Libertarian Party of Texas

2008 Candidates

Candidates for federal and state offices (November 4, 2008 election)
Candidates for county offices (November 4, 2008 election)
Libertarians in local nonpartisan races (May 10, 2008 election)
(Candidates from 2006 and before)

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The following 173 candidates appeared on the ballot in November. Results appear at the bottom of this page.

President / Vice President Bob Barr / Wayne A. Root

U.S. Senator Yvonne Adams Schick

Railroad Commissioner David Floyd

Chief Justice, Supreme Court Tom Oxford

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7 David G. Smith

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8 Drew Shirley

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3 Matthew E. Eilers

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4 Dave Howard

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9 William Bryan Strange, III

U.S. Representative, District 2 Craig Wolfe

U.S. Representative, District 3 Christopher J. Claytor

U.S. Representative, District 4 Fred Annett

U.S. Representative, District 5 Ken Ashby

U.S. Representative, District 6 Max W. Koch III

U.S. Representative, District 7 Drew Parks

U.S. Representative, District 8 Brian Stevens

U.S. Representative, District 9 Brad Walters

U.S. Representative, District 10 Matt Finkel

U.S. Representative, District 11 John R. Strohm

U.S. Representative, District 12 Shiloh Sidney Shambaugh

U.S. Representative, District 15 Gricha Raether

U.S. Representative, District 16 Mette A. Baker

U.S. Representative, District 17 Gardner C. Osborne

U.S. Representative, District 18 Mike Taylor

U.S. Representative, District 19 Richard "Chip" Peterson

U.S. Representative, District 20 Michael Idrogo

U.S. Representative, District 21 James Arthur Strohm

U.S. Representative, District 22 John Wieder

U.S. Representative, District 23 Lani Connolly

U.S. Representative, District 24 David A. Casey

U.S. Representative, District 25 Jim Stutsman

U.S. Representative, District 26 Stephanie B. Weiss

U.S. Representative, District 27 Robert E. Powell

U.S. Representative, District 28 Ross Lynn Leone

U.S. Representative, District 29 Joel Grace

U.S. Representative, District 30 Jarrett Woods

U.S. Representative, District 31 Barry N. Cooper

U.S. Representative, District 32 Alex Bischoff

State Board of Education, District 6 Mary Ann Bryan

State Board of Education, District 7 Richard R. Johnson

State Board of Education, District 8 Kim B. Stroman

State Board of Education, District 11 Bruce Beckman

State Board of Education, District 14 John E. Shuey

State Senator, District 6 Susan Delgado

State Senator, District 9 Carl Nulsen

State Senator, District 10 Richard A. Cross

State Senator, District 11 Cliff Messina

State Senator, District 16 Paul Osborn

State Senator, District 20 Billy "Bill" Parker

State Senator, District 21 Barry L. Allison

State Senator, District 23 Jim Renfro

State Senator, District 24 Bill Oliver

State Senator, District 26 Steve Lopez

State Senator, District 28 M. J. (Smitty) Smith

State Senator, District 31 Lauren Poindexter

State Representative, District 1 Tim Eason

State Representative, District 2 Michael A. French

State Representative, District 4 James C. Yow

State Representative, District 6 Gene Moody

State Representative, District 7 Joey R. Stroman

State Representative, District 9 Joe Allport

State Representative, District 10 Phil Smart

State Representative, District 11 Paul Bryan

State Representative, District 14 Ron Darby

State Representative, District 17 Alan W. Duesterhoft

State Representative, District 19 Richard Ramsey

State Representative, District 20 Craig C. Weems

State Representative, District 22 Dean L. Tucker

State Representative, District 23 Charles L. Earley

State Representative, District 24 Rafael E. Ramos

State Representative, District 25 Richard Cole

State Representative, District 28 M. Stephen Lucas

State Representative, District 32 Lenard Nelson

State Representative, District 33 Justin R. Garrett

State Representative, District 41 Charles W. Snelling

State Representative, District 43 Richard W. Shuey

State Representative, District 44 John Lynch

State Representative, District 45 Tom Gleinser

State Representative, District 46 Allen Hacker

State Representative, District 48 Ben Easton

State Representative, District 50 Jerry Chandler

State Representative, District 51 Arthur DiBianca

State Representative, District 52 Lillian Simmons

State Representative, District 53 Brian W. Holk

State Representative, District 54 Nicolaas J. Kramer

State Representative, District 55 Chris Lane

State Representative, District 56 David Meine

State Representative, District 57 Neill Snider

State Representative, District 58 Tom Stewart

State Representative, District 59 Coy Reynolds

State Representative, District 61 Richard W. Forsythe Jr.

State Representative, District 63 John Turner

State Representative, District 64 Jason Jordan

State Representative, District 65 Lee Hooper

State Representative, District 66 Benjamin Westfried

State Representative, District 67 Jeffrey Joyner

State Representative, District 69 Richard Brown

State Representative, District 70 Robert R. Virasin

State Representative, District 71 Michael Walton

State Representative, District 72 Dennis Higgins

State Representative, District 73 Shannon Beckett McCracken

State Representative, District 78 Bill Collins

State Representative, District 81 Elmo Hockman

State Representative, District 82 Sherry Phillips

State Representative, District 86 Kevin Howell

State Representative, District 87 L. Blake Bailey

State Representative, District 91 Paul Mastin

State Representative, District 93 Colin F. Sewards

State Representative, District 94 Geoffrey A. Adams

State Representative, District 95 Hy Siegel

State Representative, District 96 Todd Litteken

State Representative, District 97 Rodney Wingo

State Representative, District 98 Stephen M. Smith

State Representative, District 99 Robin Chester

State Representative, District 100 Robert M. Pritchett

State Representative, District 103 David R. Mason

State Representative, District 105 James G. Baird

State Representative, District 106 Gene Freeman

State Representative, District 107 Brandon Parsons

State Representative, District 109 Kevin Jackson

State Representative, District 111 Tim Miles

State Representative, District 112 Philip M. White

State Representative, District 115 Preston Poulter

State Representative, District 116 William T. Armstrong V

State Representative, District 118 James L. Thompson

State Representative, District 121 Arthur M. Thomas IV

State Representative, District 122 Sally Baynton

State Representative, District 126 Oscar J. Palma, Jr.

State Representative, District 127 Justo Perez

State Representative, District 130 William B. Gray Jr.

State Representative, District 132 Phil Kurtz

State Representative, District 134 Mhair S. Dekmezian

State Representative, District 135 Alfred N. Montestruc

State Representative, District 136 Gerald W. "Jerry" LaFleur

State Representative, District 137 Alex Cresswell

State Representative, District 141 Richard Brown

State Representative, District 143 Joe O. Marcom

State Representative, District 147 Joe Tirado

State Representative, District 150 Ken Petty

Bastrop County

Tax Assessor-Collector Travis Hill

Bexar County

County Commissioner, Precinct 3 Jeff Carruthers

Brazos County

Tax Assessor-Collector John Roemer

Cameron County

Tax Assessor-Collector Robert E. Bolkcom

Collin County

Sheriff Brent Friedman

Tax Assessor-Collector Randy Kohn

Constable, Precinct 3 Rodney Caston

Dallas County

County Commissioner, Precinct 1 Matt Havener

Ellis County

Tax Assessor-Collector Linda Gallegos

Treasurer (unexpired term) Cathy Kennedy

Harris County

Tax Assessor-Collector Jeffrey McGee

County Commissioner, Precinct 1 Jorgen Nelson

Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1 Derrick J. Anderson Sr

Hays County

Tax Assessor-Collector Steve Ravet

County Commissioner, Precinct 3 Deborah R. Wood

Jefferson County

County Commissioner, Precinct 3 Kevin R. McCarthy

Lubbock County

County Commissioner, Precinct 1 Jerry Russell

Nueces County

Tax Assessor-Collector Bradley Moore

Parker County

County Commissioner, Precinct 1 Tom W. Clayton

San Patricio County

Tax Assessor-Collector Ed Bailey

Tarrant County

Sheriff Charles Hibbler

County Commissioner, Precinct 3 Mark F. Frohman

Travis County

Sheriff David McDaniel

Tax Assessor-Collector Mike Burris

County Commissioner, Precinct 1 Fancy Fairchild

County Commissioner, Precinct 3 Wes Benedict

Constable, Precinct 2 Arlo J. Pignotti

Constable, Precinct 3 Joe Edgar

Constable, Precinct 5 Michael M. Holt

Williamson County

Sheriff Mike Andras

Tax Assessor-Collector Jon Scallan

County Commissioner, Precinct 3 James Atwell Andrews

Constable, Precinct 4 Charles McCoy

Libertarians in local nonpartisan races (May 10, 2008 election)

Abilene City Council, Place 4 Steve Kirby

Anna City Council, Place 2 Kevin Anderson (unopposed)

Lago Vista City Council, Place 4 Pat Dixon

Missouri City Council, At Large Position 2 Kevin Tunstall

2008 Election Results

This table shows preliminary results with 100% of precincts reporting.

Office Name Libt Votes Libt % Rep % Dem % Other %

President / Vice-President Bob Barr / Wayne A. Root 56,398 0.70% 55.48% 43.72% 0.10%

U.S. Senator Yvonne Adams Schick 184,729 2.34% 54.80% 42.86%

Railroad Commissioner David Floyd 269,309 3.52% 52.08% 44.40%

Chief Justice, Supreme Court Tom Oxford 238,391 3.10% 53.07% 43.83%

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 7 David G. Smith 231,594 3.02% 51.08% 45.90%

Justice, Supreme Court, Place 8 Drew Shirley 233,460 3.05% 52.29% 44.66%

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3 Matthew E. Eilers 215,427 2.82% 51.63% 45.55%

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4 Dave Howard 249,921 3.28% 52.94% 43.78%

Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9 William Bryan Strange, III 1,041,499 18.11% 81.89%

U.S. Representative, District 2 Craig Wolfe 21,711 11.07% 88.93%

U.S. Representative, District 3 Christopher J. Claytor 6,300 2.22% 59.80% 37.98%

U.S. Representative, District 4 Fred Annett 5,760 1.92% 68.81% 29.27%

U.S. Representative, District 5 Ken Ashby 31,847 16.39% 83.61%

U.S. Representative, District 6 Max W. Koch III 6,651 2.37% 62.04% 35.58%

U.S. Representative, District 7 Drew Parks 5,036 1.74% 55.92% 42.35%

U.S. Representative, District 8 Brian Stevens 7,552 2.65% 72.57% 24.78%

U.S. Representative, District 9 Brad Walters 9,734 6.35% 93.65%

U.S. Representative, District 10 Matt Finkel 9,844 2.96% 53.89% 43.14%

U.S. Representative, District 11 John R. Strohm 25,031 11.67% 88.33%

U.S. Representative, District 12 Shiloh Sidney Shambaugh 4,827 1.80% 67.59% 30.61%

U.S. Representative, District 15 Gricha Raether 3,808 2.33% 31.95% 65.72%

U.S. Representative, District 16 Mette A. Baker 11,979 7.57% 82.13% 10.30%

U.S. Representative, District 17 Gardner C. Osborne 3,843 1.51% 45.50% 52.99%

U.S. Representative, District 18 Mike Taylor 4,475 2.33% 20.35% 77.32%

U.S. Representative, District 19 Richard Chip Peterson 6,051 2.61% 72.46% 24.93%

U.S. Representative, District 20 Michael Idrogo 5,160 2.92% 25.16% 71.92%

U.S. Representative, District 21 James Arthur Strohm 60,773 19.99% 80.01%

U.S. Representative, District 22 John Wieder 6,823 2.21% 52.42% 45.37%

U.S. Representative, District 23 Lani Connolly 5,564 2.32% 41.92% 55.77%

U.S. Representative, District 24 David A. Casey 7,969 2.94% 55.92% 41.14%

U.S. Representative, District 25 Jim Stutsman 10,831 3.72% 30.45% 65.82%

U.S. Representative, District 26 Stephanie B. Weiss 11,002 3.40% 60.19% 36.42%

U.S. Representative, District 27 Robert E. Powell 6,618 3.66% 38.39% 57.95%

U.S. Representative, District 28 Ross Lynn Leone 3,715 2.07% 29.20% 68.73%

U.S. Representative, District 29 Joel Grace 1,562 1.47% 23.88% 74.65%

U.S. Representative, District 30 Jarrett Woods 3,372 1.64% 15.78% 82.58%

U.S. Representative, District 31 Barry N. Cooper 9,116 3.15% 60.31% 36.54%

U.S. Representative, District 32 Alex Bischoff 4,410 2.17% 57.24% 40.59%

Member, State Board of Education, District 6 Mary Ann Bryan 86,799 20.72% 79.28%

Member, State Board of Education, District 7 Richard R. Johnson 14,594 2.74% 53.67% 43.59%

Member, State Board of Education, District 8 Kim B. Stroman 65,024 13.85% 85.36% 0.79%

Member, State Board of Education, District 11 Bruce Beckman 82,951 15.70% 84.30%

Member, State Board of Education, District 14 John E. Shuey 21,316 3.69% 65.00% 31.32%

State Senator, District 6 Susan Delgado 3,491 3.36% 26.63% 70.01%

State Senator, District 9 Carl Nulsen 5,981 2.58% 54.10% 43.32%

State Senator, District 10 Richard A. Cross 7,584 2.56% 47.54% 49.89%

State Senator, District 11 Cliff Messina 6,389 2.32% 56.50% 41.17%

State Senator, District 16 Paul Osborn 5,806 2.68% 56.26% 41.06%

State Senator, District 20 Billy Bill Parker 28,400 18.60% 81.40%

State Senator, District 21 Barry L. Allison 4,966 2.61% 29.15% 68.24%

State Senator, District 23 Jim Renfro 14,662 7.58% 92.42%

State Senator, District 24 Bill Oliver 33,424 14.52% 85.48%

State Senator, District 26 Steve Lopez 31,164 18.56% 81.44%

State Senator, District 28 M. J. (Smitty) Smith 23,929 11.81% 88.19%

State Senator, District 31 Lauren Poindexter 19,510 9.79% 90.21%

State Representative, District 1 Tim Eason 779 1.41% 44.99% 53.59%

State Representative, District 2 Michael A. French 6,903 14.96% 85.04%

State Representative, District 4 James C. Yow 1,381 2.21% 62.62% 35.18%

State Representative, District 6 Gene Moody 6,188 12.23% 87.77%

State Representative, District 7 Joey R. Stroman 5,359 11.65% 88.35%

State Representative, District 9 Joe Allport 961 1.85% 62.75% 35.41%

State Representative, District 10 Phil Smart 8,353 14.48% 85.52%

State Representative, District 11 Paul Bryan 872 1.65% 49.08% 49.27%

State Representative, District 14 Ron Darby 8,052 17.80% 82.20%

State Representative, District 17 Alan W. Duesterhoft 1,888 3.16% 53.99% 42.85%

State Representative, District 19 Richard Ramsey 1,064 2.09% 63.91% 34.00%

State Representative, District 20 Craig C. Weems 4,185 4.76% 64.73% 30.52%

State Representative, District 22 Dean L. Tucker 1,824 5.53% 94.47%

State Representative, District 23 Charles L. Earley 4,732 13.20% 86.80%

State Representative, District 24 Rafael E. Ramos 7,444 13.67% 86.33%

State Representative, District 25 Richard Cole 5,453 14.04% 85.96%

State Representative, District 28 M. Stephen Lucas 1,484 1.76% 60.22% 38.02%

State Representative, District 32 Lenard Nelson 1,702 3.07% 50.12% 46.81%

State Representative, District 33 Justin R. Garrett 2,260 5.44% 35.52% 59.05%

State Representative, District 41 Charles W. Snelling 670 1.86% 33.27% 64.87%

State Representative, District 43 Richard W. Shuey 3,778 12.79% 87.21%

State Representative, District 44 John Lynch 9,935 17.58% 82.42%

State Representative, District 45 Tom Gleinser 2,406 3.25% 37.44% 59.31%

State Representative, District 46 Allen Hacker 5,330 13.45% 86.55%

State Representative, District 48 Ben Easton 3,165 4.29% 41.98% 53.74%

State Representative, District 50 Jerry Chandler 3,046 4.23% 32.77% 63.00%

State Representative, District 51 Arthur DiBianca 3,432 10.48% 89.52%

State Representative, District 52 Lillian Simmons 2,825 3.96% 47.43% 48.61%

State Representative, District 53 Brian W. Holk 5,976 11.11% 88.89%

State Representative, District 54 Nicolaas J. Kramer 9,423 21.94% 78.06%

State Representative, District 55 Chris Lane 1,501 2.69% 53.95% 43.37%

State Representative, District 56 David Meine 6,944 13.62% 86.38%

State Representative, District 57 Neill Snider 3,851 12.15% 87.85%

State Representative, District 58 Tom Stewart 1,825 3.24% 70.55% 26.20%

State Representative, District 59 Coy Reynolds 1,178 2.55% 61.60% 35.84%

State Representative, District 61 Richard W. Forsythe Jr. 2,199 3.27% 72.52% 24.21%

State Representative, District 63 John Turner 3,824 4.36% 72.99% 22.64%

State Representative, District 64 Jason Jordan 3,824 5.27% 56.00% 38.73%

State Representative, District 65 Lee Hooper 12,076 20.32% 79.68%

State Representative, District 66 Benjamin Westfried 7,982 15.01% 84.99%

State Representative, District 67 Jeffrey Joyner 8,336 21.53% 78.47%

State Representative, District 69 Richard Brown 5,110 13.80% 86.20%

State Representative, District 70 Robert R. Virasin 11,702 13.79% 86.21%

State Representative, District 71 Michael Walton 5,336 11.68% 88.32%

State Representative, District 72 Dennis Higgins 5,547 13.06% 86.94%

State Representative, District 73 Shannon Beckett McCracken 3,842 4.59% 69.44% 25.96%

State Representative, District 78 Bill Collins 1,700 3.35% 45.12% 51.52%

State Representative, District 81 Elmo Hockman 3,601 9.85% 90.15%

State Representative, District 82 Sherry Phillips 1,370 2.57% 62.15% 35.29%

State Representative, District 86 Kevin Howell 1,819 3.05% 78.68% 18.27%

State Representative, District 87 L. Blake Bailey 5,063 15.24% 84.76%

State Representative, District 91 Paul Mastin 1,535 2.82% 61.30% 35.88%

State Representative, District 93 Colin F. Sewards 1,009 2.10% 40.71% 57.19%

State Representative, District 94 Geoffrey A. Adams 7,135 15.18% 84.82%

State Representative, District 95 Hy Siegel 1,836 4.49% 95.51%

State Representative, District 96 Todd Litteken 1,737 2.13% 46.61% 51.27%

State Representative, District 97 Rodney Wingo 1,297 1.91% 55.35% 42.74%

State Representative, District 98 Stephen M. Smith 2,838 2.93% 70.44% 26.63%

State Representative, District 99 Robin Chester 1,991 2.79% 64.81% 32.40%

State Representative, District 100 Robert M. Pritchett 1,956 6.55% 93.45%

State Representative, District 103 David R. Mason 1,961 11.68% 88.32%

State Representative, District 105 James G. Baird 1,059 2.60% 48.73% 48.67%

State Representative, District 106 Gene Freeman 868 2.24% 42.23% 55.53%

State Representative, District 107 Brandon Parsons 1,307 2.61% 46.93% 50.47%

State Representative, District 109 Kevin Jackson 3,755 5.87% 94.13%

State Representative, District 111 Tim Miles 926 1.63% 19.37% 79.00%

State Representative, District 112 Philip M. White 2,354 4.30% 56.09% 39.61%

State Representative, District 115 Preston Poulter 8,248 18.81% 81.19%

State Representative, District 116 William T. Armstrong V 4,657 14.47% 85.53%

State Representative, District 118 James L. Thompson 1,414 3.51% 36.57% 59.92%

State Representative, District 121 Arthur M. Thomas IV 11,372 20.38% 79.62%

State Representative, District 122 Sally Baynton 4,210 4.07% 66.04% 29.89%

State Representative, District 126 Oscar J. Palma, Jr. 1,203 2.19% 59.40% 38.42%

State Representative, District 127 Justo Perez 1,400 2.06% 65.67% 32.27%

State Representative, District 130 William B. Gray Jr. 9,007 12.37% 87.63%

State Representative, District 132 Phil Kurtz 9,309 17.56% 82.44%

State Representative, District 134 Mhair S. Dekmezian 1,576 2.31% 42.23% 55.45%

State Representative, District 135 Alfred N. Montestruc 776 1.66% 58.39% 39.95%

State Representative, District 136 Gerald W. Jerry LaFleur 6,066 12.89% 87.11%

State Representative, District 137 Alex Cresswell 1,472 10.77% 89.23%

State Representative, District 141 Richard Brown 654 1.58% 19.72% 78.71%

State Representative, District 143 Joe O. Marcom 278 1.66% 27.66% 70.68%

State Representative, District 147 Joe Tirado 3,020 7.76% 92.24%

State Representative, District 150 Ken Petty 1,445 2.12% 64.38% 33.50%

Bastrop County Tax Assessor-Collector Travis Hill 3,248 14.94% 85.06%

Bexar County Commissioner, Precinct 3 Jeff Carruthers 5,271 2.67% 52.89% 41.90% 2.54%

Brazos County Tax Assessor-Collector John Roemer 7,360 15.58% 84.42%

Cameron County Tax Assessor-Collector Robert E. Bolkcom 9,332 14.26% 85.74%

Collin County Sheriff Brent Friedman 42,392 18.53% 81.47%

Collin County Tax Assessor-Collector Randy Kohn 40,211 17.02% 82.98%

Collin County Constable, Precinct 3 Rodney Caston 19,079 19.44% 80.56%

Dallas County Commissioner, Precinct 1 Matt Havener 31,403 21.01% 78.99%

Ellis County Tax Assessor-Collector Linda Gallegos 8,065 17.63% 82.37%

Ellis County Treasurer Cathy Kennedy 8,630 19.24% 80.76%

Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector Jeffrey McGee 26,315 2.32% 51.51% 46.17%

Harris County Commissioner, Precinct 1 Jorgen Nelson 21,054 8.84% 91.16%

Harris County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1 Derrick J. Anderson, Sr. 19,171 12.76% 87.24%

Hays County Tax Assessor-Collector Steve Ravet 2,434 4.27% 58.96% 36.76%

Hays County Commissioner, Precinct 3 Deborah R. Wood 859 5.10% 52.40% 42.50%

Jefferson County Commissioner, Precinct 3 Kevin R. McCarthy 1,203 8.58% 91.42%

Lubbock County Commissioner, Precinct 1 Jerry Russell 872 2.52% 70.84% 26.64%

Nueces County Tax Assessor-Collector Bradley Moore 3,559 3.62% 37.76% 58.62%

Parker County Commissioner, Precinct 1 Tom W. Clayton 534 5.50% 63.42% 31.08%

San Patricio County Tax Assessor-Collector Ed Bailey 3,047 18.33% 81.67%

Tarrant County Sheriff Charles Hibbler 17,883 2.98% 55.88% 41.14%

Tarrant County Commissioner, Precinct 3 Mark F. Frohman 6,721 3.58% 64.72% 31.70%

Travis County Sheriff David McDaniel 24,644 6.61% 31.12% 62.27%

Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector Mike Burris 19,628 5.16% 27.55% 67.29%

Travis County Commissioner, Precinct 1 Fancy Fairchild 7,027 11.91% 88.09%

Travis County Commissioner, Precinct 3 Wes Benedict 7,088 5.08% 46.39% 48.53%

Travis County Constable, Precinct 2 Arlo J. Pignotti 6,331 5.59% 46.24% 48.18%

Travis County Constable, Precinct 3 Joe Edgar 7,947 7.22% 38.66% 54.12%

Travis County Constable, Precinct 5 Michael M. Holt 8,488 15.68% 84.32%

Williamson County Sheriff Mike Andras 28,995 23.10% 76.90%

Williamson County Tax Assessor-Collector Jon Scallan 23,788 18.54% 81.46%

Williamson County Commissioner, Precinct 3 James Atwell Andrews 2,417 5.43% 61.32% 33.25%

Williamson County Constable, Precinct 4 Charles McCoy 7,388 26.41% 73.59%