David Bergland

David Bergland
Personal Details
Birth:	June 4, 1935 Mapleton, Iowa, USA
Occupation:	Law professor
Party:	Libertarian Party
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David Bergland (born June 4, 1935) was the 1976 Libertarian vice presidential candidate, the running mate of Roger MacBride. He is the author of the book Libertarianism in One Lesson. In 1974, Bergland ran for Attorney General of California as a Libertarian write in candidate. In 1978, in his run for state senate, he was the first candidate to appear on the ballot as a Libertarian in California. In 1980, he ran for a position on the U.S. Senate. He was the LP presidential candidate in 1984, and was co-chairman of Harry Browne's presidential campaign in 1996.

Bergland holds a juris doctorate from the University of Southern California. He was an adjunct professor of law at Western State University's Colleges of Law in Fullerton and later Irvine, California from 1970-1993.

Election results

Election results as a Libertarian candidate

Year	Office	Vote total	%
1984	President of the United States	228,709	0.25%

Presidential Election Year Fundraising

1984	Total Receipts
January	37,177
February	19,335
March	17,666
April	60,518
May	43,651
June	19,742
July	57,836
August	50,822
September	61,447
Oct 1 - Oct 17	84,457
Oct 18 - Nov 26	49,884
Nov 27 - Dec 31	8,284
1984 Total	510,819

References

Preceded by: Tonie Nathan	Libertarian Party Vice Presidential candidate 1976	Succeeded by: David Koch
Preceded by: Ed Clark	Libertarian Party Presidential candidate 1984	Succeeded by: Ron Paul
Preceded by: Ed Crane	Libertarian Party National Chair 1977-1981	Succeeded by: Alicia Clark
Preceded by: Steve Dasbach	Libertarian Party National Chair 1998-2000	Succeeded by: Jim Lark
Preceded by: Lynn Kinsky	Libertarian Party California Senatorial Nominee 1980	Succeeded by: Joseph Fuhrig