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Ed Clark's running mate in 1980 was [[David H. Koch]] of [[Koch Industries]], who pledged part of his personal fortune to the campaign in exchange for the Vice Presidential nomination. | Ed Clark's running mate in 1980 was [[David H. Koch]] of [[Koch Industries]], who pledged part of his personal fortune to the campaign in exchange for the Vice Presidential nomination. | ||
Clark received 921,128[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1980&off=0&f=1] | Clark received 921,128 votes (1.06% of the total nationwide)[http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/national.php?year=1980&off=0&f=1]; 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 B. Anderson|John Anderson]] and receiving almost half as many votes as [[Jimmy Carter]]. | ||
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