Best Election Results

Federal Offices

US Senate

The following is a list of Libertarian candidates who received at least 10% in an election for US Senate.

Year	State	Candidate	Libertarian Votes	Libertarian Percentage	Republican Percentage	Democratic Percentage	Other Percentage
2016	Alaska	Joe Miller	90,825	29.16%	44.36%	11.62%	13.23%, 0.84%, 0.56%, 0.23%
2002	Massachusetts	Michael Cloud	369,807	18.43%		80.03%	1.24%, 0.30%
2006	Indiana	Steve Osborn	168,820	12.59%	87.36%		0.03%, 0.02%
2000	Massachusetts	Carla Howell	308,860	11.88%	12.86%	72.69%	1.62%, 0.53%, 0.33%, 0.10%

US House

The following is a list of Libertarian candidates who received at least 25% in an election for US House.

Year	State	District	Candidate	Libertarian Votes	Libertarian Percentage	Republican Percentage	Democratic Percentage	Other Percentage
2012	Kansas	3	Joel Balam	92,675	31.55%	68.45%
1998	Mississippi	2	William Chipman	32,533	28.84%		71.16%
2004	Florida	21	Frank Gonzalez	54,736	27.20%	72.80%
1990	California	45	Joe Shea	46,068	27.15%	72.85%
2014	Louisiana	4	Randall Lord	55,236	26.57%	73.43%
1998	California	25	Bruce Acker	38,669	25.33%	74.67%
2006	Arizona	6	Jason Blair	51,285	25.20%	74.80%
2016	Arkansas	4	Kerry Hicks	61,274	25.10%	74.90%

Statewide Offices

Governor

The following is a list of Libertarian candidates who received at least 10% in an election for Governor.

Year	State	Candidate	Libertarian Votes	Libertarian Percentage	Republican Percentage	Democratic Percentage	Other Percentage
1982	Alaska	Dick Randolph / Donnis Thompson	29,067	14.91%	37.09%	46.14%	1.66%, 0.19%
2002	Wisconsin	Ed Thompson / Marty Reynolds	185,455	10.45%	41.39%	45.09%	2.48%, 0.16%, 0.15%, 0.13%, 0.10%, 0.05%

Attorney General

The following is a list of Libertarian candidates who received at least 10% in an election for Attorney General.

Year	State	Candidate	Libertarian Votes	Libertarian Percentage	Republican Percentage	Democratic Percentage	Other Percentage
2016	Washington	Joshua Trumbull	979,105	32.86%		67.14%
1994	Arizona	John Karow	207,710	19.86%	80.14%
2014	South Dakota	Chad Haber	45,856	18.00%	82.00%
1988	Oregon	Fred Oerther	120,228	11.07%	88.93%

Auditor

The following is a list of Libertarian candidates who received at least 10% in an election for Auditor.

Year	State	Candidate	Libertarian Votes	Libertarian Percentage	Republican Percentage	Democratic Percentage	Other Percentage
2016	North Dakota	Roland Riemers	70,818	22.92%	76.62%		0.46%
2010	Nebraska	Michele Sallach-Grace	88,433	20.38%	79.62%
2014	South Dakota	Kurt Evans	48,103	20.05%	79.95%
2014	Missouri	Sean O'Toole	252,351	19.72%	73.31%		6.96%
1996	Montana	John Larson	63,127	17.12%		82.88%

Comptroller / Controller

The following is a list of Libertarian candidates who received at least 10% in an election for Comptroller / Controller.

Year	State	Candidate	Libertarian Votes	Libertarian Percentage	Republican Percentage	Democratic Percentage	Other Percentage
1990	Nevada	Kent Cromwell	60,433	19.87%	59.14%		20.99%
2010	Texas	Mary Ruwart	417,523	10.50%	83.16%		6.34%

Secretary of State

The following is a list of Libertarian candidates who received at least 10% in an election for Secretary of State.

Year	State	Candidate	Libertarian Votes	Libertarian Percentage	Republican Percentage	Democratic Percentage	Other Percentage
2014	Nebraska	Ben Backus	121,470	24.81%	75.19%
2002	Idaho	Ronald Perry	86,437	22.53%	77.47%
2006	Wyoming	Dennis Brossman	32,551	18.01%	81.99%
2002	Wyoming	Marie Brossman	29,751	17.56%	82.44%
2014	Wyoming	Kit Carson	16,858	10.78%	76.58%		12.10%, 0.55%
2000	West Virginia	Poochie Myers	56,477	10.56%		89.44%

Treasurer

The following is a list of Libertarian candidates who received at least 10% in an election for Treasurer.

Year	State	Candidate	Libertarian Votes	Libertarian Percentage	Republican Percentage	Democratic Percentage	Other Percentage
1998	Arizona	Ray Price	171,769	19.38%	80.62%
2000	Utah	Hugh Butler	81,697	12.73%	82.94%
1998	Nevada	Daniel Fylstra	40,683	10.12%	62.10%		18.13%, 9.65%

Other Statewide

The following is a list of Libertarian candidates who received at least 30% in an election for a statewide office other than those listed above.

Year	State	Office	Candidate	Libertarian Votes	Libertarian Percentage	Republican Percentage	Democratic Percentage	Other Percentage
2012	Montana	Clerk Of The Supreme Court	Mike Fellows	185,419	43.13%		56.87%
2006	Oregon	Superintendent of Public Instruction	Deborah Andrews (I)	226,054	37.57%		61.94%	0.50%
2012	Georgia	Public Service Commission 5	David Staples	1,095,115	34.17%	65.83%
2016	Georgia	Public Service Commissioner 2	Eric Hoskins	1,200,076	33.42%	66.58%
2008	Georgia	Public Service Commission 1	John Monds	1,076,726	33.40%	66.60%
2014	Georgia	Public Service Commission 1	John Monds	710,408	31.67%	68.33%
1994	Montana	Clerk of the Supreme Court	Jerry O'Neil	93,429	31.02%		68.98%

State Legislature

State Senate

The following is a list of Libertarian candidates who received at least 30% in an election for State Senate.

Year	State	District	Candidate	Libertarian Votes	Libertarian Percentage	Republican Percentage	Democratic Percentage	Other Percentage	Notes
1992	Nevada	Clark 2	Tamara Clark	13,724	44.38%		55.62%
1982	Alaska	D B	Susan Shaffer	6,346	35.17%	64.71%		0.12%
2016	Oklahoma	35	Frank Grove	10,690	35.13%	64.87%
2014	Nevada	10	Ed Uehling	4,409	35.13%		64.87%
1982	Montana	11	Michael Tanchek	1,574	34.11%		65.89%
2016	Washington	3	James Apker	16,395	32.68%		67.32%
1976	Arizona	9	Stephen Davis (I)	7,288	32.42%	28.58%	39.00%
2017	Washington	48	Michelle Darnell	9,553	31.05%		68.95%		Special
1996	Hawaii	12	Tracy Ryan	3,623	30.92%		69.08%
2016	Nevada	7	Kimberly Schjang	12,454	30.46%		69.54%
1976	Idaho	33	Larry Fullmer	2,900	30.42%				Needs Source

State Representative

The following is a list of Libertarian candidates who received at least 30% in an election for State Representative.

Year	State	District	Candidate	Libertarian Votes	Libertarian Percentage	Republican Percentage	Democratic Percentage	Other Percentage	Notes
2012	South Carolina	26	Jeremy Walters	5,243	46.77%			52.62%, 0.62%
2000	Nevada	28	James Dan	990	45.27%		54.73%
2012	Colorado	54	Tim Menger	13,951	40.96%	59.04%
1980	Montana	22	Michael Tanchek	1,174	40.85%		59.15%
1984	Alaska	5 B	Andre Marrou	4,529	40.48%	40.01%	19.42%	0.09%	Elected
1984	Vermont	Chittenden 8-1	Ed McGuire	795	40.48%				Needs Source. Probably a screwy % from a multi-member district
2016	Nevada	36	Dennis Hof	10,675	39.24%	60.76%
1982	Alaska	21	Kenneth Fanning	2,193	38.45%		61.35%	0.19%
2016	Rhode Island	68	William Hunt	2,529	37.95%		61.19%	0.86%
1991	California	5	David McCann	12,091	37.93%	62.07%			Special
2000	Vermont	Chittenden 7-7	Jeffrey Pascoe (I)	648	37.37%		61.36%	1.27%
1994	New Hampshire	Strafford 4	Michael Harrington	281	36.97%	63.03%
1976	Oklahoma	85	Porter Davis	2,867	36.35%				Needs Source
2014	Alaska	19	Cean Stevens	1,461	36.15%		62.98%	0.87%
2002	Vermont	Windsor-Rutland 2	Larry Curtis	588	35.85%	63.60%		0.55%
2000	Maine	76	William Reid	1,550	35.85%		64.15%
1986	Alaska	5 B	Andre Marrou	3,838	35.83%	22.39%	41.70%	0.07%
1992	Nevada	26	James Frye	3,952	35.76%	64.23%
1992	Nevada	11	Sandra Black	3,041	35.28%		64.72%
2002	Nevada	28	James Dan	1,183	34.80%		65.20%
2000	New Hampshire	Rockingham 7	Donald Gorman	633	34.59%	64.81%		0.60%
2012	Florida	28	Franklin Perez	22,866	34.05%	65.95%
1992	New Mexico	53	Kay Stone	2,316	33.86%		66.14%
2008	Indiana	54	Rex Bell	8,374	33.49%	66.51%
2010	Missouri	40	Sean O'Toole	1,187	33.34%		66.66%
2014	Washington	19-1	David Steenson	12,838	33.05%		66.95%
2014	Washington	38-2	Elijah Olson	9,957	32.97%		67.03%
1988	Idaho	11 C	Maurice Clements	8,658	32.72%				Needs Source. Might be a screwy % from a multi-member district
2016	Washington	3-1	Randy McGlenn II	16,260	32.69%		67.31%
2014	Pennsylvania	121	Betsy Summers	3,298	32.25%		67.75%
1994	Georgia	86	Larry Bolin	2,503	31.91%		68.09%
2014	Florida	28	Franklin Perez	15,917	31.75%	68.25%
1982	Alaska	27	Ken Damm	1,188	31.40%		68.46%	0.13%
2011	Virginia	41	Michael Kane	5,509	31.33%		68.02%	0.65%
2016	Colorado	21	Michael Seebeck	7,904	31.29%	68.71%
2004	Florida	47	Kim Snow	18,927	30.83%	69.17%
2014	Washington	48-2	Tim Turner	11,049	30.81%		69.19%
1990	New Mexico	6	Illa Bolton	723	30.79%		69.21%
2002	Georgia	68	Chris Crawford	2,372	30.75%	69.25%
2014	Washington	3-2	Paul Delaney	9,935	30.53%		69.47%
2010	Alaska	20	Scott Kohlhaas	918	30.48%		68.56%	0.96%
2008	Kentucky	67	Pat Lucas (I)	3,652	30.26%		69.74%