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In [[1980]] he 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," 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 radical faction led by Rothbard eventually came to a head in 1983, with the moderate faction walking out of the party convention. | In [[1980]] he 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," 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 radical 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 | 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. | ||
Clark received 921,299 votes and over 1% of the total nationwide; the highest number and percentage of popular votes a Libertarian party candidate has ever received in a presidential race. His strongest support was in [[Alaska]], where he came in third place with 11.66% of the vote, finishing ahead of independent candidate [[John Bayard Anderson|John Anderson]] and receiving almost half as many votes as [[Jimmy Carter]]. | Clark received 921,299 votes and over 1% of the total nationwide; the highest number and percentage of popular votes a Libertarian party candidate has ever received in a presidential race. His strongest support was in [[Alaska]], where he came in third place with 11.66% of the vote, finishing ahead of independent candidate [[John Bayard Anderson|John Anderson]] and receiving almost half as many votes as [[Jimmy Carter]]. | ||