Mark Matthew Herd (born May 29, 1963) is an American

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and

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. A member of the Libertarian Party, Herd has run for office three times, most notably as the party's 2016 U.S. Senate nominee.

Early life

A native of

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, Herd is a graduate of University High School and the

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, where he got his bachelor's degree in

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Politics

In 2010, Herd started the Westwood Neighborhood Council, and served 4 years as its councilman. In 2014, Herd was the Libertarian candidate for California's 33rd congressional district in

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. Herd was also the Libertarian candidate for Senator of California in

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

. In 2017, Herd ran against Paul Koretz and Jesse Max Creed for

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to represent

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. Herd is the founder and Co-Chairman of the Venice Beach Libertarian Club and Executive Producer of the Libertarian Broadcast Network.

References

1963 births California Libertarians Living people Activists from Los Angeles University High School (Los Angeles) alumni University of Arizona alumni {{California-politician-stub