HAGERTOWN BUSINESSMAN ANNOUNCES FOR GOVERNOR AS LIBERTARIAN
Hagerstown businessman Rex Bell has announced his intention to seek the Libertarian Party of Indiana’s nomination for the office of Governor of Indiana. The LPIN will hold its convention in April when delegates from individual counties will select candidates for State offices.
“There is a growing disappointment among voters with both of the old parties,” said Bell. “The Libertarian party offers a viable option for those voters, allowing them to cast a vote for limited government that is both fiscally conservative and socially tolerant. The party has had several areas around the state where vote totals for candidates have been very respectable, and even some wins in some lower offices. We think 2016 gives us a chance to capitalize on the dissatisfaction of those voters from both of the old parties who simply can’t support their candidates, and also attract voters who have lost interest in the whole process, hopefully connecting those areas into even greater vote totals.”
Bell says at the present time, he knows of one other person who is seeking the LPIN nomination. “Contested nominations always make for a lively convention, and I’m looking forward to a lively campaign leading up to the convention, and if things go my way, a lively campaign leading up to the November election.
Bell has owned and operated Bell Contracting in Hagerstown since 1974. He and his wife Susan have been married for 40 years, and are the parents of three children, and the grandparents of seven grandchildren. Bell has ran for various local and state offices in the past. In 2010, he received 21% of the vote in a 3 way race for state representative. It was the largest percentage by a third party candidate in a 3 way race in Indiana in 85 years.
Bell added “We don’t know when exactly a critical mass of voters will say ‘enough is enough’ to government over-spending and over-meddling, but we plan on having candidates in place that will allow them to say it when the time comes.”
