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Will Georgia elect its first Black Libertarian Governor?
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| Contributor | Monsieur |
| Last Edited | Jason Jan 02, 2010 02:48pm |
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| Category | General |
| Author | Ian Bridgeforth |
| News Date | Thursday, December 31, 2009 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | With 2010 right around the corner (literally), it is expected that all the talking heads and pundits will be zeroing in on the elections next fall. The cable networks will be buzzing about whether Republicans or Democrats will be the dominant party come November 2010. But this time, they might be missing the mark on this one.
Focusing on the 2010 race for Governor here in Georgia, there could very possibly be a party change. No, not from Republican to Democrat, but from Republican to Libertarian.
John Monds, an African-American Libertarian, is arguably the biggest rising star in the Libertarian party right now. In the 2008 race for Public Service Commission, District 1, Monds collected over one million votes, the highest amount of votes for a Libertarian candidate, not just in Georgia, but in the history of the United States.
Ultimately, Monds lost, but there is something to note here. In the race, he was facing not a Democratic candidate, but a candidate from the GOP. If there are over one million people who are so turned off by the current state of the Republican Party, then whoever wins the GOP primary for governor next year should be a little worried. |
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