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Written by Phillip Rhodes
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Wednesday, 05 November 2008 |
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I'd just like to say "Thank You" to all of you who supported my campaign for Lieutenant Governor. Whether you donated money, helped spread the word, voted for me, or just signed up for the Facebook page, or some combination of the above, your support is VERY much appreciated. We did not win the election, but we won some small victories along the way, which hopefully help set the stage for larger victories in the future. This campaign was never really about Phillip Rhodes at all, it was always about the larger movement towards more Liberty and Freedom, the principle of a small government which is restricted to it's proper role(s), and a return to the foundational principles of "individual freedom and personal responsibility." Over the course of the campaign, I had the opportunity to appear in a statewide televised debate with my Democrat and Republican opponents, becoming the first Libertarian candidate to ever do so in NC. That alone was a wonderful chance to expose many, many people to the ideas of libertarianism and to the Libertarian Party. Additionally, this campaign website received over 7,000 hits in the past 30 days, with a "new visitor" rate of about 94%. Presumably many of those visits were from people who were not already Libertarians. Hopefully at least a few liked what they saw, and voted for one or more Libertarian candidates, and perhaps will wind up registering Libertarian in the future, or will even join the LP. Unfortunately we'll never have any way to measure the impact of this campaign in those regards, but - nonetheless - I feel confident that we had a positive impact. In the finally tally, I received a shade over 125,000 votes, for about 3.04% of the vote. That's actually a pretty good performance for a Libertarian candidate in a 3-way statewide race, by historical standards, so we have nothing to feel ashamed of. Only about 19,000 people voted a "straight party" Libertarian ticket, so I'm guessing a large chunk of those 125,000 votes were from Republicans, Democrats and Unaffiliated voters. Considering that three of the other Libertarian candidates in statewide races (Dr. Munger, Chris Cole, and Mark McMains) also registed over 100,000 votes, I think it's clear that the LP did very well, in general, in this election. And most importantly, with Dr. Munger receiving over 2% in his race for Governor, the LPNC now has full ballot access for the next 4 years. I have not yet decided what the future holds for me, as far as future campaigns. I'm tentatively willing to say that I'll probably be running again (for some office) in 2012. I'll probably start a Facebook group, and a new website, for that efffort sometime in the near future. I hope that most, or all, of you who supported me this time will continue to do so. I'll keep you posted on the future plans as things develop. Thank you all once again. You're the best! Cheers, Phil |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 05 November 2008 )
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Debate video now available |
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Written by Phillip Rhodes
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Thursday, 18 September 2008 |
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The video from the UNC-TV sponsored Lieutenant Gubernatorial candidates debate is now available online from multiple locations. If you missed the debate live, you can now watch it, in it's entirety, at your own convenience. The video is approximately 1 hour long, and features myself, Robert Pittenger and Walter Dalton debating the issues. From UNC-TV Website From WRAL Website |
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