There’s more evidence, beyond the seven libertarians who each won over a million votes, of LP candidates’ success in House races.
Here’s how some top vote-getting LP candidates did in their contests:
The top Libertarian vote percentages in 2-way U.S. House races with a Democrat or Republican candidate were:
Joel Balam Kansas 3rd 31% 90,391 votes
Randall Lord Louisiana 4th 25% 61,587 votes
Ben Easton Texas 17th 20% 35,902 votes
Joe Cobb Arizona 7th 19% 19,346 votes
Chip Peterson Texas 19th 15% 28,359 votes
The top Libertarian vote percentages in 3-way U.S. House races with a Democrat and Republican candidate were:
Powell Gammell Arizona 9th 6.4% 13,307 votes
Ron Williams Mississippi 4th 6.4% 17,262 votes
Thomas Jefferson Kansas 4th 6.2% 15,587 votes
Kim Allen Arizona 1st 5.9% 13,347 votes
Rex Bell Indiana 6th 5.8% 15,946 votes
Kevin Craig Missouri 7th 5.2% 16,656 votes
James Stanczak Texas 29th 5.2% 4,988 votes
Chris Kalla Ohio 4th 5.1% 15,487 votes
David Kaiser Montana At-large 5.0% 19,062 votes
The Libertarians who came in second place in U.S. House races with either a Democrat or Republican (but not both) and at least one independent or 3rd party candidate were:
Rufus Craig Louisiana 6th 11% 32,185 votes
John Robert Deek Texas 13th 6% 12,671 votes
Via Top 2012 Libertarian Campaigns for US House of Representatives | Libertarian Party.