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Leo Dymowski Leo Dymowski, the Maryland Libertarian Party’s candidate for Attorney General in next week’s general election, has been getting unprecedented coverage in the state for a non-establishment party candidate this year. Dymowski has been written up in the Baltimore Sun, the Daily Record, and earlier this week on Maryland Reporter, the main state political website. He […]

Gigi Bowman Libertarians won a long-fought ballot access victory in court on Friday over incumbent New York state Sen. Carl Marcellino (R-5th District). Marcellino and several of his staffers sought to have their sole opponent on the ballot — Libertarain Gigi Bowman — removed from the ballot by filing a challenge to her qualifying petition. […]

Arvin Vohra, vice chair of the Libertarian National Committee and candidate for congress in Maryland’s 4th district, was interviewed by Nick Gillespie on Reason TV. “When you give [Democrats and Republicans] your vote, you’re telling them ‘Go ahead, keep on doing what you’re doing,’” Vohra explained. “And when you vote for the Libertarian candidate you […]

Lucas Overby Lucas Overby, the Florida Libertarian Party candidate for the U.S. House 13th congressional district in next week’s general election, has been endorsed by the former independent challenger, Eduardo Jany. Jany had to withdraw from the race for personal reasons back in May, leaving a two-way race with Overby and Republican David Jolly. Jany […]

North Carolina Libertarian Party candidate for the US Senate Sean Haugh will appear on the John Stossel show on the Fox Business Channel on Thursday.

Michael McDermott Michael McDermott, the New York LP guberenatorial candidate, has received endorsements from several prominent individuals, including former candidate Jimmy McMillian of the Rent Is Too High Party, crime victim and political activist Bernhard Goetz, and former LP Presidential candidate Gary Johnson. McDermott is running on eliminating the state income tax, and giving back […]

Jack Seaman North Dakota Libertarian Jack Seaman has had great showings in debates for the state’s sole U.S. House seat. His inclusion in all seven congressional debates has helped make them civil and substantive compared with most two-way debates that include only a Republican and Democrat. Watch this one-minute, 42-second clip of Seaman in a […]

Chad Grimm Illinois Libertarian Party gubernatorial candidate Chad Grimm has been polling well, receving 6 to 7 percent in polls conducted by We Ask America during the last three months, according to Ballot Access News. He also has been getting prominent media attention recently, including coverage in the Chicago Sun-Times, FOX News, “The Independents” on […]

The October 2014 edition of LP News is now available in the LP News archive, which contains issues stretching back for more than six years. So, if you haven’t seen it yet, be sure to read our coverage of Libertarian Party candidates in the November 2014 election, including several high-profile U.S. Senate and governor races; […]

Tonight, Wednesday, Oct. 22, at 8:00 p.m. ET, Libertarian candidate for governor Michael McDermott debates Democratic incumbent Andrew Cuomo, Republican Rob Astorino, and Green candidate Howie Hawkins in Buffalo, N.Y. The hourlong debate will be the only one for the New York governor’s general election. Access a live stream of the debate online at one […]

The Hill, Washington D.C.’s newspaper of record that focuses exclusively on politics, cited the Libertarian Party as one of the organizations in a pro–Fourth Amendment coalition that is lobbying to end government mass surveillance: Dozens of civil liberties groups are calling on Congress not to stop short in reforming the National Security Agency. The Bill […]

Charles Earl, LP Ohio Candidate for Governor Ohio Libertarian Party gubernatorial candidate and former state legislator Charlie Earl, attorney general candidate Sherry Clark, and candidate for attorney general Steve Linnabary will not appear on the general election ballot next month, because a U.S. District Court judge refused to put them on last week. “Sad day […]