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Frustrated with the choices offered by the two major political parties, Randall researched and first identified himself as a Libertarian in [[1994]]. After moving to Colorado, he befriended Travis Nicks, who would later serve as the State Chair of the Libertarian Party of Colorado (LPCO). Both Randall and Nicks began their political activism serving as volunteers for Ralph Shnelvar, the Libertarian candidate for Colorado Governor in [[2002]]. Shnelvar and his running mate, Desiree Hackett Hickson, earned 20,547 votes (1.43% of the total votes cast).

The following year, Nicks first ran for public office in a recall election for Arapahoe County Clerk. Randall volunteered to serve as Nick's Logistics Coordinator. Shnelvar also volunteered to work on the campaign as Media Director. While Nicks did not win the election, the experience inspired both Randall and Nicks to become more involved with the Libertarian Party.  

During May, [[2004]], Randall was elected to serve as the Legislative Director for the Libertarian Party of Colorado. Impressed with his professionalism, the vacancy committee for the LPCO convinced Randall to run for the United States Senate in the 2004 elections. Waging a modest campaign, Randall placed fourth in the race behind American Constitution Party (ACP) candidate, Douglas "Dayhorse" Campbell. On election night, Randall and his supporters awaited the election results with heavy metal rocker, Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, at the Fillmore in Denver, Colorado.

Randall personally recruited [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn_Winkler Dawn Winkler-Kinateder] to seek the Libertarian Party of Colorado nomination for Governor in 2006. Upon her nomination, she recruited Randall to run as her [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Colorado Lieutenant Governor of Colorado]. After waging a much more aggressive campaign than Randall had in 2004, the team placed third in the race.

At the Libertarian Party of Colorado State Convention in 2006, Randall was re-elected to continue serving as Legislative Director. Prior to completing his term, Randall recruited personal injury attorney, David K. Williams, to seek that office at the next state convention. After completing his second term on the Libertarian Party of Colorado Board of Directors, he stepped down from that position at the Libertarian Party of Colorado State Convention in 2008. During that convention, Randall was nominated to be the Libertarian Party of Colorado candidate for United States Senate. Because he had not considered running for that office, Randall declined the nomination and instead asked for a vote of confidence from the body - which he received. Before the end of the state convention, Randall was urged by the Treasurer, Leah Kelley, to seek the position of Media Director due to the National Libertarian Party convention being held in Denver later that year. Randall agreed and was elected to complete a mid-term vacancy as Media Director.