Meet Eric Brakey, the executive director of the Free State Project. Those of you who’ve read the excellent book “A Libertarian Walks Into a Bear,” by journalist Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, might recognize the group—a collection of cranks who have tried (and hilariously failed) to turn New Hampshire into a libertarian utopia.

It’s a new gig for Brakey, having moved there late last year after serving in Maine’s legislature. He also ran a forgettable 2018 campaign against independent Sen. Angus King, who caucuses with Democrats, pulling a laughable 35% of the vote as the Republican nominee.

Ahead of Election Day last year, he tweeted, “If Trump wins NH by a single vote today, you will be glad I moved and declared my primary residence in NH.”

Trump didn’t win New Hampshire, but Brakey did get

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