Best Election Results

Federal Offices

President

The following is a list of Libertarian candidates who received at least 5% in a state in an election for President.

Year	State	Candidate	Libertarian Votes	Libertarian Percentage	Republican Percentage	Democratic Percentage	Other Percentage
1980	Alaska	Ed Clark	18,479	11.66%	54.35%	26.41%	7.04%, 0.54%
2016	New Mexico	Gary Johnson	74,541	9.34%	40.04%	48.26%	1.24%, 0.73%, 0.19%, 0.15%, 0.06%
2016	North Dakota	Gary Johnson	21,434	6.22%	62.96%	27.23%	1.10%, 0.53%, 0.11%, 1.86%
2016	Alaska	Gary Johnson	18,725	5.88%	51.28%	36.55%	2.89%, 1.80%, 1.21%, 0.39%
2016	Oklahoma	Gary Johnson	83,481	5.75%	65.32%	28.93%
2016	Montana	Gary Johnson	28,037	5.67%	56.47%	35.94%	1.61%, 0.32%
2016	South Dakota	Gary Johnson	20,850	5.63%	61.53%	31.74%	1.10%
1976	Alaska	Roger MacBride	6,785	5.49%	57.90%	35.65%	0.95%
2016	Wyoming	Gary Johnson	13,287	5.19%	68.17%	21.88%	0.98%, 0.80%, 0.28%, 2.70%
2016	Colorado	Gary Johnson	144,121	5.18%	43.25%	48.16%	1.38%, 1.04%, 0.42%, 0.18%, 0.07%, 0.32%
2016	Maine	Gary Johnson	38,105	5.09%	44.87%	47.83%	1.91%, 0.25%, 0.04%

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%
2018	New Mexico	Gary Johnson	107,201	15.38%	30.53%	54.09%
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%
2018	Washington	2	Brian Luke	84,646	28.71%		71.29%
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%
2018	Iowa	Marco Battaglia	262,131	22.78%		76.51%	0.72%
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
2018	Arkansas	David Dinwiddie	237,602	27.65%	72.35%
2018	Oklahoma	John Yeutter	270,313	24.82%	75.18%
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
2018	Arkansas	Ashley Ewald	250,943	29.11%	70.89%
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%
2018	Nebraska	32	Laura Ebke	6,299	43.58%	56.42%			Officially all candidates are non-partisan
2018	Arkansas	10	Bobbi Hicks	7,989	37.59%		62.41%
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

Elected State Senators With Cross Endorsement

The following is a list of State Senators who were elected with the cross endorsement of another party. All of the candidates listed below are believed to have appeared on the ballot with the "Libertarian" label. The Libertarian fusion ticket is highlighted in gold. In some cases state governments report each party's votes separately. In the cases where they are combined, all of the votes and percentages are listed here in the Libertarian space.

Year	State	District	Candidate	Libertarian Votes	Libertarian Percentage	Republican Percentage	Democratic Percentage	Independent Percentage	Natural Law Percentage	Other Percentage
2018	Oregon	13	Kim Thatcher	34,888	55.92%		43.94%			0.14%
2014	Oregon	13	Kim Thatcher	27,638	58.55%		41.17%			0.29%
1996	New Hampshire	5	Jim Rubens	11,118	53.64%		46.36%
1996	New Hampshire	7	Amy Patenaude	11,684	62.69%		37.31%
1996	New Hampshire	11	David Wheeler	14,970	83.25%				16.75%
1994	New Hampshire	6	George Lovejoy	6,646	55.65%		44.35%
1994	New Hampshire	9	Sheila Roberge	10,117	63.91%		36.09%
1994	New Hampshire	11	David Wheeler	7,413	56.65%		43.35%
1994	New Hampshire	14	Thomas Colantuono	7,165	70.57%		29.43%
1994	New Hampshire	19	Richard Russman	7,260	73.07%		26.93%
1994	New Hampshire	23	Bruce Keough	7,775	53.10%		46.90%
1992	New Hampshire	6	George Lovejoy	751	3.94%	52.97%	43.08%

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
2018	Wyoming	55	Bethany Baldes	1,592	49.01%	50.65%		0.34%
2012	South Carolina	26	Jeremy Walters	5,243	46.77%			52.62%, 0.62%	The petitioning candidate with 52.62% of the vote was a Republican who failed to properly file paperwork.
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 (I)	2,867	36.35%	63.65%			Daily Oklahoman, Nov. 4, 1976
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%
2018	New Mexico	31	William Wiley Jr	5,377	35.72%	64.28%
2018	Rhode Island	68	William Hunt Jr	2,043	35.34%		64.00%	0.66%
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%
2018	Alaska	19	Cean Stevens	1,211	31.97%		66.82%	1.21%
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%
2018	Montana	8	Sid Daoud	1,440	31.35%	68.65%
2011	Virginia	41	Michael Kane	5,509	31.33%		68.02%	0.65%
2016	Colorado	21	Michael Seebeck	7,904	31.29%	68.71%
2018	Wisconsin	82	Jason Sellnow	8,300	31.28%	67.97%		0.75%
2018	Montana	5	Cindy Dyson	1,734	30.88%		69.12%
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%
2018	Washington	22-2	Allen Acosta	20,151	30.34%		69.66%
2008	Kentucky	67	Pat Lucas (I)	3,652	30.26%		69.74%
2018	Kansas	33	Jason Conley	2,048	30.20%		69.80%

Elected State Representatives

Year	State	District	Candidate	Libertarian Votes	Libertarian Percentage	Republican Percentage	Democratic Percentage	Other Percentage	Notes
2000	New Hampshire	Hillsborough 44	Steve Vaillancourt	1,622	17.94%				This was a 3 winner multi-member district. There were 1 Libertarian, 2 Republicans, and 3 Democratic candidates. Vaillancourt finished in 3rd.
1984	Alaska	5 B	Andre Marrou	4,529	40.48%	40.01%	19.42%	0.09%
1980	Alaska	20	Dick Randolph	11,163	9.17%				This was a 6 winner multi-member district. There were 6 Libertarians, 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats, and 1 write in candidates. Randolph finished 1st, Fanning 4th, and the other Libertarians in 14th, 16th, 17th, and 18th.
1980	Alaska	20	Kenneth Fanning	9,819	8.06%				This was a 6 winner multi-member district. There were 6 Libertarians, 6 Republicans, 6 Democrats, and 1 write in candidates. Randolph finished 1st, Fanning 4th, and the other Libertarians in 14th, 16th, 17th, and 18th.
1978	Alaska	20	Dick Randolph	6,784	7.31%				This was a 6 winner multi-member district. There were 4 Libertarians, 6 Republicans, 5 Democrats, 1 Alaska Independence, and 6 write in candidates. Randolph finished 6th and the other Libertarians in 8th, 10th, and 11th.