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=== 1986 election cycle === | === 1986 election cycle === | ||
Scott Kohlhaas was the Libertarian Party candidate for an at-large seat on the Council of the District of Columbia in 1986. Kolhaas had worked in DC on an early unsuccessful education choice tax credit initiative, before DC had its opportunity vouchers or charter schools. <ref> https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1981/07/19/2-challenges-to-dc-education-tax-credit-initiative-are-filed/4663f916-fdb6-4b43-b958-5b2589340c44/ </ref> | [[Scott Kohlhaas]] was the Libertarian Party candidate for an at-large seat on the Council of the District of Columbia in 1986. Kolhaas had worked in DC on an early unsuccessful education choice tax credit initiative, before DC had its opportunity vouchers or charter schools. <ref> https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1981/07/19/2-challenges-to-dc-education-tax-credit-initiative-are-filed/4663f916-fdb6-4b43-b958-5b2589340c44/ </ref> | ||
Kohlhaas came in fourth place with 2,261 votes, or one percent of the total vote. Kolhaas moved to Alaska, where he finished his undergraduate education and is active in the Alaska Libertarian Party as a candidate and activist. <ref> https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Kohlhaas </ref> | Kohlhaas came in fourth place with 2,261 votes, or one percent of the total vote. Kolhaas moved to Alaska, where he finished his undergraduate education and is active in the Alaska Libertarian Party as a candidate and activist. <ref> https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Kohlhaas </ref> | ||
=== 1988 election cycle === | === 1988 election cycle === | ||
Dennis Sobin was the Libertarian Party candidate for an at-large seat on the Council of the District of Columbia in 1988. Sobin was an entrepreneur who published an adult magazine, an escort service, telephone party lines, and video stores. He campaigned to decriminalize prostitution and drugs. He said that drug addiction should be treated as a medical disease rather than as a crime. Sobin opposed a proposed law that would have prohibited minors from being inside certain clubs in late hours. | [[Dennis Sobin]] was the Libertarian Party candidate for an at-large seat on the Council of the District of Columbia in 1988. Sobin was an entrepreneur who published an adult magazine, an escort service, telephone party lines, and video stores. He campaigned to decriminalize prostitution and drugs. He said that drug addiction should be treated as a medical disease rather than as a crime. Sobin opposed a proposed law that would have prohibited minors from being inside certain clubs in late hours. | ||
Prissy Williams-Godfrey was the Libertarian Party candidate for the Ward 2 seat on the Council. Williams-Godfrey was a prostitute and managed a brothel. Police arrested her, saying her campaign offices were actually brothels. Her name did not appear on general election ballots. | [[Prissy Williams-Godfrey]] was the Libertarian Party candidate for the Ward 2 seat on the Council. Williams-Godfrey was a prostitute and managed a brothel. Police arrested her, saying her campaign offices were actually brothels. Her name did not appear on general election ballots. | ||
Sobin came in seventh place with 3,419 votes, or one percent of the total vote. | Sobin came in seventh place with 3,419 votes, or one percent of the total vote. | ||
=== 1990 election cycle === | === 1990 election cycle === | ||
Nancy Lord ran for Mayor of the District of Columbia as a Libertarian in 1990. Lord campaigned promising a ten-percent decrease in the number of employees of the Government of the District of Columbia. She wanted to end welfare payments within two years and she wanted to end rent control laws. She promised to end government regulations that she said strangle small businesses, such as the Boxing Commission and most of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. Lord advocated for increasing property taxes on undeveloped parcels of land, and | [[Nancy Lord]] ran for Mayor of the District of Columbia as a Libertarian in 1990. Lord campaigned promising a ten-percent decrease in the number of employees of the Government of the District of Columbia. She wanted to end welfare payments within two years and she wanted to end rent control laws. She promised to end government regulations that she said strangle small businesses, such as the Boxing Commission and most of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. Lord advocated for increasing property taxes on undeveloped parcels of land, and | ||
Jacques Chevalier filed to run for chair of the District Council as a Libertarian, but he was not successful at securing a place on the general election ballot. | Jacques Chevalier filed to run for chair of the District Council as a Libertarian, but he was not successful at securing a place on the general election ballot. | ||
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=== 1994 election cycle === | === 1994 election cycle === | ||
David W. Morris was elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for Single Member District 2F04. Morris also served as the treasurer of the Libertarian Party of the District of Columbia. | [[David W. Morris]] was elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for Single Member District 2F04. Morris also served as the treasurer of the Libertarian Party of the District of Columbia. | ||
=== 2000 election cycle === | === 2000 election cycle === | ||