While Rex Bell may have lost his race in Indiana, it led to the victories of two other Libertarians in the area.
The support has been fantastic -- and resulted in two Libertarians being elected in Rex's district to Township Advisory boards -- and a very nearly a third one.
Very truly yours,
Mark W. Rutherford
Chairman
Libertarian Party of Indiana
Rex Bell provided the additional information in a campaign e-mail:
Conley Tillson in Greensfork and Steve Coffman in Millville won their township races, and Juli Stout missed a win by just 17 votes. And it's going to be easier the next time around because Mike Kole kept us on the ballot with his showing in the Secretary of State race.
It truly is a great time to be a Libertarian, and it gets better every election.
District total for Bell= 14%
Total in Bell's home County of Wayne= 23%
Bell won five precincts in Wayne County outright.
Libertarian straight ticket votes grew in Wayne County, but were a very small factor, as less than 3% of Wayne County voters voted straight ticket LP. Many Wayne County voters were scratch voting for Rex, and also for me (8%+).
There is no doubt in my mind that if Rex runs for a county or lower level office next time around, he'll win.
What percent did Mr. Bell get?
Posted by: Creech at November 13, 2006 02:42 PM