On June 18, Edward E. Clark died at the age of 95. He was the Libertarian presidential nominee in 1980 and also the 1978 Libertarian Party candidate for Governor of California.
Here is the story from reason.com.
Our condolences to his wife, former Libertarian Party National Chair Alicia Clark.
My condolences to Alicia Clark for her loss. Ed Clark made significant contributions to advancing the LP in our early years.
Ed Clark was a hero and he will be remembered forever. He would have been world famous, but the establishment and the fourth estate trotted out John Anderson and his 50- cent-a-gallon gas tax as “the third alternative” in 1980. What a joke, except it wasn’t very funny, because millions craved a real alternative that year and ever since. When it came to giving to the LP for ballot access, Ed Clark always said “yes”.
After being a Libertarian Party member since 1996 I finally got to meet Ed Clark at the 2022 Libertarian Party of California Convention in Long Beach. He signed several petitions for me to place pro-liberty issues on the ballot. I saw Ed Clark at the 2012 Libertarian National Convention in the Las Vegas, NV metro area, but I did not get the chance to speak to him there. Rest in Peace, Ed Clark.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Libertarian_Party_presidential_tickets
CLARK 1980 – LP Peak ???
New Peak if Musk supports LP ???
Ed Clark was a really nice person in addition to being extremely intelligent. He was able to respond to all sorts of political questions quickly and easily and with answers that were right on target and succinct. He will be remembered fondly as long as there is a Libertarian Party worthy of that name.
Ed Clark was the first Libertarian Party Presidential candidate that I voted for and I have voted Libertarian ever since. He was an effective, articulate candidate and garnered positive public attention to the LP. My condolences to his wife, Alicia.
Reason Magazine is correct in saying that it was Ed Clark who “put the Libertarian Party on the map”. I was privileged to have worked on his campaign in Arizona as finance chair and to have met him when he came through Arizona on the campaign. He did an outstanding job of articulating libertarian positions and philosophy. I well remember an attorney friend, after seeing one of the brief libertarian TV ads which ran on national television, saying to me that it was the most impressive TV ad of the entire campaign season. He gave us hope for the future and will be remembered by those who value freedom.
Ed Clark was a nice guy, but the LP peak objectively was in 2016, followed by precipitous decline (or 1999 if you measure by national dues paying member’s).
Musk does not support the L.P. even when he’s too high to urinate.