National Convention 2012

2012 Libertarian National Convention
Convention
Dates:	May 4—6, 2012
Location:	Las Vegas, Nevada
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The 2012 Libertarian National Convention was held on 4-6 May 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

• Gary Johnson won the presidential nomination.
• Jim Gray was chosen as the vice-presidential candidate.
• Geoff Neale was elected as national chair.
• R Lee Wrights was elected as vice chair
• Tim Hagan was elected as treasurer and Ruth Bennett as secretary.

Election of Presidential Nominee

Candidates

• Jim Burns, 2008 Candidate for President
• Gary Johnson, 29th Governor of New Mexico
• Carl Person, Attorney from New York
• Lee Wrights, Libertarian Party Vice-Chair

1st Round

2012 Libertarian Party Nomination for President of the United States

1st Ballot (50% of Delegates needed to win)

Name	Votes	Percent
Gary Johnson	419	70.4%
R. Lee Wrights	152	25.6%
Jim Burns	12	2.0%
Carl Person	3	0.5%
NOTA	3	0.5%
Same Sloan (Write-in)	2	0.3%
Max Abramson (Write-in)	2	0.3%
Ron Paul (Write-in)	1	0.2%
Wayne Allyn Root (Write-in)	1	0.2%

Results

2012 Libertarian Party Convention Presidential Nomination

(50% of Delegates needed to win)

	Gary Johnson	R. Lee Wrights	Jim Burns
1st Round	419 (70.4%)	152 (25.6%)	12 (2.0%)
1st Round Delegate Vote Results. Delegate majorities are represented as Orange for Gary Johnson, Purple for Lee Wrights, and Red for Jim Burns. Black denotes states where delegate majority was split, and grey indicates states that did not participate.

Preceded by: St Louis 2010

Libertarian National Convention 2012

Succeeded by: Columbus 2014

External Links

• Commentary by photographer Judd Weiss]

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