Walker
has been the Libertarian Party's candidate for statewide
public office on three separate occasions.
In
the course of these campaigns he has participated in
numerous debates, including those televised statewide,
has appeared on scores of radio talk shows, and has
spoken to many audiences, large and small.
The
first statewide race was for lieutenant governor in
1990 -- the first statewide race in which the Libertarian
Party had a significant impact despite its being barred
from televised debates by the Democrat- controlled public
television system working in conjuction with the Atlanta
Journal Constitution. His running mate was Carol Ann
Rand.
In
1994, for strategic reasons, the Libertarian Party did
not run a gubernatorial candidate and so Walker was
at the head of the ticket, running once again for lieutenant
governor.
In
1998, Walker was selected to run for Georgia attorney
general and once again campaigned on a statewide basis.
Because
of his Supreme Court victory, Walker was a speaker at
the 1998 national convention of the Libertarian Party
in Washington, D.C. (Read his stirring speech.)
Walker
has fought Georgia's restrictive ballot-access laws
on several occasions, most notably in the case of Bergland
vs. Harris, 767 F.2d 1551 (11th Cir. 1985) -- following
which Georgia lowered its ballot-acces requirements,
but which still remain the most punitive and anti-democratic
in the country.
The
Libertarian Party stands for individual rights and limited
government. Check out the sites at http://www.lp.org
and http://www.ga.lp.org
and other such liberty-oriented places on the Web.
Our
purposes:
Educational—helping the people understand their
rights and duties under the Constitutions of Georgia
and the United States
Transitional—affecting
changes in the two old parties to force them away from
socialism and ill-advised , unconstitutional policies
Political—to
demonstrate to the state our unflinching willingness
to work for a restoration of republican liberties to
the people.
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