“If I’m elected president, we’re going to immediately end Trump’s assault on the dignity of immigrant communities. We’re going to restore our moral standing in the world and our historic role as a safe haven for refugees and asylum-seekers.” Joe Biden’s DNC Acceptance Speech The dignity of immigrants. Do we even know what that […]
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Your right to defend yourself is under attack!
Your right to defend yourself is With the tragic deaths of over a dozen legally disarmed Americans in Georgia and Colorado earlier this month as a shield, Democrats in Washington, D.C. increased their push for ever more restrictions on legal firearms ownership. In addition to the usual targets of so-called “assault rifles” and background checks, […]
Maine LP Files Declaration of Intent to Form A Recognized Party
The Maine Libertarian Party recently filed a Declaration of Intent with the Secretary of State’s office to get ballot access. To be able to place candidates on the ballot, the party will need to have at least 5,000 registered voters by January 2, 2022. Below is a press release from the Maine Libertarian Party: LIBERTARIAN […]
Barrett Reloaded? A New Third Circuit Decision Could Prove The Perfect Base For A Second Amendment Blowout
From JonathanTurley.org on November 25, 2020: The Third Circuit has issued an opinion that has received little attention over the right to bear arms, but it should. The decision in Folajtar v. The Attorney General of the United States may be one of the most perfectly tailored case for major Supreme Court decision. Indeed, the only thing lacking from […]
Historic LP Texas State Convention Meets Online, Names New All-Female Leadership
From LP News | Vol. 50, Issue 3 | Quarter 3, 2020 By Chris Clemence • LPHQ Stewardship Associate The Libertarian Party of Texas bore witness to profound change this convention season. After a 103-day delay, the state convention moved 500 miles across the state to host both in-person and online delegates as they elected […]
LP Election 2020 Live Blog
Welcome to the Libertarian Party Live Blog of election 2020. We will be posting election updates as we know them here, so keep coming back for more news. November 04, 2020 12:00pm (EST): In Kansas, James Doyle has been elected to the Belleville City Council. 11:15am (EST): In California, Wendy Hewitt has been elected to […]
LP Presidential Candidate Interviewed on Fox Channel Your World Show
Libertarian presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen was interviewed by Neil Cavuto on the Your World show on the Fox News channel on October 22, 2020: The current political system is designed to squelch truly independent voices, Libertarian Party presidential nominee Jo Jorgensen argued on “Your World” Thursday ahead of the second debate between President Trump and Joe Biden. “We keep […]
Americans deserve better than the status quo presidential debates
Libertarian National Committee representative and Riverside County, California Supervisor Jeff Hewitt had the following opinion piece on last week’s presidential debate printed in two of southern California’s largest daily newspapers, the Press-Enterprise and Orange County Register on October 10, 2020: After finally watching the first presidential debate in its entirety, I came to the conclusion […]
Des Moines Register: Election politics have devolved. The Libertarian Party has something different to offer.
The Des Moines Register, the largest newspaper in Iowa, published the following opinion piece by Mike Connor, the chair of the Iowa Libertarian Party, on October 6, 2020: The mainstream media may not publicize it often, but America is fed up. Of course, this comes as no surprise to me. I’ve been hearing it from […]
Disastrous debate shows the need for another option – NOW!
It is difficult to even come up with words to say after such an embarrassingly childish display. That debate was a joke — just like we knew it would be. It would have been difficult to imagine such a disgraceful event, and yet it was exactly what we should expect from two out of touch […]
Rapid City Journal Covers Two-Way South Dakota Legislative Race With A Libertarian
The Rapid City Journal, the largest newspaper in western South Dakota, on September 22, 2020 published the an article featuring Libertarian Party of South Dakota chair and candidate Gideon Oakes: Two candidates are vying for the District 30 state Senate race on the Nov. 3 general election ballot — Republican Julie Frye-Mueller and Libertarian Gideon […]
LP Presidential Nominee On The Ballot in All 50 States Plus DC
As of September 15, the Libertarian Party (LP) has received confirmation that the campaign of Dr. Jo Jorgensen for president and Jeremy “Spike” Cohen for vice president has met all states’ ballot access requirements, according to the LP’s chair, Joseph Bishop-Henchman. Therefore, the Libertarian ticket is now officially on the ballot in all 50 states plus […]