of 800.
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Thanks, Jed! The national LP website only tracks election victories of those candidates who are members of the national LP organization. Membership in a state affiliate party organization won’t get a candidate on the national’s radar. We have four other LP election victories in PA that were not included in the national LP release as a result. Not the best system, but I do encourage everyone to support the national HQ efforts with an annual $25 membership contribution. It’s the cost of three decent pints of ale.
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