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New Documents Show Charles Koch’s Fortune Subsidizing Attacks on Election Laws Since 1970s

Newly uncovered archive documents show that Charles Koch's fortune helped subsidize the litigation that secured the controversial Buckley v. Valeo decision, which created loopholes in the Federal Election Campaign Act…

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February 6, 2020

Koch Industries / Libertarian Party

Koch-Funded Libertarian Party Agenda from 1979: Domestic Issues

This document is one of the many versions of the Libertarian Party's political platform circa 1979, as it was being fueled by infusions of cash from the Koch family fortune.…

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November 1, 2019

Koch Industries / Libertarian Party / The Koch Network

Koch-Funded Opposition to Environmental Laws, Licensing, and Poverty Programs

This document is the question and answer for an interview with Playgirl magazine with Ed Clark, the running mate of David Koch for the Libertarian Party in 1980, when that…

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November 1, 2019

Cato Institute / Libertarian Party / Primary Documents

1980 Libertarian Party White Paper on Foreign and Military Policy Calls for Withdrawal from NATO and More

This white paper was issued by the Libertarian Party in 1980 as part of the Ed Clark for President campaign. David Koch was underwriting that presidential campaign as Clark's running…

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September 17, 2019

Koch Industries / Libertarian Party / The Koch Network

1980 Report on the Libertarian Presidential Campaign of Ed Clark and David Koch

This report by Ed Crane and Chris Hocker details the presidential campaign strategies and tactics of the Libertarian Party in support of the Ed Clark/David Koch ticket. Among its noteworthy…

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August 27, 2019

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1980 Report Showing that David Koch Spent $2,086,000 on the Clark-Koch Presidential Campaign

This document is a report on the 1980 Libertarian Presidential Campaign of Ed Clark and David Koch. The authors of the report are Charles Koch's operatives Ed Crane, Communications Director,…

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August 21, 2019

Libertarian Party

1978 Correspondence between Ed Crane and the Libertarian Party of Alaska

In this correspondence, Timothy Dove writes to Ed Crane, the publisher of Inquiry magazine, to request free copies of the January magazine for students at the University of Alaska. Clark…

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August 9, 2019

Libertarian Party

1980 Letter from Ed Crane of the Clark for President Campaign to Robert Formaini of the Cato Institute

In this letter, the co-founder of the Cato Institute, Ed Crane, makes plans to meet with Robert Formaini of the Cato after the election "[a]ssuming that Clark doesn't win." Crane…

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August 9, 2019

Libertarian Party

1980 Overlap of Libertarian Party and Cato Institute Donors

This is a set of correspondence about one donor between the Libertarian Party staff and the Cato Institute staff during the 1980 presidential campaign of Ed Clark and David Koch.…

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August 9, 2019

Libertarian Party

1975-76 Ed Crane Correspondence about the Libertarian Party Fundraising Letters and Visibility Events

This set of correspondence contains letters, memos, and scheduling information prepared or circulated by Ed Crane, the National Chairman of the LIbertarian Party, in support of Roger MacBride's presidential campaign.…

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August 9, 2019