User:Geo Swan/Gardner Goldsmith

Gardner Goldsmith is an American author and broadcaster, from New Hampshire.

2014 Senate run
In 2014 he worked to compete for one of New Hampshire's seats in the United States Senate. Goldsmith did not succeed in getting enough signatures to be listed on the ballot, but ran as a write in candidate. Goldsmith ran as a Libertarian. Political analyst David Paleologos described Goldsmith as a spoiler, who ensured that Republican Scott Brown did not win.