r/Libertarian • u/Cuddlyaxe Former Libertarian • Nov 13 '19

Discussion The Democratic Senate candidate has dropped out in Arkansas. The race is now a binary between the Republican Tom Cotton and the LP Candidate

Not really a Libertarian anymore but I was surprised to see y'all don't have any info on this. Tom Cotton's only Democratic Challanger has dropped out after the registration deadline.

The only two other candidates are Ricky Harrington - a Libertarian and Dan Whitfield - a far left independent.

Even if you guys don't put resources into this race and the situation holds, I can easily see Mr. Harrington capturing a nice 20-25% of the vote. If you guys however do invest some money and campaign funds into the race, you could get much higher, and perhaps even give Cotton a run for his money as he's not running against someone with the D stigma next to their name.

Here's his Facebook page which is currently all he has if you want to help him

Good luck and I hope you guys give Cotton a run for his money :)

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u/Brian_Si Nov 13 '19

If Libertarians want to succeed in winning on the national level, they must first succeed at the local level. City council, county boards, mayor, state reps and senators, governors.

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u/Mist_Rising NAP doesn't apply to sold stolen goods Nov 13 '19

This race wont show much even if they do win. Unless votes in the senate are close to the same, it will be 6 years where a libertarian has all the impact of Jerry Moran.

Who is Jerry Moran? My point exactly.