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On July 4, 2017, Petersen announced that he is running under the Republican Party in the 2018 Missouri Senate race.<ref>http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article159554424.html</ref> | On July 4, 2017, Petersen announced that he is running under the Republican Party in the 2018 Missouri Senate race.<ref>http://www.kansascity.com/opinion/editorials/article159554424.html</ref> | ||
==2018 Missouri Senate Campaign== | |||
===Endorsements=== | |||
'''U.S. Representatives''' | |||
*[[Bob Barr]], former U.S. Congressman from Georgia and 2008 presidential candidate | |||
*Joe Walsh, former U.S. Congressman from Illinois | |||
'''State Legislators''' | |||
*Eric Brakey, State Senator in Maine, and candidate for U.S Senate in Maine for 2018[29] | |||
'''Individuals''' | |||
*Ron Coleman, legal scholar and journalist | |||
*B. Wayne Hughes, Jr., businessman and philanthropist | |||
*Dana Loesch, conservative commentator and host of Dana on The Blaze | |||
*Ryan Moran, Entrepreneur and founder of capitalism.com | |||
*Mark Pellegrino, actor | |||
*Dave Rubin, host of The Rubin Report | |||
*Ben Shapiro, conservative commentator, editor-at-large of Daily Wire | |||
*Thomas Woods, historian, author, and host of the Tom Woods Show | |||
*Kurt Schlichter, conservative commentator and political columnist at Townhall | |||
'''Organizations''' | |||
*Building St. Louis | |||
==2016 Presidential Campaign== | ==2016 Presidential Campaign== | ||
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*Sean Haugh, 2002, 2014 and 2016 Libertarian candidate for United States Senate in North Carolina. | *Sean Haugh, 2002, 2014 and 2016 Libertarian candidate for United States Senate in North Carolina. | ||
*Dave Smith, comedian | *Dave Smith, comedian | ||
===Results=== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ 2016 Libertarian Party Nomination for President of the United States | |||
|+ 1st Ballot (50% of Delegates needed to win) | |||
! Name !! Votes !! Percent | |||
|- | |||
| Gary Johnson || 458 || 49.51% | |||
|- | |||
| '''Austin Petersen''' || '''197''' || '''21.30%''' | |||
|- | |||
| John McAfee || 131 || 14.16% | |||
|- | |||
| Darryl Perry || 63 || 6.81% | |||
|- | |||
| Marc Allan Feldman || 58 || 6.27% | |||
|- | |||
| Kevin McCormick || 9 || 0.97% | |||
|- | |||
| [[None of the Above | NOTA]] || 5 || 0.54% | |||
|- | |||
| Ron Paul (Write-in) || 1 || 0.11% | |||
|- | |||
| Vermin Supreme (Write-in) || 1 || 0.11% | |||
|- | |||
| Heidi Zemen (Write-in) || 1 || 0.11% | |||
|- | |||
| Derrick Grayson (Write-in) || 1 || 0.11% | |||
|} | |||
No candidate received a majority of delegate votes on the first ballot, leading to the next round of voting. Kevin McCormick was eliminated from the 2nd ballot. | |||
'''2nd Ballot Results''' | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|+ 2016 Libertarian Party Nomination for President of the United States | |||
|+ 2nd Ballot (50% of Delegates needed to win) | |||
! Name !! Votes !! Percent | |||
|- | |||
| Gary Johnson || 518 || 55.82% | |||
|- | |||
| '''Austin Petersen''' || '''203''' || '''21.88%''' | |||
|- | |||
| John McAfee || 131 || 14.12% | |||
|- | |||
| Darryl Perry || 52 || 5.60% | |||
|- | |||
| Marc Allan Feldman || 18 || 1.94% | |||
|- | |||
| [[None of the Above | NOTA]] || 2 || 0.11% | |||
|- | |||
| Derrick Grayson (Write-in) || 1 || 0.11% | |||
|- | |||
| Michael Shannon (Write-in) || 1 || 0.11% | |||
|- | |||
| Rhett Smith (Write-in) || 1 || 0.11% | |||
|- | |||
| Kevin McCormick (Write-in) || 1 || 0.11% | |||
|} | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||