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'''John Mounteer''' was Secretary of the [[Capital District Libertarian Party]] in 1995. | '''John Mounteer''' was Secretary of the [[Capital District Libertarian Party]] in 1995. | ||
Mounteer ran for New York State Assembly District 104 in 1990, receiving 761 votes (1.83%).<ref>https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=189622</ref> | |||
==1994 LPNY State Convention== | |||
In 1994, Mounteer was on the organizing committee for the [[Libertarian Party of New York]]'s annual convention taking place in Albany.<ref name=":0">Cox, David. Telephone interview with John Mounteer. November 15, 2019.</ref> Expecting the normal turnout for the event, Mounteer listed his home phone number on the convention flyer.<ref name=":0" /> When radio host [[Howard Stern]] announced that he would seek the party's nomination for governor and asked his fans to join the party, LPNY Chair [[Ludwig Vogel]] called in to the Howard Stern Show and read Mounteer's phone number off of the convention flyer without warning Mounteer.<ref name=":0" /> The Mounteers' home phone line was flooded with calls from Howard Stern listeners and the line eventually went down.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
"Running a convention has turned into something no one in the Libertarian Party has ever had to deal with," said Libertarian organizer John Mounteer. "If we get 200 people for a dinner, it's a really good year. But once Howard announced his candidacy, things just broke loose."<ref>Associated Press (March 25, 1994). [https://www.newspapers.com/image/255030187/ "Stern gives Libertarians convention crowd problem"]. The Ithaca Journal.</ref> | |||
==Organizational Positions== | ==Organizational Positions== | ||
;[[Capital District Libertarian Party]] | ;[[Capital District Libertarian Party]] | ||
*Secretary (1995) | *Secretary (1995) | ||
==References== | |||
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[[Category:New York 2016 National Convention Delegates]] | [[Category:New York 2016 National Convention Delegates]] | ||