David Bergland

David Bergland

David Peter Bergland (born 1935, in California) received the United States Libertarian Party's nomination for the 1984 presidential election.^[1] Bergland and his running mate Jim Lewis received 228,111 (0.3%). He received the party's vice-presidential nomination in the 1976 presidential election, sharing the ticket with Roger MacBride. The MacBride/Bergland ticket received 172,553 votes (0.2%). He served as the party's national chair from 1977 to 1981 and from 1998 to 2000. A resident of California and a lawyer, Bergland has run unsuccessfully for office several times always as a Libertarian. In 1974, he ran as a write-in candidate for California Attorney General. In 1978, Bergland ran for the California state senate district 36 receiving 5.8% of the vote to finish third amongst the three candidates on the ballot [1]. In 1980, Bergland ran for the United States Senate, finishing third of five with 202,410 votes (2.4%). He managed the 2000 Libertarian presidential campaign of Harry Browne. He is the author of the book Libertarianism in One Lesson (ISBN 0-9754326-4-8).

On January 20, 2006, Mr. Bergland endorsed the Free State Project.^[2]

References

1. ^ David Bergland - Libertarian Advocates for Self-Government
2. ^ "David Bergland's endorsement of the Free State Project". http://freestateproject.org/about/endorsements#bergland. Retrieved 2008-08-31.

External links

• Downloadable audio interview with Free Talk Live

Party political offices
Preceded by Theodora B. Nathan	Libertarian Party Vice Presidential candidate 1976 (lost)	Succeeded by David H. Koch
Preceded by Ed Clark	Libertarian Party Presidential candidate 1984 (lost)	Succeeded by Ron Paul
Preceded by Steve Dasbach	U.S. Libertarian Party National Chairman 1998 – 2000	Succeeded by Jim Lark
Preceded by Ed Crane	U.S. Libertarian Party National Chairman 1977 – 1981	Succeeded by Alicia Clark

v · d · eLibertarian Party
Chairpersons of the LNC	Hallett · Crane · Bergland · Clark · Grant · VerHagen · Turney · Walter · Gingell · Dasbach · Bergland · Lark · Neale · Dixon · Redpath · Hinkle
Presidential tickets	Hospers/Nathan · MacBride/Bergland · Clark/Koch · Bergland/Lewis · Paul/Marrou · Marrou/Lord · Browne/Jorgensen · Browne/Olivier · Badnarik/Campagna · Barr/Root
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Affiliated organizations	College Libertarians · Libertarian National Committee · Libertarian Reform Caucus · LPRadicals · Outright Libertarians
Related articles	Committee to Form a Libertarian Party · Dallas Accord · Electoral history · History · Libertarian pledge

v · d · eUnited States presidential election, 1976
Democratic Party Convention · Primaries	Nominee: Jimmy Carter VP Nominee: Walter Mondale Candidates: Birch Bayh · Lloyd Bentsen · Jerry Brown · Robert Byrd · Hugh Carey · Frank Church · Fred R. Harris · Hubert Humphrey · Henry M. Jackson · Leon Jaworski · Barbara Jordan · Eugene McCarthy · Ellen McCormack · Walter Mondale · Jennings Randolph · Terry Sanford · Milton Shapp · Sargent Shriver · Adlai Stevenson III · Mo Udall · George Wallace
Republican Party Convention · Primaries	Nominee: Gerald Ford VP Nominee: Bob Dole Candidiates: James L. Buckley · Ronald Reagan · Harold Stassen
Third party and independent candidates American Party Nominee: Thomas J. Anderson American Independent Party Nominee: Lester Maddox Communist Party USA Nominee: Gus Hall VP Nominee: Jarvis Tyner Libertarian Party Nominee: Roger MacBride VP Nominee: David Bergland People's Party Nominee: Margaret Wright VP Nominee: Benjamin Spock Prohibition Party Nominee: Ben Bubar VP Nominee: Earl Dodge Socialist Workers Party Nominee: Peter Camejo VP Nominee: Willie Mae Reid U.S. Labor Party Nominee: Lyndon LaRouche
Other 1976 elections: House · Senate · Gubernatorial

v · d · eUnited States presidential election, 1984
Republican Party Convention • Primaries • Primary results	Nominee: Ronald Reagan VP Nominee: George H. W. Bush Candidates: Ben Fernandez · Harold Stassen
Democratic Party Convention • Primaries • Primary results	Nominee: Walter Mondale VP Nominee: Geraldine Ferraro Candidates: Reubin Askew · Alan Cranston · John Glenn · Gary Hart · Ernest Hollings · Jesse Jackson · George McGovern
Third party and independent candidates Citizens Party Nominee: Sonia Johnson VP Nominee: Richard Walton Communist Party USA Nominee: Gus Hall VP Nominee: Angela Davis Libertarian Party Nominee: David Bergland VP Nominee: Jim Lewis Candidates: Gene Burns · Earl Ravenal · Mary Ruwart Prohibition Party Nominee: Earl Dodge Socialist Equality Party Nominee: Edward Winn VP Nominee: Helen Halyard Socialist Party USA Nominee: Sonia Johnson VP Nominee: Richard Walton Socialist Workers Party Nominee: Melvin T. Mason VP Nominee: Matilde Zimmermann Workers World Party Nominee: Larry Holmes • Alternate nominee: Gavrielle Holmes VP Nominee: Gloria La Riva Independents and other candidates: Charles Doty · Larry Flynt · Lyndon LaRouche/ Running mate: Billy Davis
Other 1984 elections: House • Senate • Gubernatorial

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