National Convention 2012

2012 Libertarian National Convention
Convention
Dates:	May 4—6, 2012
Location:	Las Vegas, Nevada
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The 2012 Libertarian National Convention was held on 4-6 May 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. It marked the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Libertarian Party.

Election of Presidential Nominee

Candidates

• Jim Burns, former chair of the Libertarian Party of Nevada
• Gary Johnson, 29th Governor of New Mexico
• Carl Person, Attorney from New York
• Lee Wrights, Libertarian Party Vice-Chair

1st Round

2012 Libertarian Party Nomination for President of the United States

1st Ballot (50% of Delegates needed to win)

Name	Votes	Percent
Gary Johnson	419	70.4%
R. Lee Wrights	152	25.6%
Jim Burns	12	2.0%
Carl Person	3	0.5%
NOTA	3	0.5%
Sam Sloan (Write-in)	2	0.3%
Max Abramson (Write-in)	2	0.3%
Ron Paul (Write-in)	1	0.2%
Wayne Allyn Root (Write-in)	1	0.2%

Results

2012 Libertarian Party Convention Presidential Nomination

(50% of Delegates needed to win)

	Gary Johnson	R. Lee Wrights	Jim Burns
1st Round	419 (70.4%)	152 (25.6%)	12 (2.0%)
1st Round Delegate Vote Results. Delegate majorities are represented as Orange for Gary Johnson, Purple for Lee Wrights, and Red for Jim Burns. Black denotes states where delegate majority was split, and grey indicates states that did not participate.

Election of Vice Presidential Nominee

Candidates

• Jim Burns, former chair of the Libertarian Party of Nevada.
• Jim Gray, former Presiding judge of the Superior Court of Orange County, California (endorsed by Gary Johnson).
• Lee Wrights, Libertarian Party Vice Chair

Results

2012 Libertarian Party Nomination for Vice President of the United States

1st Ballot (50% of Delegates needed to win)

Name	Votes	Percent
Jim Gray	357	59.50%
R. Lee Wrights	229	38.17%
Jim Burns	6	1.0%
NOTA	7	1.17%
Sam Sloan (write-in)	1	0.17%

Election of LNC Officers

• Geoff Neale was elected as national chair.
• R Lee Wrights was elected as vice chair
• Tim Hagan was elected as treasurer and Ruth Bennett as secretary.

Minutes

• Minutes of the 2012 Convention

External Links

• Commentary by photographer Judd Weiss]

Preceded by: St Louis 2010

Libertarian National Convention 2012

Succeeded by: Columbus 2014

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