{"id":51513,"date":"2026-07-02T18:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T22:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=51513"},"modified":"2026-06-30T15:39:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T19:39:11","slug":"local-and-state-libertarians-attend-the-2026-paulding-county-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/local-and-state-libertarians-attend-the-2026-paulding-county-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Local and State Libertarians Attend the 2026 Paulding County Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Pictured from Left to Right: Christopher Elder (candidate for Ohio House District 82), Payton Amweg (Elder’s Campaign Manager), Zach Hall (Chair of LP State Central Committee), a volunteer, and Tom Pruss (Vice Chair of LP Ohio and candidate for Secretary of State).<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Paulding County Fair saw a new organization at its Fairgrounds this year with the arrival of the Libertarian Party of Ohio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think we\u2019ve ever seen you all here before,\u201d commented one couple who shared they\u2019ve been coming to all the fairs in northwest Ohio for years. Christopher Elder, Libertarian candidate for Ohio House District 82, was proud and excited to speak with people as the first Libertarian candidate from Paulding since 2000. \u201cWe are here to offer a new option for people who feel like they don\u2019t belong in either of the two major parties,\u201d Elder said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The booth was also manned by four other Libertarian candidates for Statewide offices: Don Kissick and James Mills for governor and lieutenant governor, Tom Pruss for Secretary of State, and Bill Redpath for U.S. Senate. \u201cThanks to the amount of interest in a third-party option in the area, we are moving forward with starting a Libertarian Political Club right here in Paulding County!\u201d Elder shared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information on joining the brand-new club, interested parties should contact Christopher Elder at 419-670-1831 or elderforoh82@gmail.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Paulding County Fair saw a new organization at its Fairgrounds this year with the arrival of the Libertarian Party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":51514,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1338,6,92],"tags":[28514,29347,5592,28517,29349,29348],"class_list":["post-51513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-area-fairs","category-community","category-election","tag-christopher-elder","tag-libertarian-party-of-ohio","tag-paulding-county-fair","tag-payton-amweg","tag-tom-pruss","tag-zach-hall"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t