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 The Libertarians fielded four candidates in the 2018 elections.  Totally coincidentally, the DC Libertarian Party became the first party in Washington, D.C., and perhaps in the nation, to run an all gay slate in an election cycle.  In another possible first, for D.C. if not for the nation as a whole, two of its candidates were married to each other. <ref> https://www.metroweekly.com/2018/11/in-final-tally-libertarian-gay-couple-outperforms-top-republican-in-d-c-election/ </ref>
-Ethan Bishop-Henchman received 17,717 votes, or eight percent of the vote, as the only alternative candidate to the incumbent Council Chair, Phil Mendelson.
+Ethan Bishop-Henchman received 17,717 votes, or eight percent of the vote, as the only alternative candidate to the incumbent Council Chair, Phil Mendelson, thereby maintaining ballot status for the LP.
 Joe Bishop-Henchman, Bishop-Henchman's husband, was the second-most successful Libertarian candidate, with 14,084 votes, seven percent of total votes, running against Attorney General Karl Racine.