Four states hold their legislative elections in the odd year before presidential election years. The Libertarian Party had legislative candidates in all four of these states in 2019 (Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, and Virginia), and polled the best vote it has ever received in this set of elections. It ran fifteen legislative candidates in 2019. The number of legislative candidates on the ballot in prior years: 2015 nine; 2011 twelve; 2007 twelve; 2003 five; 1999 five; 1995 five; 1991 four; 1987 one; 1983 two; 1979 eight; and 1975 six.
The 2019 Libertarian legislative candidates polled a total of 37,751 votes, the highest for any of this set of election years.
This blog post only concerns regularly-scheduled legislative elections, not special elections, which in most states can be held at almost any time.
The Libertarian Party is the only nationally-organized third party that had any legislative candidates in the regularly-scheduled 2019 elections.
Generally minor parties don’t exert much energy in these election years; there is too much distraction with the upcoming presidential election.
ALL States should elect State legislatures, etc. in odd years — to have SOME opposition to the USA regime control freaks in even years.
The LP is looney, but very well organized. voters respond well to consistency.
PR – all legis body elections – all years
RATIO — TOTAL Votes / TOTAL Members = EQUAL votes to elect each Member
Surplus votes down
Lowest loser votes up
The LP also elected around 60+ candidates to various local offices this year, and officially have 271 office-holders nation-wide now.
How many LP folks in POWER offices NOW –
in USA Congress or State legislatures ???
1 in the New Hampshire state assembly, elected as a Republican and switched to the LP.
4 in the Oregon state assembly and 1 in the Oregon state senate elected with a cross endorsement of a major party, and in all but one case, also a cross endorsement with the Independent Party.
1 just elected in November 2019 to the New York state senate with the Republican, Conservative, and Independence parties cross endorsement.
So, if you’re counting cross endorsements and party switchers, it’s about to be 7.
Also, if you’re counting cross endorsed candidates – which I’m not checking, but I assume must be done in order to get to 60 – the LP elected around 150 in 2019.
About 8,000 in such POWER offices.
REAL LP influence on old/new LAWS === NEAR ZERO ???
Statism worse and worse since 1970 — esp govt debts — about $$$ 40 TRILLION by Nov 2020.