Career
He was the National Chairman of the United States Libertarian Party until 2012. He was elected by the delegates of the 2010 Libertarian National Convention in Saint Louis, Missouri on May 30, 2010. In 2010, he ran for the 15th District California State Senate seat that had been vacated when Republican Abel Maldonado was named Lieutenant Governor.
He lost to Sam Blakeslee in a special election held August 17, 2010.