GA: Libertarians Get Behind John Monds for Governor

Jonathan Raof at Libertarian Viewpoint profiles Libertarian candidate for governor of Georgia, John Monds:

The 2010 Georgia gubernatorial election will take place on November 2, 2010. Incumbent Republican Governor Sonny Perdue is term-limited and unable to seek re-election. Primary elections for the Republican and Democratic Parties will take place this July, and runoff elections, if necessary, will be held two weeks later. Rasmussen Reports views the race as a toss-up; this is good because…The Libertarian Party also has ballot access!

2010 candidate for Georgia’s governorship, John Monds, has a background in banking and finance, is a strong proponent for sound money, and, like the majority of people in Georgia, supports the sale of alcohol on Sunday.

John Monds became the first Libertarian Party candidate in Georgia and the rest of the United States to receive over 1,000,000 votes when he ran for the Statewide office of Public Service Commission District 1 seat in 2008. Monds received 1,076,726 votes for 33.4% of the vote in a two-way race with only a Republican opponent. His vote total was highest number of votes that a Libertarian candidate has ever received in a United States election at any level, Monds also received the highest percentage of the vote ever for a Libertarian in a statewide race.

“We must be competitive in the 21st Century. We must have meaningful tax reforms that allow businesses and individuals to thrive,” Monds said. “A transportation system that eases congestion without raising taxes, an education system that gives more choices and returns control to the local level and we need to stop wasting the taxpayer’s money with mandated long term incarceration of individuals for non-violent victimless infractions of the law.”