2002 Winners

The people honored on this page brought libertarian ideas to literally millions of people in 2002. The 2002 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. Fourteen 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 2003 winners!

Congratulations to all of these outstanding activists!

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

Arkansas
** Karl Kimball

California
Amarcy Berry
Dr Bradley Bobbs
Cathi Brown
Lance Brown
J.R. Graham
David Miller
Rick Newhouse
Ric Pinkerton
Kelly Russell Simpson
** Varrin Swearingen

Colorado
Steve Adams
*** Biff Baker
John Berntson
** Steve D'Ippolito
Randy Grant
Ed Goodrich
Scott Graves
** Steve Gresh
** John Gurley
*** Keith Hamburger
Lawrence Hamilton
*** Desiree Hickson
Jeff McQueen
Patrick Patrick
Lidia Seebeck
*** Mike Seebeck
** Ralph Shnelvar

Connecticut
Courtenay Hough

Florida
A.J. Brent
John Roszman

Georgia
Nelson Barnhouse
Ron Belcher
Jennifer Camillo
Tracee Carlisle
** Doug Craig
Chris Farris
Garrett Michael Hayes
Steve Hoffman
Alaina Inman
** Todd King
*** Scott Kjar
** Mark Mosley
Michael Pitts
Ted Skirvin
Leslie Spornberger
Christopher Swartz
Terry Turner
Allan Wallace
Kathryn Wietzl

Idaho
Rob Oates

Illinois
*** Jeffrey Trigg

Indiana
Barry Campbell
Greg Hertzsch
*** Erin T. Hollinden
Michael Martin
Victoria Grace Martin
Jeff A. Smith

Iowa
*** Richard Campagna

Kansas
**Maike Warren

Louisiana
Vinson Mouser

Massachusetts
** Rich Aucoin
Michael Cloud
** Carla Howell

Michigan
Krystal Dutkiewicz
Richard Dutkiewicz
Dick Gach
Marvin Surowitz

Missouri
Tom Arth
** Mike A Bozarth
Kevin Bullock
Mitch Moore
Sharon Vaughn
John Williams

Nebraska
** John Graziano

Nevada
Howard Knudsen
Mary Rahn

New Hampshire
Howard Wilson

New York
Joseph Dobrian
** Scott Jeffrey
** Jak Karako
Nicolas Leobold
** Jim Lesczynski

North Carolina
** Gregg Adelman
*** Pete Camp
** Cameron DeJong
Sean Haugh
** Charles Hickman
Velma Hickman
** Shane Killian
** Jennifer Medlock
*** Rachel Mills
** Richard Norman
** Ed Topolski
** Beverly Wilcox

Ohio
Del Dalesandry
Bill Hickman
Steven R. Linnabary

Oklahoma
Jimmy Cook

Oregon
Trude Blomsoy
Ingvar Doessing
Chuck Holloway
Valorie Holloway
Ed Pool
Cindi Rawlins
Larry Stone
Sherrie Stone

Pennsylvania
Mark D. Crowley
Darryl Gibson
Tom Giles
Ronald L. Goodman
Ken Krawchuk
** David Tartaglia

South Carolina
** William M. Holder

Tennessee
William Bolen
Chris Fortner
Jonathan McGlumphy
Richard E. Pearl, Sr.

Texas
** Michael Badnarik
Jeff Daiell
Robert Hansen
** Steve Kirby
*** Paulette Mason
Congressman Ron Paul
Dr. John Turnbow
** Robert West
Don Zimmerman

Utah
** Ron Copier

Virginia
** Ron Crickenberger
Jacob Hornberger
*** James W. Lark III
** James Simpson

West Virginia
Amanda Barie

Wisconsin
*** Aaron Biterman
Joseph Hiegel
Ed Thompson

Australia
Ronald Bradley
Elaine Hollingsworth

United Kingdom
Matthew David Platts