Help Certain Candidates Pay Their Filing Fees - For November 2022 Elections
The Libertarian Booster PAC has raised $10,000 to help pay the filing fees for Libertarian candidates. We want to stretch those funds to help as many candidates get on the ballot as possible and hope to raise even more. Our priority is helping candidates for statewide offices who are willing to pay for a significant portion of the filing fee themselves or through their own fundraising. We want to support quality candidates for these offices. Just because you happen to be the only candidate willing to file for an office does not automatically mean the Libertarian Booster PAC will be willing to help you with your filing fees. We may have specific candidates in mind for some of the following races or in some cases may choose not to help and support any candidate. If we identify a candidate we want to support, once the funds are raised, the Libertarian Booster PAC will deliver a check for the filing fee directly to the Secretary of State's office. We did this for several candidates in 2020 as well. If you are interested in having a fundraising section added for your campaign, contact Wes Benedict to discuss: (512) 659-8896, wesbenedict@gmail.com. To be considered, you must be able to cover a significant portion of the filing fee. If you donate for a specific campaign but we don't file a candidate and pay the fee, you'll be offered a refund.
12/10/2021 11:59 PM UPDATE: With Comptroller and Railroad Commissioner fully funded (filing fees were submitted to the Secretary Of State's Office), and Attorney General almost completed, we've decided to try to fund a candidate for another statewide position: either Lieutenant Governor, State Supreme Court, or Court of Criminal Appeals, depending on which we find a quality candidate for. A couple of specific candidates are in mind but haven't committed (the extra burden of running for office doesn't fit into everyone's schedule). If you donate and we don't find a quality candidate, we'll return your contribution. PAC will put up $3,000. Hope to raise the other $750. It's possible the PAC will fund the entire $3,750. But if we raise another $750, we might be able to help a local candidate or two that we've previously turned away.
$500 matching challenge - we've got a donor offering $500 if others can match it for the Comptroller position. Please click here or on the "DONATE FOR COMPTROLLER" button below.
Donate below to help any Libertarian candidates pay filing fees (Libertarian Booster PAC will allocate funds).
Donate to help any Williamson County Candidate
Here's a letter you might have received in the mail about these filing fees.
| 2021_candidate_recruit_filing_fee_letter.pdf |
More about the filing fees and this program to help cover the cost for candidates
In 2019, the Republican majority in the Texas Legislature passed a bill in May (House Bill 2504) that requires our candidates to start paying filing fees that range from $375 up to $5,000! Most of our candidates made it onto the ballot anyway, thanks to a couple lawsuits that temporarily helped us. But, in 2021, the legislature passed another bill putting filing fees on our candidates.
Read more about it in the letter posted above.
Will you help us fight back right now by donating $100, $200, or even $750 to help pay the filing fees for some of the candidates in Texas?
All contributions to this fund will be contributed by the Libertarian Booster PAC to Libertarian Party candidates in Texas.
These funds cannot be used for federal races (i.e. cannot be used for U.S. Congress).
The Libertarian Booster PAC will decide which candidates receive the funds based on the following criteria which is subject to change:
Thanks for your support!
Read more about it in the letter posted above.
Will you help us fight back right now by donating $100, $200, or even $750 to help pay the filing fees for some of the candidates in Texas?
All contributions to this fund will be contributed by the Libertarian Booster PAC to Libertarian Party candidates in Texas.
These funds cannot be used for federal races (i.e. cannot be used for U.S. Congress).
The Libertarian Booster PAC will decide which candidates receive the funds based on the following criteria which is subject to change:
- The strategic importance of the race
- The quality of the candidate
- Other factors to be decided by the Libertarian Booster PAC
- In some cases, contributions may be designated for a specific candidate or for a specific race.
Thanks for your support!