2000 Winners

The people honored on this page brought libertarian ideas to literally millions of people in 2000. The 2000 Lights of Liberty awards were given by the Advocates for Self-Government to libertarians who accomplished any one of these three vital outreach activities: (see program description for details)

• 3 or more published letters to the editor
• 3 or more speeches
• 3 or more Operation Politically Homeless (OPH) booths

Many of the people below went far beyond the minimum requirement for the awards, as noted beside their names. Thirty libertarians even won what became dubbed the "Libertarian Triathlon" -- winning awards in all three categories. They are:

Lights of Liberty letter writers reached millions of Americans via newspapers across the country. Lights of Liberty speakers took libertarian ideas to service clubs, classrooms, political rallies, televised debates, and more. Operation Politically Homeless booth activists met thousands of people one-on-one, introducing them to libertarian ideas at fairs, political rallies, flea markets, gun shows, and other events.

We hope to see YOUR name on the list of winners for next year!

Congratulations to all of these outstanding activists!

** qualified in 2 areas
*** qualified in all 3 areas - Libertarian Triathlon Winners

Alaska
Michael K. Mitchell
Wesley Newcomb
** Nikki Pate
** Vicki Pate

Arizona
John Burroughs
Barry Hess
Dewine McBride
** Robert Peters

California
Bruce K. Bell
Barry Benintende
Bradley Bobbs
*** Scott Campanaro
Janice Edelsten
John R. Gibson
Linda Lee Grau
Philip Heath
Jason Heath
Don Hull
Paul Ireland
*** Frank Manske
*** Paul Marsden
Chuck McGlawn
Dale Ogden
Herb Peters
Ryan Reddick
Kelly Russell Simpson
** Doug Scribner
Mark Selzer
John Victor
** Bob Von Druska
Guy Wilson
*** Scott Wilson
Jarrett B Wollstein

Colorado
Ari Armstrong
Elizabeth Bennett
Jay Carper
Terry W. Donze
Jon Ford
** Shawn Glazer
Tom Goonan
** Steve F. Gresh
Joe Johnson
Michelle Konieczny
** Patrick Lilly
Tom Parker
Jud Patak
Brian Rachocki
Hans Romer
Ralph Shnelvar
Mike Spalding
Lori Van Buren
Greg Woods
Chuck Wright

Connecticut
Courtenay Hough

Florida
Jerome J. Barthelemy
Jamie Beckett
Aaron Belchamber
*** Philip Blumel
Jason Eveland
Jennifer Kerns
Jon M. Kueny
Deborah Roberts
Barry A. Rowe
** Dan Scupin
** Erik Wilensky
Gordon Worley

Georgia
Neal Boortz
Pat Bratton
*** Jennifer Butler
*** Jason Butler
Scott Caldwell
Donovan J. Conrad
** Chris Crawford
Robert Donaldson
Vinny Farrell
Timothy R. Forzly
** Thomas D. Freese
Melissa Goldsberry
Garrett Goldwaite
Stephen P. Gordon
James W. Harris
Jerry Hawkins
Cosandra Hocutt
Paul Jennison
Andrew Lohr
Carolyn McKnight
Michael Mealling
Luke Miller
Ernie Moosa
Rich Pagliari
Chuck Patel
Kent Pirkle
Jonathan Powell
*** Maria Powers
*** Mike Powers
** Michael Quinn
*** Dale Ritchey
Lloyd Russell
Hunter Schaeffer
Pat Scheibel
John Sherly
John Silbernagel
Caroline Smith
Christopher Smith
Bill Tepper
Sandi Tepper
Tony Thompson
*** Brian Thomson
Carol Warren
Adrian Wood

Idaho
** Donovan Bramwell

Illinois
Gerri S. Hesselberg
Gene Koprowski
** Timothy Norton
Tom Sparks
Jack Van Noord

Indiana
** Jeff Adkins
Ken Bisson
** Charles Carnes
** Steve Dillon
** Michael W. Donlan
David Fisher
** Paul Hager
***Erin Hollinden
Alex Houze
Michael Houze
Steve Kristoff
Mark McCauley
Deanna Newton
** Joel Palmer
Mark W Rutherford
Daniel Stevens
Lisa Tennies
** Tom Tindle
Matthew Wilken

Iowa
Tim Borchardt
Bob Dostal
Jake Gale
Fritz Groszkruger
James E. Johnson
*** Ben Olson
Sylvia Olson
Christy Ann Welty

Louisiana
*** Raymond Dumas

Maryland
Mike Barnes
Bill Buzzell
Allen Thomas

Massachusetts
Michael Cloud
*** Michael Conway
Michael P Froimowitz
*** Laura Hirschmann
Carla Howell
Elias Israel
Kay Pirrello
*** Benjamin Rivard-Rapoza
** Dave Rizzo
Mark Tuniewicz

Michigan
Dick Gach
Charles Goodman

Minnesota
Michael McCarty
Jim Rongstad

Mississippi
Dwight E Baker

Missouri
Beatrice Jordan

Montana
Mike Fellows

Nebraska
Jerry Hickman
Nydra Smart

Nevada
Richard Adams
Lana Noland

New Hampshire
William R. DiScipio

New Jersey
** Pat Bontempo
David Duchai
Richard Edgar
*** Emerson Ellett
** Lou Elwell
Ginny Flynn
Len Flynn
Robert Hull
Barbara Jones
Steve Nagle
Mike Panella
Keith Quarles
Jim Van Blarcom

New York
Jim Lesczynski

North Carolina
Eric Medlock
Jennifer Medlock
David H. Williams
Joe Young

Ohio
Bryan Carey
Thomas Corbett
Del Dalesandry
Karen Jones
John McAlister
** Rick Sargent
Jeff Wolfe

Oklahoma
** Michael Clem
R.C. Sevier White

Oregon
Andrew Berndt
Neil Brown
Richard Easbey
Summer Hansen
Chuck Holloway
*** Don McDaniel
Helen McDaniel
Matthew W. Schneider
Mitch Schults
Barbara A. Sikora

Pennsylvania
Tom Giles
Ronald L. Goodman
*** Lois Kaneshiki

South Carolina
Hugh C. Haynsworth

Tennessee
** Harry Browne
** David Carew
Jim Coffer
Shannon Dickens
Joey B King
*** Richard E. Pearl
Kevin J. Rowland
Linda Simmons
** Rodney Smith
Jeff Taulman

Texas
John Adams
Pat Carnohan
Barbara Cunningham
Clyde Garland
Sherry Garland
Robert A. Hansen
Donna Kirby
** Stephen Kirby
*** Debra M. Monde
Don Penland
Mary Ruwart
*** George Schwappach
Esmerelda Valague

Utah
*** James Dexter
John R. Pack

Virginia
Dan Alban
** Brian Brown
John Buckley
Ron Crickenburger
Kevin Forr
Jacob G. Hornberger
Debora Kerr
*** James W. Lark
David Nemzoff
Gary Westmoreland
Jason Willency

Washington
Jaqueline Passey Bartels
** John Bennett
Joel Grus
Don Johnson
Janice Moerschel
** Tim Perman
*** Jim Richardson
*** Kyle Varner
** Bonnie Varner
Dave Wordinger

Washington DC
Kendra Okonski
Neil Steyskal

West Virginia
Roger D. Edwards

Wisconsin
Tom Hering
Tim Peterson

Wyoming
Timothy A. DeLany

Italy
** Carlo Lottieri