Carla Howell won 308,860 votes in her Libertarian 2000 bid for U.S. Senate challenging 38-year incumbent Ted Kennedy in Massachusetts.
Campaigns and Elections magazine recognized her campaign as the most successful third party U.S. Senate race in 2000.
I'm not positive (trying to find the stats), but I believe she may have even beat out the Pubbie candidate for Senate in 2000. If not, it was a near even match. Regardless, the Pubs had pretty much thrown in the towel in this state.
I'm sure the Tax Repeal Initiative is going to be BIG news in Mass. And I don't know about you, but if I had a candidate that would leave a few thousand dollars in my pocket every year, I would vote for 'em. She has a VERY good chance in this race.