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|image = EdClark.jpg | |image = EdClark.jpg | ||
|office = [[Libertarian National Committee]] | |office = [[Libertarian National Committee]] | ||
|title = Vice Chair | |title = Vice-Chair | ||
|term-start = 1972 | |term-start = 1972 | ||
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Clark, born in Massachusetts, was an honors graduate of Dartmouth College and received a law degree from Harvard Law School. | Clark, born in Massachusetts, was an honors graduate of Dartmouth College and received a law degree from Harvard Law School. | ||
He was the first State Chair of the [[Libertarian Party of New York|New York Free Libertarian Party]] and upon relocating was elected the State Chair of the [[Libertarian Party of California]]. He was elected Vice Chair of the national party at the [[1972 Libertarian National Convention|1972 National Convention]] in Denver, Colorado. | He was the first State Chair of the [[Libertarian Party of New York|New York Free Libertarian Party]] and upon relocating was elected the State Chair of the [[Libertarian Party of California]]. He was elected Vice-Chair of the national party at the [[1972 Libertarian National Convention|1972 National Convention]] in Denver, Colorado. | ||
==1978 California Gubernatorial Campaign== | ==1978 California Gubernatorial Campaign== | ||
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In [[1980]] Clark won the Libertarian Party nomination for the Presidency at their party convention in Los Angeles, California. He published a book on his programs, entitled ''A [[New Beginning]]''. The book's introduction was by [[Eugene McCarthy]]. During the campaign, Clark positioned himself as a peace candidate and tailored his appeal to [[liberalism|liberals]] and [[progressivism|progressives]] unhappy with the resumption of [[Selective Service]] registration and the arms race with the [[Soviet Union]]. When asked in a television interview to summarize libertarianism, Clark used the phrase "[[Low-Tax Liberalism|low-tax liberalism]]," causing some consternation among traditional libertarian theorists, most notably [[Murray Rothbard]]. A growing split within the Libertarian Party between a moderate faction (including Clark) and a purist faction led by Rothbard eventually came to a head in 1983, with the moderate faction walking out of the party convention. | In [[1980]] Clark won the Libertarian Party nomination for the Presidency at their party convention in Los Angeles, California. He published a book on his programs, entitled ''A [[New Beginning]]''. The book's introduction was by [[Eugene McCarthy]]. During the campaign, Clark positioned himself as a peace candidate and tailored his appeal to [[liberalism|liberals]] and [[progressivism|progressives]] unhappy with the resumption of [[Selective Service]] registration and the arms race with the [[Soviet Union]]. When asked in a television interview to summarize libertarianism, Clark used the phrase "[[Low-Tax Liberalism|low-tax liberalism]]," causing some consternation among traditional libertarian theorists, most notably [[Murray Rothbard]]. A growing split within the Libertarian Party between a moderate faction (including Clark) and a purist faction led by Rothbard eventually came to a head in 1983, with the moderate faction walking out of the party convention. | ||
Ed Clark's running mate in 1980 was [[David Koch]] of Koch Industries, who pledged part of his personal fortune to the campaign in exchange for the Vice Presidential nomination. Koch contributed about $2 million of the Clark campaign's $3.5 million fundraising haul.<ref>https://static01.nyt.com/packages/images/us/koch-documents/koch-doc-5-1050.jpg</ref> | Ed Clark's running mate in 1980 was [[David Koch]] of Koch Industries, who pledged part of his personal fortune to the campaign in exchange for the Vice-Presidential nomination. Koch contributed about $2 million of the Clark campaign's $3.5 million fundraising haul.<ref>https://static01.nyt.com/packages/images/us/koch-documents/koch-doc-5-1050.jpg</ref> | ||
Clark received 920,049 votes and 1.06% of the total nationwide; Libertarian Party presidential candidate records that would stand until [[Gary Earl Johnson|Gary Johnson's]] 2012 and 2016 campaigns. His strongest support was in Alaska, where he came in third place with 11.66% of the vote, finishing ahead of independent candidate John Anderson and receiving almost half as many votes as [[Jimmy Carter]]. | Clark received 920,049 votes and 1.06% of the total nationwide; Libertarian Party presidential candidate records that would stand until [[Gary Earl Johnson|Gary Johnson's]] 2012 and 2016 campaigns. His strongest support was in Alaska, where he came in third place with 11.66% of the vote, finishing ahead of independent candidate John Anderson and receiving almost half as many votes as [[Jimmy Carter]]. | ||