Bennett Rutledge
Bennett Rutledge is an IT professional and accountant from Centennial, Colorado. He is a previous Treasurer for the Libertarian Party of Arapahoe County having served from 2015-2021.[1]
| Bennett Rutledge | |
| Treasurer Libertarian Party of Arapahoe County | |
| 2015—May 1, 2021 | |
| Successor: | Kevin Ruskusky |
| Personal Details | |
| Education: | University of Arizona |
| Occupation: | IT professional, accountant |
| Residence: | Centennial, Colorado |
| Party: | Libertarian Republican (previous) |
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On March 26, 2018, Rutledge was nominated by the Libertarian Party of Colorado to run for Colorado Secretary of State.
Biography
Rutledge began his political life as a Republican, back in the days of Eisenhower and Goldwater. He even became an officer in the Teen Age Republican Club at his high school. The first schism came when Bennett ran for delegate to the Republican Convention on an anti-Nixon platform, primarily because he had not ended the Draft as promised. Bennett received 26 votes.
Then he went away to college at the University of Arizona, where he discovered to his shock that he was a flaming liberal. The Nolan diagram (used today as the "World's Smallest Political Quiz") was the piece Mr. Rutledge needed to see the real picture.
In 2017, Rutledge ran for District 2 of the Centennial City Council.[2]
2017 Centennial City Council Campaign
Electoral Results
| Party | Candidate | Percent | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-Partisan | Tammy Maurer | 42% | 2,527 |
| Non-Partisan | Doris Truhlar | 28.8% | 1,737 |
| Non-Partisan | Nancy Nickless | 15% | 903 |
| Non-Partisan | Bennett Rutledge | 14% | 848 |
2022 Colorado Secretary of State Campaign
Endorsements
- Eric Mulder. Aurora Veterans' Affairs Commissioner. 2018 Candidate for Sheriff of Arapahoe County.[4]
Electoral Results
| Party | Candidate | Percent | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Pam Anderson | 42.08% | 1,045,582 |
| Democrat | Gena Griswold | 55.10% | 1,369,040 |
| Unity | Gary Swing | 0.05% | 11,458 |
| Approval
Voting |
Jan Kok | 0.18% | 4,591 |
| American Constitution | Amanda Campbell | 0.71% | 17,602 |
| Libertarian | Bennett Rutledge | 1.47% | 36,485 |
| Total Votes | 2,484,758 |