Several states held non-partisan elections on April 5. Five Libertarians were elected or re-elected to local office.
Andrew Gray, the Libertarian Party gubernatorial candidate in 2010, was elected to the Topeka, Kansas city council from the 8th district. He polled 988 votes, and the incumbent, his only opponent, polled 594 votes. Thanks to IndependentPoliticalReport for this news.
Doug Burlison was re-elected to the Springfield, Missouri city council, winning with 62.4% of the vote.
Three Illinois Libertarians were elected: Steve Hellin to a School Board, Karin Vermillion to a Library Board, and Doug Marks to the Carpentersville Trustee Board. Thanks to commenter #1 who helped expand the information in this post.
Wahoo Libertarians!!
By the way, Richard, the Libertarian Party’s blog just posted all of the libertarians elected on April 5th.
“Andrew Gray, the Libertarian Party gubernatorial candidate in 2010, was elected to the city council from the 8th district. He polled 988 votes, and the incumbent, his only opponent, polled 594 votes. Thanks to IndependentPoliticalReport for this news.”
What state? What city?
#2, thank you. I fixed it.
Congratulations to Andrew Gray, Doug Burlison, Steve Hellin, Karin Vermillion and Doug Marks!