This is a list of Libertarian Party of Virginia candidates.
Candidates
editBill Redpath
editBill Redpath ran in Virginia's 34th House of Delegates district (1993), Virginia's 33rd Senate district (1998), Virginia gubernatorial election, 2001, Virginia U.S. Senate election, 2008, and in Virginia's 10th congressional district (2010 and 2014).
Ron Crickenberger
editRon Crickenberger was the national political director of the United States Libertarian Party from 1997 until his death from metastatic melanoma in 2003. He also ran for Congress in Virginia's 8th congressional district in 2000 and 2002. Crickenberger focused the party's efforts on drug policy reform, and in 2002, police forcibly removed him and several other protestors from the Department of Justice building after they refused to cooperate.[1] Crickenberger also conducted a successful drive to encourage more Libertarians to run for public office, with the number of Libertarians holding elected office more than tripled, from 180 to about 600.[2]
| Date | Election | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. House, 8th district | |||||
| 7 November 2000[3] | General | James P. Moran, Jr. | Democratic | 164,178 | 63.3 |
| Demaris H. Miller | Republican | 88,262 | 34.1 | ||
| Richard L. Herron | Independent | 3,483 | 1.3 | ||
| Ron V. Crickenberger | Independent | 2,805 | 1.1 | ||
| Write Ins | 471 | ||||
| 5 November 2002[4] | General | James P. Moran, Jr. | Democratic | 102,759 | 59.8 |
| Scott C. Tate | Republican | 64,121 | 37.3 | ||
| Ron V. Crickenberger | Independent | 4,558 | 2.7 | ||
| Write Ins | 361 | ||||
Gary Reams
editGary Reams, a Quaker and former Democrat, ran for the U.S. House in the 10th congressional district on a platform calling for downsizing the federal government.[5] He ran in the Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2001 on a platform calling for cannabis legalization.[6]
| Date | Election | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. House, 10th district | |||||
| 5 November 1996[7] | General | Frank R. Wolf | Republican | 169,266 | 72.0 |
| Robert L. Weinerg | Democratic | 59,145 | 25.2 | ||
| Gary A. Reams | Independent | 6,500 | 2.8 | ||
| Write Ins | 102 | ||||
| Lieutenant Governor of Virginia | |||||
| 5 November 2001[8] | General | Tim M. Kaine | Democratic | 925,974 | 50.3 |
| Jay K. Katzen | Republican | 883,886 | 48.1 | ||
| Gary A. Reams | Libertarian | 28,783 | 1.6 | ||
| Write Ins | 490 | ||||
Robert Sarvis
editRobert Sarvis ran in Virginia's 35th Senate district election (2011), in the Virginia gubernatorial election, 2013, and in the United States Senate election in Virginia, 2014.
Cliff Hyra
editClifford D. "Cliff" Hyra (born September 3, 1982) is an American patent attorney and politician. In 2007 Cliff Hyra graduated from George Mason University School of Law and became a registered patent attorney who is licensed to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia.[9]
The Libertarian Party nominated Cliff Hyra by convention on May 6, 2017 for the 2017 Virginia gubernatorial election[10] after he collected the 10,000 signatures that he needed. After being denied entry into the Virginia governor debates Hyra chose to watch the debate remotely and refused to take the seat the bar offered him in the VIP area at the 90-minute debate.[11]
Matt Waters
editMatt Waters is the most recent candidate to run statewide in the Virginia Libertarian Party. In 2018, he ran for the U.S. Senate. Shortly after the election, he rejoined the Republican Party and ran against Libertarian Michael Bartley in the 2023 70th district Virginia House of Delegates race.
Will Hammer
editWill Hammer ran for House of Representatives for Virginia's 6th district in the 2014 election and for the Virginia House of Delegates in the 20th district in 2015 and 2017.
Joshua Huffman
editJoshua Huffman is a political scientist who ran for Harrisonburg City Council in the 2014 election (as an independent with the support of the Libertarian Party of Virginia) and was the only Libertarian candidate for the Virginia Senate in 2023 running in the 2nd district in the 2023 Virginia Senate Election.
Dave Crance
editDave Crance is running for the Virginia House of Delegates in the 13th district in 2025 and previously ran for the same seat in the 2023 elections.
Michael Bartley
editMichael Bartley ran for the Virginia House of Delegates in the 70th district in the 2023 elections.
References
edit- ↑ "Memorial to Reform Activists". westcoastleaf.net.
- ↑ "Ron Crickenberger Dead at 48 -- As Libertarian Party National Political Director Made Drug Policy Key Issue". stopthedrugwar.org.
- ↑ "2000 U.S. House General Election". Virginia State Board of Elections.
- ↑ "2002 U.S. House General Election". Virginia State Board of Elections.
- ↑ Peter Pae (1996-10-31). "INCUMBENTS ENJOY LEAD IN U.S. HOUSE RACES: WEINBERG BELIEVES REP. WOLF IS VULNERABLE THIS TIME AROUND". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C. ISSN 0190-8286. OCLC 1330888409.
- ↑ Toivonen, John. "One statewide candidate has a single goal: to legalize pot". Style Weekly.
- ↑ "1996 U.S. House General Election, District 10". Virginia State Board of Elections.
- ↑ "2001 Lieutenant Governor General Election". Virginia State Board of Elections.
- ↑ "Symbus Intellectual Property + - Symbus Law Group". www.symbus.com.
- ↑ "LP nominates Cliff Hyra for Virginia governor - Libertarian Party". 9 May 2017.
- ↑ "Meet the candidate for Va. governor who won't be on the debate stage". Washington Post.