Barry J. Hess, II is an investor and United States Libertarian Party activist. He was the Libertarian Party of Arizona candidate for U.S. Senate from Arizona in 2000 finishing 4th of 4 with 70,724 votes (5.06%), and the Libertarian candidate for Governor of Arizona in 2002 (4th of 4 - 1.66%) and 2006 (3rd of 3 - 1.97%). Hess unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination in 2000. In 2008 Hess was named the vice president ca...
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Barry J. Hess, II is an investor and United States Libertarian Party activist. He was the Libertarian Party of Arizona candidate for U.S. Senate from Arizona in 2000 finishing 4th of 4 with 70,724 votes (5.06%), and the Libertarian candidate for Governor of Arizona in 2002 (4th of 4 - 1.66%) and 2006 (3rd of 3 - 1.97%). Hess unsuccessfully sought the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination in 2000. In 2008 Hess was named the vice president candidate in Arizona for the Boston Tea Party's candidate Charles Jay.
After growing up in Florida, Ohio and New Hampshire, Hess earned a B.A. in English from Fordham University in 1979. After working in Manhattan Hess later relocated to Arizona and has served as vice-chair of the Arizona Libertarian Party.
Hess sought the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination in 2000, receiving only 6% of ballots cast in the Libertarian National Convention vote in which Harry Browne won the party's nomination. He went on to receive the Libertarian...
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