Michael Badnarik

Michael J. Badnarik
Badnarik on the presidential campaign trail.
Personal Details
Birth:	(1954-08-01) August 1, 1954
Occupation:	Talk show host
Party:	Libertarian Party
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Michael J. Badnarik (b. 1 August 1954) is a former radio talk show host, Libertarian Party presidential nominee (2004), US Congressional candidate, software engineer, and skydiving instructor.

Campaigns

• 2000 Texas state house
• 2002 Texas state house
• 2004 US President
• 2006 10th US Congress

Work

• 2004 Good To Be King: The Foundation of our Constitutional Freedom (book)

Election Year Fundraising

	2004
Jan 1 - Mar 31	7,958.97
April 1 - June 30	124,489.25
July	226,485.91
August	178,359.43
September	200,089.58
Oct 1 - Oct 13	104,365.11
Oct 14 - Nov 22	193,439.99
Nov 26 - Dec 31	32,593.55
Total	1,067,781.79

2004 Polling

See: Libertarian Presidential Candidate Polling

Election Results

2004 United States Presidential Election

Party	Candidate/Running Mate	Electoral Votes	Percent	Votes
Republican	George W. Bush / Dick Cheney	286	50.73%	62,039,572
Democratic	John Kerry / John Edwards	251	48.26%	59,027,115
Independent	Ralph Nader / Peter Camejo	0	0.38%	465,642
Libertarian	Michael Badnarik / Richard Campagna	0	0.32%	397,265
Constitution	Michael Peroutka / Charles Baldwin	0	0.12%	144,650
Green	David Cobb / Pat LaMarche	0	0.10%	119,910
Various	All Others	0	0.09%	109,436

Preceded by: Harry Browne

Libertarian Party Presidential candidate 2004

Succeeded by: Bob Barr

External Links

• Michael Badnarik's official campaign website
• Michael Badnarik's 2004 official campaign website on archive.org
• Michael Badnarik's 2006 official campaign website on archive.org
• LP Press Release on Badnarik's nomination
• Website for Michael Badnarik's class on the Constitution
  • An eight hour recording of Badnarik's Constitution class
• Badnarik accepting the presidential nomination in May 2004 at the Libertarian National Convention in Atlanta.

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