Career
Bergland and his running mate, Jim Lewis, received 228,111 (03%). 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 (02%).
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 (24%).
He managed the 2000 Libertarian presidential campaign of Harry Browne.
On January 20, 2006, Bergland endorsed the Free State Project.
