Georgia Libertarians Could Make the Difference

Several races in Georgia may not be decided tonight, that’s if the Libertarians have anything to say about it.

Georgia is one of a few states that still uses a run-off system if no candidate for office tops 50% of the vote.  It’s also a place where the Libertarian Party has had a decent amount of success running statewide candidates in the past.  This year, most of the attention has been on John Monds, the party’s candidate for governor.  In 2008, Monds was the party’s nominee for the statewide office of Public Service Commission (District 1), and he received 1,076,726 votes for 33.4% of the vote in a two-way race with only a Republican opponent. 

Monds, an African-American, has been polling in the mid-to-high single digits in the governor’s race.  If he can hold the winner under 50%, the Libertarians could flex their muscle with an endorsement for the run-off.

Only a few counties have reported thus far, and most of the votes are coming from Republican strongholds. 

Here’s what we’ve got thus far for the top 3 libertarians on the ticket…

Governor  –  John Monds   —  2,792 votes  (3.2%)
Lt. Gov  –  Dan Barber  —  2,720 votes  (2.4%)
US Senate  –  Chuck Donovan  —  2,053 votes  (2.4%)