Schansberg Post-Election Comments

"November 4, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Schansberg provides post-election comments

After the networks declared Baron Hill the winner of the 9th Congressional District in Indiana, Dr. Eric Schansberg congratulated Rep. Hill on his victory—and thanked Mike Sodrel for running a clean campaign and his willingness to debate.

From the results available at 10:00 (with 77% of precincts reporting), Schansberg had earned 4% of the vote, finishing third to Hill who won with 56% and Sodrel who received 40%. This was the second race for Schansberg. This was the fourth race between Sodrel and Hill—and the third victory for Hill.

Dr. Schansberg commented: "We increased our number of votes by quite a bit. It's always difficult for a third-party candidate. But it's especially difficult in presidential election years, when people are excited about the presidential race but often don't know much about the down-ticket races."

Dr. Schansberg continued: "The campaign was a platform to talk about things the other candidates could not or would not. And the campaign was an experiment as well. What would happen if a highly-credible candidate worked hard? People say they want change; we wanted to give them that opportunity. We did everything we could do—with the resources we had. Unfortunately, we were still not able to get enough above the radar to make a huge difference in the race. We learned a lot and look forward to using this effort to help build the Libertarian party and to promote freedom—as well as a much smaller and much better federal government."

For more information on the campaign, see: www.SchansbergForCongress.com. To schedule an interview, contact Eric at (812) 218-0443 or Melanie Hughes at (502) 432-1930, or send an email to SchansbergForCongress@gmail.com.

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