Barbara Howe
| Barbara Howe (L-NC) | |
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| Born | Wingate, North Carolina, USA |
| Political party | Libertarian |
| Spouse(s) | Tom |
| Residence | Oxford, North Carolina |
| Occupation | Chair of North Carolina Libertarian Party |
| Website | LPNC.org |
Barbara Howe is the chair of the Libertarian Party of North Carolina and is a two-time Gubernatorial candidate. In 2000 Howe ran as the Libertarian Party candidate for Governor of North Carolina receiving 42,674 vote for 1.45% of the vote. In 2004 Howe made a second run for Governor receiving 52,513 votes for 1.5% of the total vote. In 2007, she was elected to her third term as state chair, having served two terms previously from 2001 to 2005.[1]
Born in Wingate, North Carolina, Howe attended Pfeiffer College, earning degrees in English and psychology. She and her husband, Tom, have been libertarian activists for over 20 years; they have three children, all of whom they home-schooled. Howe, currently a resident of Oxford, North Carolina, also volunteered extensively with La Leche League, a breastfeeding support and advocacy organization.
Howe has also run for U.S. Senate as a Libertarian candidate in the 1998 United States Senate elections. Howe finished third with 36,963 votes (1.84%). Also made three bids for the North Carolina House of Representatives (1992, 1996, 2002).
In 1996 Howe ran for the 5th district congressional seat receiving 4,193 votes for 2% of the vote [1].
In 2008, North Carolina State Auditor Les Merritt nominated Howe to serve on the Local Government Commission (LGC) Task Force on Project Development Financing.[2]
Later that year, she ran for the North Carolina House of Representatives against incumbent James W. Crawford, Jr.[3]
