Richard P. Siano was the first member of the United States Libertarian Party to win a partisan race in the continental United States. On December 29, 1981 he was elected to the office of Kingwood Township Committeeman in western Hunterdon County, New Jersey. He received 63% of the vote and served for a three year term. The election was in fact a special election because in the general election he had finished in a tie with the Democratic Party nominee. His job was a Boeing 707 pilot for TWA.