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2004 Libertarian National Convention

{{Short description|United States political event}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox National Political Convention

| year = 2004

| party = Libertarian

| logo =

| image = SI-MichaelBadnarik1.JPG

| image2 = Richard Campagna Kareokee.png

| image_size1 =

| image_size2 =

| caption = Nominees
Badnarik and Campagna

| date = May 28–31, 2004

| venue = Marriott Marquis Hotel

| city = Atlanta Georgia

| presidential_nominee = Michael Badnarik

| presidential_nominee_state = Texas

| vice_presidential_nominee = Richard Campagna

| vice_presidential_nominee_state = Iowa

| othercandidates = Gary Nolan of Ohio
Aaron Russo of California

| previous_year = 2002

| next_year = 2006

}}

The 2004 Libertarian National Convention was held from May 28 to May 31, 2004, at the Marriott Marquis Hotel{{Cite web |url=http://www.lp.org/archives/lpnatconv2004.pdf |title=Libertarian National Convention Minutes, 2004 |access-date=2012-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511110412/http://www.lp.org/archives/lpnatconv2004.pdf |archive-date=2012-05-11 |url-status=dead }} in Atlanta, Georgia. The delegates at the convention, on behalf of the U.S. Libertarian Party, nominated Michael Badnarik for president and Richard Campagna for vice president in the 2004 presidential election. The convention was televised nationally on C-SPAN.

Libertarians hold a National Convention every two years to vote on party bylaws, platform and resolutions and elect national party officers and a judicial committee. Every four years it nominates presidential and vice presidential candidates.{{Cite web|url=http://www.lp.org/organization/bylaws.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605025750/http://www.lp.org/organization/bylaws.shtml|url-status=dead|title=Libertarian Party Bylaws|archivedate=June 5, 2008}}

Speakers

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Those which attended include:

Voting for presidential nomination

=First ballot=

After the first round, a motion was passed to suspend the rules and allow only the top three candidates from the first round to proceed to the second ballot.

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|+ 2004 Libertarian Party National Convention total vote count: Round 1

Candidate

! Total votes cast

! Percent of votes cast

bgcolor="Goldenrod"

| Aaron Russo

bgcolor="Goldenrod"| 25833.2%
bgcolor="Gold"

| Michael Badnarik

bgcolor="Gold"| 25632.9%
bgcolor="Yellow"

| Gary Nolan

bgcolor="Yellow"| 24631.6%
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| None of the Above

bgcolor="FFFF66"| 101.3%
bgcolor="#FFFFCC"

| Jeffrey Diket

bgcolor="#FFFFCC"| 40.5%
bgcolor="LightYellow"

| Drew Carey

bgcolor="LightYellow"| 30.4%
bgcolor="White"

| Dave Hollist

bgcolor="White"| 10.1%
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|colspan="5"|

{| align="left"

|Color key:

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|bgcolor="Goldenrod"| 1st place

|bgcolor="Gold"| 2nd place

|bgcolor="Yellow"| 3rd place

|bgcolor="#FFFF66"| 4th place

|bgcolor="#FFFFCC"| 5th place

|bgcolor="LightYellow"| 6th place

|bgcolor="White"| 7th place

|-

|-

|}

=Second ballot=

After the second round, Gary Nolan, not receiving the necessary votes to advance, endorsed Michael Badnarik.

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|+ 2004 Libertarian Party National Convention total vote count: Round 2

Candidate

! Total votes cast

! Percent of votes cast

bgcolor="Goldenrod"

| Aaron Russo

bgcolor="Goldenrod"| 28536.4%
bgcolor="Gold"

| Michael Badnarik

bgcolor="Gold"| 24931.8%
bgcolor="Yellow"

| Gary Nolan

bgcolor="Yellow"| 24431.2%
bgcolor="FFFF66"

| None of the Above

bgcolor="#FFFF66"| 50.6%
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|colspan="5"|

{| align="left"

|Color key:

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|bgcolor="Goldenrod"| 1st place

|bgcolor="Gold"| 2nd place

|bgcolor="Yellow"| 3rd place

|bgcolor="#FFFF66"| 4th place

|-

|-

|}

=Third ballot=

After the second round of voting, Gary Nolan addressed the convention, endorsing Michael Badnarik for the 2004 nomination of the Libertarian Party.

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|+ 2004 Libertarian Party National Convention total vote count: Round 3

Candidate

! Total votes cast

! Percent of votes cast

bgcolor="Goldenrod"

| Michael Badnarik

bgcolor="Goldenrod"| 42354.4%
bgcolor="Gold"

| Aaron Russo

bgcolor="Gold"| 34444.2%
bgcolor="Yellow"

| None of the Above

bgcolor="Yellow"| 111.4%
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|colspan="5"|

{| align="left"

|Color key:

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|bgcolor="Goldenrod"| 1st place

|bgcolor="Gold"| 2nd place

|bgcolor="Yellow"| 3rd place

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|-

|}

Voting for vice presidential nomination

A separate vote was held for the vice presidential nomination. Per convention rules, nominee Michael Badnarik addressed the crowd, however he declined to declare his preferred running mate.

=First ballot=

Richard Campagna of Iowa was nominated as vice presidential candidate on the first ballot.

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|+ 2004 Libertarian Party National Convention total vote count: Round 1

Candidate

! Total votes cast

! Percent of votes cast

bgcolor="Goldenrod"

| Richard Campagna

bgcolor="Goldenrod"| 35356.4%
bgcolor="Gold"

| Tamara Millay

bgcolor="Gold"| 22035.1%
bgcolor="Yellow"

| Garrett Hayes

bgcolor="Yellow"| 365.8%
bgcolor="White"

| None of the Above

bgcolor="White"| 101.6%
bgcolor="White"

| Scott Jameson

bgcolor="White"| 71.1%
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|colspan="5"|

{| align="left"

|Color key:

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|bgcolor="Goldenrod"| 1st place

|bgcolor="Gold"| 2nd place

|bgcolor="Yellow"| 3rd place

|bgcolor="White"| 4th place

|bgcolor="White"| 5th place

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|-

|}

See also

References

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{{Libertarian Party (United States)}}

{{2004 United States presidential election}}

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