Hi, I'm Pat Dixon, chair of the Libertarian Party of Texas and Lago Vista City Council member.
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Here is a list of our current Libertarian candidates for the November ballot:
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Governor |
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Kathie Glass |
We would like to welcome Nacogdoches County to the Texas Libertarian Party!
Bob Hollis- Chair (on Left) and Co-Chair Rick Stevens Jr. (on Right)
Nacogdoches County will be hosting their first social event September 14th at 6:30pm at Barnhills Buffet. We wish them all the success as they meet friendly liberty minded folks and work with SFA to promote the future of the LP!
Amie Parsons and Heather Fazio pass out Declaration of Independence at Addison's Kaboom town on 4th of July. Inspite of the rain the girls passed out over 200 Declarations. It did help that Adddison Parsons was there to help as well, as she is the future of the Libertarian Party.
In just over 2 months it will be election day. In preparation for our campaign efforts we recently called about 1,000 of our most loyal supporters. We received a clear message from you. You said:
"WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING!"
We are doing a lot. We clearly aren't doing a good job of telling you about it.
This is an urgent message. We are about to embark on the most ambitious effort the Libertarian Party has ever made to grow our party, support our candidates, and deliver record results in November.
The problem is that right now we DO NOT HAVE THE FUNDING to follow through on our plans!
We need your support NOW to deliver these results. And you need to know what we are doing to earn your support.
- We have hired 2 regional directors. For the first time in our history we have local full time staff in the North Texas and Gulf Coast regions to support our local organizations, candidates, and serve you better. This is part of our long term vision to have regional directors across the state so that you have someone dedicated to serve you and your region. We took this risk of investing in additional staff with the hope that you would come through for us as before and support keeping them on the job.
- The most ambitious investment we are making is an unprecedented marketing effort to grow our party and support our candidates. More on this later.
- Based on the significant staffing and marketing investments we have planned for this year, in March our state committee passed a $370,000 annual budget. This is the largest budget we have ever had and dwarfs that of any other Libertarian state party. However, a budget is a plan and not reality. In order to achieve our budget projections we need your financial support. You can do so right now by Clicking Here.
- For many years we operated without any place to meet with the media or others who wanted to visit with us. This year we secured a great deal on office space close to the University of Texas campus. This is great for outreach to students and provides easy access to volunteers that walk in an want to help. Having an office provides convenient meeting space, storage for campaign materials, and a good work environment for our staff.
- We have recruited and placed over 160 Libertarian candidates for the November ballot. The best means of advertising our party to those who vote is to have lots of people on the ballot that represent the Libertarian label well. We probably have more candidates running serious, active campaigns than ever before. They are getting media attention and the interest in their campaigns is strong. Our candidate for governor, Kathie Glass, has been very active and is traveling the state constantly. Her website is http://www.kathie4guv.com/.
- We support those candidates by helping them comply with the painful state campaign finance laws, providing training sessions, and various other means. We have held more candidate training sessions than ever before and they have been very well received. For example, a Houston area attorney who was a former Republican candidate for Congress got frustrated with the lack of support from the Republican Party. He came to our recent candidate training and said "In three hours, I learned more from Robert Butler and the Libertarian Party about being a candidate than I ever did in my lifetime as a Republican. You all are good people." Both he and his wife became members of the Texas LP that day!
- We had a very successful state convention with a great turnout, featuring presentations by Kinky Friedman, Michael Badnarik, and G Edward Griffen. It also featured yours truly getting a pie in the face. For a brief idea of what you might have missed, take a look: Click Here to Watch the Convention Highlights Video.
- We have continued to travel the state and meet with you. Our last Texas Tour was conducted Sept 6 through Nov 14 of 2009. We visited 22 locations from Brownsville to Amarillo to El Paso to Galveston. We recruited candidates, helped local organizations and activists, and conducted interviews with local media. This has been a successful way to get out and meet with you and support our common goals. We're already planning a new tour for February 2011.
- We help support local organizations and candidates by setting up the county conventions. Often we have people that have never been through the process and need our help to make sure our candidates get nominated. It can be confusing, but our staff help ensure that these conventions take place and that our county chairs know what they need to do.
- We also have been very busy organizing new county parties. Our regional directors have been instrumental in establishing organizations in Nacogdoches, Upshur, and Hardin counties as well as others. There are 254 counties in Texas and we would like Libertarians in every one of them.
- We also have been active establishing and supporting campus organizations. I first discovered the Libertarian Party in college and this is a great opportunity to expose students to the principles of liberty. Now that the fall semester is starting and an election is coming up we have been very busy with this activity.
- We engage in policy debate and make a difference. We defeated bills that would have imposed over a billion (B) dollars in additional tax burden. By putting candidates on the ballot we impact the votes of legislators. The more we can support our candidates and grow our party the greater influence we have.
- For the first time in our party's history we have attracted the interest of major donors considering six figure donations, but they are looking for active participation to partner with our membership before they jump in. One donor has offered to donate up to $150,000 if you match his contribution. This is an unprecedented investment in our party and shows the level of trust and commitment he has in our organization. Thus far he has matched $75,000 of your contributions this year. However, that leaves half of his offer that we have not matched. If we do not come through, we are leaving our donor's money on the table and will not have the funding to follow through on our plans. We need your financial support now! Click Here