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'''Larry Sharpe''' is an American business consultant and political activist. He was a Libertarian candidate for Vice President in 2016. He is founder and Managing Director at NeoSage.<ref name="Reason VP">{{Citation|last=Doherty|first=Brian|title=Meet the Libertarian Party's VP Candidates|accessdate=December 3, 2016|date=May 28, 2016|url=http://reason.com/blog/2016/05/28/the-libertarian-partys-vice-presidential|publisher=Reason}}</ref><ref name="LPConvention">{{Citation|author=Libertarian Party|title=Larry Sharpe|accessdate=December 3, 2016|url=http://libertarian.nationbuilder.com/sharpe|publisher=Libertarian Party}}</ref>
'''Larry Sharpe''' is an American business consultant and political activist. He was a Libertarian candidate for Vice President in 2016. He is founder and Managing Director at NeoSage.<ref name="Reason VP">{{Citation|last=Doherty|first=Brian|title=Meet the Libertarian Party's VP Candidates|accessdate=December 3, 2016|date=May 28, 2016|url=http://reason.com/blog/2016/05/28/the-libertarian-partys-vice-presidential|publisher=Reason}}</ref><ref name="LPConvention">{{Citation|author=Libertarian Party|title=Larry Sharpe|accessdate=December 3, 2016|url=http://libertarian.nationbuilder.com/sharpe|publisher=Libertarian Party}}</ref>


==Biography==
==Early life and career==
Sharpe is a veteran,<ref name="Reason VP"/> having served in the [[United States Marine Corps]]. He attended the [[University of Maryland]] where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in anthropology.<ref name="LPConvention"/> He became an English teacher and in 2001 he started Prime Distribution Inc. and later sold it. In 2004, he founded Neo-Sage, where he is currently Managing Director.<ref name="Meet Larry">{{Citation|author=|title=Meet Larry|accessdate=December 3, 2016|date=|url=http://www.sharpe4vp.com/meet-larry|publisher=Larry Sharpe for Libertarian Vice President 2016}}</ref>
Sharpe is a veteran,<ref name="Reason VP"/> having served in the [[United States Marine Corps]]. He attended the [[University of Maryland]] where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in anthropology.<ref name="LPConvention"/> He became an English teacher and in 2001 he started Prime Distribution Inc. and later sold it. In 2004, he founded Neo-Sage, where he is currently Managing Director.<ref name="Meet Larry">{{Citation|author=|title=Meet Larry|accessdate=December 3, 2016|date=|url=http://www.sharpe4vp.com/meet-larry|publisher=Larry Sharpe for Libertarian Vice President 2016}}</ref>



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Template:Userspace draft Template:Infobox person Larry Sharpe is an American business consultant and political activist. He was a Libertarian candidate for Vice President in 2016. He is founder and Managing Director at NeoSage.[1][2]

Early life and career

Sharpe is a veteran,[1] having served in the United States Marine Corps. He attended the University of Maryland where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in anthropology.[2] He became an English teacher and in 2001 he started Prime Distribution Inc. and later sold it. In 2004, he founded Neo-Sage, where he is currently Managing Director.[3]

Politics

Sharpe first became interested in the Libertarian Party during Gary Johnson's 2012 Presidential campaign. He became a member of the Libertarian Party of New York and has used videos and social media to promote Libertarian ideas.[1]

Sharpe worked on Johnson's Our America PAC before deciding to run for the Vice Presidential nomination.[4]

In 2016, Sharpe ran for the Vice Presidential nomination for the Libertarian Party. At the 2016 Libertarian National Convention, he had the second highest amount of votes in both rounds of voting for the Vice Presidential nomination. In the second round of voting, he had 409 votes but lost to former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Doherty, Brian (May 28, 2016), Meet the Libertarian Party's VP Candidates, Reason, http://reason.com/blog/2016/05/28/the-libertarian-partys-vice-presidential, retrieved December 3, 2016 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Libertarian Party, Larry Sharpe, Libertarian Party, http://libertarian.nationbuilder.com/sharpe, retrieved December 3, 2016 
  3. Meet Larry, Larry Sharpe for Libertarian Vice President 2016, http://www.sharpe4vp.com/meet-larry, retrieved December 3, 2016 
  4. Weigel, David (May 29, 2016), Libertarians pick Johnson and Weld ticket after close contest, The Washington Post, https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/05/29/libertarians-pick-johnson-and-weld-ticket-after-close-contest/?utm_term=.d05e19df2fd4, retrieved December 3, 2016 

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