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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Texas Libertarian Party Candidates Break Records Again
AUSTIN - January 2, 2008 - 173 candidates have filed with the Libertarian Party of Texas (LPT) to run for federal, state, and district offices in 2008. This number does not include candidates for President and Vice-President.
The LPT is also aware of 37 candidates who have filed for county-level offices.
For the first time, Libertarian candidates filed for every statewide race. Libertarians filed for 30 of the 32 U.S. House seats, 12 of the 15 Texas Senate seats (80%, a record percentage), 102 of the 150 Texas House seats (68%, a record percentage), and 5 of the 7 State Board of Education seats (71%, a record percentage).
The official list of candidates will be submitted to the Texas Secretary of State by January 12.
Candidates will be nominated at county and district conventions in March, and at the state convention in June.
Several nominations will be contested. Among the contests, three candidates filed for U.S. Senate, and four filed for Texas House in District 107.
An unofficial list of candidates may be found here:
http://www.lptexas.org/candidates.shtml
For a list of candidates including contact information, call LPT Executive Director Wes Benedict at 512-442-4910 or send a note to wesliberty@aol.com. Provide your name, the organization you represent, purpose for requesting the candidate contact information, your phone number, and the offices for which you would like candidate contact information.
Contact:
Wes Benedict, LPT Executive Director
(512) 442-4910
wesliberty@aol.com
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