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 ==History==
-Since 1972, there have been 10 Libertarian Presidential Nominees. The most successful in terms of percent of votes and number of votes was [[Ed Clark]] in 1980. In 1972, [[John Hospers]] received the first and only electoral vote in the party's history when one faithless elector voted for him.
+Since 1972, there have been 10 different Libertarian Presidential nominees, in 12 elections. (Two candidates were nominated twice.)  In 1972, the LP's first Presidential candidate [[John Hospers]] received the first and only electoral vote in the party's history when one "faithless elector" voted for him. The first candidate to break the one percent mark was [[Ed Clark]] in 1980. This remained the best showing both as a percentage and in raw number of votes until 2012, when [[Gary Johnson]] became the first candidate to receive more than one million votes (but just shy of one percent). Running again in 2016, Gary Johnson then beat the previous record by both measures by a wide margin, receiving more than three percent and more than four million votes.
 ==1972 Presidential Election==