List of Libertarian Party of Virginia candidates
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This is a list of Libertarian Party of Virginia candidates.
Candidates
Bill Redpath
Bill 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
Ron 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. 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.
Gary Reams
Gary 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. He ran in the Virginia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2001 on a platform calling for cannabis legalization.
Robert Sarvis
Robert 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
Clifford D. "Cliff" Hyra (born September 3, 1982) is an American patent attorney and politician.
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