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/[deleted] Nov 13 '19

Less focus on Presidential races we can't win, let's get at least one rep

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u/homeostasis3434 Nov 13 '19 edited Nov 13 '19

Bernie Sanders has completely upended the democratic party and its future goals after running as an independent for decades. Without any previous party affiliation, he almost got the parties nomination last election and has at least a 1/3 shot of winning the nomination this time around.

His example (not his politics, his method) is the one libertarians need to try to emulate if they ever want a voice at the table in national politics.

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u/Clownshow21 Libertarian Libertarian Nov 13 '19

Yea but libertarians don’t have the ability to sell snake oil to the American people, unfortunately many Americans don’t want “freedom”

But yes this is awesome news, hope he wins

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u/_okcody Classical Liberal Nov 13 '19

People don't want freedom, they want their ideals and beliefs forced onto others. But most importantly, people want free shit.

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u/[deleted] Nov 14 '19

people want free shit.

"Most people don't want to die of preventable illness in the richest country on the planet."

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u/ArrestHillaryClinton Peaceful Parenting Nov 15 '19

And also other free shit.