David Bergland

David Bergland
4th and 12th Chair of the Libertarian National Committee
In office 1998–2000
Preceded by	Steve Dasbach
Succeeded by	Jim Lark
In office 1977–1981
Preceded by	Ed Crane
Succeeded by	Alicia Clark
Personal details
Born	David Peter Bergland (1935-06-04) June 4, 1935 Mapleton, Iowa, U.S.
Political party	Libertarian
Spouse(s)	Sharon Ayres
Alma mater	Long Beach City College University of California, Los Angeles University of Southern California

David Peter Bergland (born June 4, 1935) is an American politician who was the United States Libertarian Party's nominee at the 1983 Libertarian National Convention for President of the United States in the 1984 presidential election, and also served twice as the Chair of the Libertarian National Committee.

Background

Bergland and his running mate, Jim Lewis, received 228,111 (0.3%). He received the party's vice-presidential nomination in the 1976 presidential election, sharing the ticket with Roger MacBride. The MacBride/Bergland ticket received 172,553 votes (0.2%). He served as the party's national chair from 1977 to 1981 and from 1998 to 2000.

A resident of California and a lawyer, Bergland has run unsuccessfully for office several times, always as a Libertarian. In 1974, he ran as a write-in candidate for California Attorney General. In 1978, Bergland ran for the California state senate district 36, receiving 5.8% of the vote to finish third out of the three candidates on the ballot.

In 1980, Bergland ran for the United States Senate, finishing third of five with 202,410 votes (2.4%). He managed the 2000 Libertarian presidential campaign of Harry Browne. He is the author of the book Libertarianism in One Lesson (ISBN 0-9754326-4-8).

On January 20, 2006, Bergland endorsed the Free State Project.

Views

In the 1980s Bergland wrote a book entitled, Libertarianism in One Lesson, which explained the libertarian philosophy and touched on issues including the government as a nature of coercion, how libertarianism developed in America and how it is different from both liberalism and conservatism, how taxation is theft, support of a foreign policy of non-intervention, free trade with other countries, gun rights, and criminal justice reform, opposition to drug and alcohol prohibition, public education, and Social Security.

External links

• Downloadable audio interview with Free Talk Live
• Appearances on C-SPAN (David Bergland)
• Appearances on C-SPAN (Dave Bergland)

Party political offices
Preceded by Tonie Nathan	Libertarian nominee for Vice President of the United States 1976	Succeeded by David Koch
Preceded by Ed Crane	Chair of the Libertarian National Committee 1977–1981	Succeeded by Alicia Clark
Preceded by Ed Clark	Libertarian nominee for President of the United States 1984	Succeeded by Ron Paul
Preceded by Steve Dasbach	Chair of the Libertarian National Committee 1998–2000	Succeeded by Jim Lark