Here is the list of qualified candidates in the upcoming special election in Florida, for U.S. House, 13th district. Lucas Overby, a Libertarian candidate in that race, paid the filing fee of over $10,000 to be on the ballot. The Democratic nominee will be Alex Sink, and the Republican nominee will be chosen in a special primary. One write-in candidate, Michael Levinson, will have his write-ins counted.
Overby had tried to qualify with petitions in lieu of the filing fee, but his petition was 19 valid signatures short, so he had to pay the entire filing fee. The election will be March 11, 2014. Here is a newspaper story about the race. UPDATE: here is a news story about how the money was raised.
Congratulations to the Florida Libertarians for rallying to Mr. Overby’s side. I will be nice for me personally to have the first Libertarian candidate for US Representatives to vote for since 1982!
So are the taxpayers paying for this Republican primary?
Most Libertarians in Pinellas are supporting Kathleen Peters at this time. She needs some work, but is better than the tax-raising nutcase Overby.
Sadly since expelling the Libertarians in 2009, the LP Florida is being run by GOP extremists out to destroy the party brand. They’re spending money the members designated for infrastructure and ignoring the party prohibition on spending funds for candidates who can raise funds themselves and are supposed to run by ‘petition only’ to build contacts. Instead of following the party standard of getting double the petitions he supposedly lacked 19. Most libertarians in Florida won’t go near the LP Florida.
Go to Overby’s site to read about how he wants a special tax on oil, a big government energy program, and a ‘fair tax’ of nearly 30% of your income with 0% corporate taxes. Some Libertarian.
Worse, the national LP has sent a letter asking people to send money to this guy. Wes Benedict the director seems intent on destroying state parties.