Libertarian Gov candidate declares "great victory"

Libertarian Gubernatorial Candidate Ken Krawchuk Declares a "Great Victory"
November 7, 2002 
Ken Krawchuk, the Libertarian candidate for Pennsylvania Governor, declared Tuesday's election a â€œgreat victoryâ€? for the Libertarian Party, citing record gains on all fronts, and the attainment of legal Minor Party status in Pennsylvania. 
"The 41,000 Pennsylvanians who voted Libertarian brought us a great victory", Krawchuk told a crowd of about 70 supporters in Valley Forge after Tuesday's election. "We reached our most important goal: legal party status. By our attracting so huge a vote, voters can now register as Libertarians all across the state. The Libertarian name will now appear on all voting machines alongside the two old parties' names. We also get exclusive rights to the Libertarian name, and can appoint candidates to special elections. We Libertarians are finally getting the respect we deserve." 
State law grants "minor party" status when any political body receives 2% of the winner's vote total in any statewide race. Krawchuk received about 2.15% of Ed Rendell's total on Tuesday. 
"In addition to achieving the next level of political success in the eyes of the law, we Libertarians also broke many Pennsylvania party records", Krawchuk continued. â€œThe percentage of the vote that we received is the highest for any of our Libertarian gubernatorial candidates ever, as is the raw number of 41,000 votes. I participated in a record-breaking four televised debates, two of which were nationally broadcast on C-SPAN. Libertarian TV commercials were aired statewide hundreds of times, another first for any of our gubernatorial candidates. The campaign also received national press on several occasions for the imaginative way the Libertarian message was presented. Everything considered, it was a banner year for the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania." 
In his victory speech, Krawchuk also accepted his party's nomination to become the next chairman of the state Libertarian Party. "The game is going extra innings, so stay tuned", Krawchuk said. "We Libertarians grew on all fronts this year, and now we're going to take it even further. And we must, because in politics, tenacity is a virtue." 
Founded in 1971, the Libertarian Party is the third largest political party in the state and the nation, with over 500 elected and appointed officials currently serving in office nationwide, and 71 in Pennsylvania, more than any other state except California. Like the Founding Fathers, Libertarians believe that you have a God-given, inalienable right to conduct your life as you see fit, without interference, so long as you respect the rights and property of others. For more information about the Libertarian Party, the public may contact the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania at www.LpPa.org or (800) R-Rights, or the National Libertarian Party at Lp.org or (202) 333-0008. 
The Krawchuk campaign can be contacted at 215-881-9696, info@KenK.org, www.KenK.org, or c/o PO Box 260, Cheltenham Penna., 19012. 
 
 
 
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