The Louisiana Secretary of State’s web page has election returns for the state election of October 22 here. Scott Lewis, the Libertarian candidate for Governor, polled 1.22% in a race with ten candidates. Although that is not especially noteworthy, it is far better than the only other instance when the Libertarian Party ran a candidate for Governor. That other time was in 2007, when the party’s candidate only polled .20%.
In the October 22, 2011 election, the Reform Party candidate for Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner, Belinda Alexandrenko, polled 5.69% in a race against a Republican and a Democrat. The Secretary of State’s web page has her listed with “(R)” after her name, but on the ballot she was on as a Reform Party candidate.
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I disagree about the noteworthiness. The Republican incumbent received 66% of the vote. The lead Democrat only got 18%. Compared to that, and in a ten-way election, I would say that 1.2% is a big achievement. That’s more than most third-party candidates get in a three-way race.
In November 2010, the Libertarian Party had candidates for Governor (or the combined office of Governor/Lt. Gov) on the ballot in 20 states. Ten of them got 1.30% or a lesser amount; and ten of them got 1.31% or a greater amount. So the median was 1.3, which is a little better than the Louisiana showing.
The best gubernatorial showing in 2010 for Libertarians was John Monds, who got 4.01% in Georgia. The worst was in Wisconsin, where the party presented a combined ticket of no one for Governor and someone for Lieutenant Governor. That combination got .31%.
Louisiana also elected an independent representative, and 3 independents qualified for the runoff.
The graphic version of the results does have Alexandrenko listed as a (RFM) candidate rather than a (REP) candidate.
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