Pat Dixon knows how to grow the party:

I began my leadership in the party as chair of the Travis County Libertarian Party in Austin, Texas. In 2004 I lead a petition drive to retain our party ballot access in Texas. This photo shows us turning in over 80,000 signatures to remain on the ballot. I became state chair, and since then we have recruited record numbers of candidates and our results in elections have been historic records. We have had an executive directory for 6 years and now have 2 full time staff. Our budget has grown along with our membership. In 2006 we had 173 candidates on the ballot, an all-time record. We are a successful state affiliate of the Libertarian Party.

At the national level, our membership has also grown during my term on the LNC. We are well poised for further growth.

For more details on the growth of the Libertarian Party of Texas visit www.LPTexas.org