Previous Candidates
Highlights from the November 2008 election
We had 173 candidates on the ballot, our highest count ever. William B. Strange, our candidate for Court of Criminal Appeals Place 9, received more than one million votes in a two-way race. That is the first time any Libertarian in Texas has crossed the million-vote threshold. Yvonne Schick, our candidate for U.S. Senator, received over 184,000 votes, or 2.34 percent. That is the highest vote count and the highest percentage ever received by a Texas Libertarian for U.S. Senator. Libertarians played "kingmaker" by holding the winners below 50 percent in four state house races, and two county races.
The following 173 candidates appeared on the ballot in November.
| 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 |
| Collin County Tax Assessor-Collector | Randy Kohn |
| Collin County Constable, Precinct 3 | Rodney Caston |
| Dallas County County Commissioner, Precinct 1 | Matt Havener |
| Ellis County Tax Assessor-Collector | Linda Gallegos |
| Ellis County Treasurer (unexpired term) | Cathy Kennedy |
| Harris County Tax Assessor-Collector | Jeffrey McGee |
| Harris County County Commissioner, Precinct 1 | Jorgen Nelson |
| Harris County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 1, Place 1 | Derrick J. Anderson Sr |
| Hays County Tax Assessor-Collector | Steve Ravet |
| Hays County 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 |
| Tarrant County County Commissioner, Precinct 3 | Mark F. Frohman |
| Travis County Sheriff | David McDaniel |
| Travis County Tax Assessor-Collector | Mike Burris |
| Travis County County Commissioner, Precinct 1 | Fancy Fairchild |
| Travis County County Commissioner, Precinct 3 | Wes Benedict |
| Travis County Constable, Precinct 2 | Arlo J. Pignotti |
| Travis County Constable, Precinct 3 | Joe Edgar |
| Travis County Constable, Precinct 5 | Michael M. Holt |
| Williamson County Sheriff | Mike Andras |
| Williamson County Tax Assessor-Collector | Jon Scallan |
| Williamson County County Commissioner, Precinct 3 | James Atwell Andrews |
| Williamson County Constable, Precinct 4 | Charles McCoy |