{"id":30776,"date":"2010-11-14T09:14:41","date_gmt":"2010-11-14T09:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/tea-party-republican-beats-libertarian-party-candidate-as-a-write-in-for-wyoming-gov\/"},"modified":"2010-11-14T09:14:41","modified_gmt":"2010-11-14T09:14:41","slug":"tea-party-republican-beats-libertarian-party-candidate-as-a-write-in-for-wyoming-gov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/tea-party-republican-beats-libertarian-party-candidate-as-a-write-in-for-wyoming-gov.php","title":{"rendered":"Tea Party Republican beats Libertarian Party candidate as a write-in for Wyoming Gov."},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>A sign of decline for the LP?<\/strong><\/p>

From Eric Dondero:<\/p>

Even with write-in controversies all over the headlines this election year, this particular item has missed the headlines of the mainstream media. <\/p>

Taylor Haynes, a somewhat eccentric political activist in the Cowboy State actually placed third, over a Libertarian Party candidate for Governor. <\/p>

From the Billings Gazette<\/a>:
<\/a><\/p>

Write-in Republican candidate Taylor Haynes received nearly 14,000 votes to come in third in the Nov. 2 general election for governor, the secretary of state's office announced Wednesday.<\/p>

Haynes, a Laramie County rancher, retired physician and tea party member, received 7 percent of the total votes for governor.<\/p>

He outpolled Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Mike Wheeler of Casper, who received 5,362 votes.<\/p><\/blockquote>

No doubt, Matt Mead's assured election as Governor, gave Wyoming Republicans confidence to have a little fun by voting for Haynes. Mead won with 65% of the vote. <\/p>

Meanwhile, Haynes stood by his fiscally conservative principles in the election aftermath. He paid for the counting of his write-in votes out of his own pocket - a total of $200 for county clerks to tally his total vote. <\/p>

Editor's comment - Normally I'm a fan of the Libertarian Party. But it's pretty darn embarrassing for a Libertarian Party candidate to get beat by a write-in.<\/em><\/p>

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