Georgia elects its Public Service Commissioners in statewide partisan elections. The state is divided into 5 districts, but the districts only relate to the residency of the candidates; all 5 races are statewide elections. Two of the Commissioners were elected on November 4, 2008.
In the District One race, Libertarian nominee John H. Monds is receiving 33.3% of the statewide vote against his only opponent, the Republican incumbent. Monds is black and has been elected to local non-partisan office. With 99% of the precincts in, Monds is winning in Fulton, DeKalb, Clayton and Hancock Counties. Fulton County includes almost all of the city of Atlanta. See here for the state’s unofficial election returns for this race.
Did Texas retain ballot access?
I believe they did. Many statewide nominees polled over 2% and the Railroad Commissioner nominee polled over 3%.
The only changes between Libertarian Party qualified status now, compared to four years ago, is that the party is not now qualified in Maryland and South Dakota, and it is now qualified in Massachusetts and North Carolina. So after the November 2004 election, and after the November 2008 election, the Libertarians are qualified in 26 states, but they aren’t exactly the same 26 states.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution has this interesting look at how the Libertarian Party did in Georgia
http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/shared-blogs/ajc/politicalinsider/entries/2008/11/06/libertarian_country_in_georgia.html#comments
I thought it had to be 5% or greater in Texas?
The Texas Libertarian running in a two-way statewide partisan judicial race in Texas received way over 5%. He got over 1,000,000 votes, just as Monds did.