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From: fagin@ucbvax.ARPA (Barry Steven Fagin)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Libertarian elected to Alaska state legislature
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Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 12:24:25 EST
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Summary: 

Andre Marrou, a real estate broker from Juneau, I believe, became
the 3rd Libertarian to be elected to the Alaska state legislature
last fall, defeating a Republican incumbent and a Democratic challenger. 
Insurance salesman Dick Randolph was the first, in 1980, and was
later reelected along with Ken Fanning, a fur trapper.  (Randolph
and Fanning finished 1-2 among six candidates). Randolph resigned
from the legislature to run for governor, receiving 10% of the
vote, and Fanning lost his reelection bid.

Both Republicans and Democrats have asked Marrou to join their
coalition, but Marrou feels that a maverick role will be more productive.
Currently, Marrou is working on a bill to privatize the state-run
railroad system.


--Barry

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Barry Fagin @ University of California, Berkeley