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'''Ed Clark''' was the [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] candidate for [[President of the United States]] in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1980|1980 presidential election]].  
''This article concerns the Libertarian presidential candidate.  For information on other people of the same name, see [[Edward Clark]].''
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Clark, born in Massachusetts, was an honors graduate of [[Dartmouth College]] and received a law degree from [[Harvard Law School]].
'''Ed Clark''' was the [[United States Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] candidate for [[President of the United States]] in the [[U.S. presidential election, 1980|1980 presidential election]].  


He was the first State Chair of the New York Free Libertarian Party and upon relocating was elected the State Chair of the Libertarian Party of California.  He was elected Vice Chair of the national party at the 1972 National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
[[Image:EdClarkBackCover.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Ed Clark, from the back cover of his 1980 book "A New Beginning"]]
 
Clark is an honors graduate of [[Dartmouth College]] and received a law degree from [[Harvard Law School]].


In [[1978]], Clark received some 400,000 votes, 5 percent of the popular vote, in a race for [[Governor of California]].
In [[1978]], Clark received some 400,000 votes, 5 percent of the popular vote, in a race for [[Governor of California]].
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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]].
==Election results==
<center>'''Election results as a Libertarian candidate'''
<table border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<th>Year</th>
<th>Office</th>
<th>Vote total</th>
<th>%</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>1980</td>
<td align="left">President of the United States</td>
<td align="right">921,299</td>
<td align="right">1.06%</td>
</tr>
</table>
</center>


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  title=[[Libertarian Party]] [[Libertarian Party US presidential election results|Presidential candidate]]|
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  years=[[U.S. presidential election, 1980|1980]] (lost)|
  after=[[David Bergland]]
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