Party with a 'spoiler' image is out to win
Richard Cross may have played a key role four years ago in the fiercely fought battle for Texas Senate District 10.
In that race, Democrat Wendy Davis won the election with 49.91 percent of the vote to Republican Sen. Kim Brimer's 47.52 percent, with the two tallies separated by 7,095 votes.
Cross, the Libertarian in the race, earned 7,591 votes, enough to have been a game-changer in the race, some analysts believe.
"It's difficult to tell what impact Mr. Cross had on that race," said Allen Patterson, who heads Tarrant County's Libertarian Party. "I think the Libertarian Party is now pulling in a lot of voters who are frustrated with the Democratic Party's waffling on some personal freedom issues as well as economic conservatives who have no confidence in Republican promises of a smaller government.
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[font color=green]The Libertarians will be having their state convention in Fort Worth during June.[/font]