Libertarian Party: Do Libertarians win many elections?

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This article is from the Libertarian FAQ, by Joe Dehn jwd3@dehnbase.fidonet.org, Robert Bickford rab.AT.daft.com, Mike Huben mhuben@world.std.com and Advocates for Self-Government http://www.self-gov.org/ with numerous contributions by others.

04 Libertarian Party: Do Libertarians win many elections?

More and more all the time. Right now, there are over 300 Libertarians
serving in elected public office (plus hundreds more in appointed
positions). We've elected Libertarian State Representatives in New
Hampshire, Vermont, and Alaska, mayors in 11 states, and more than
60 city and town council members in 22 states. Other Libertarians
serve on school boards, as city commissioners, on town budget
committees, as judges of elections, and in a wide variety of other
elected offices such as city treasurer, district attorney, and sheriff.
According to Congressional Quarterly, these Libertarian officeholders
"give the party a status no third party has enjoyed in decades".

There have been Libertarian candidates for president and vice
president on the ballot in all 50 states in the last three presidential
elections -- an achievement unmatched by any other alternative party.

In 2000, more than 250 Libertarians ran for US House of Representatives,
the first time in eighty years that a majority of the seats were
contested by any party other than the Republicans or Democrats.
Libertarian candidates for US Senate received more than one million
votes, 3.3 million Americans voted for at least one Libertarian
candidate, and at least 35 Libertarians were elected to public
office.