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Kathie Glass, LP Texas candidatefor governor Newsweek ran a story covering the libertarian viewpoint on how to handle an Ebola outbreak, quoting Texas Libertarians Kathie Glass and Lauren Daugherty and national Libertarian Party Political Director Carla Howell. Glass, the Libertarian candidate for Texas governor, said that forced isolation is acceptable if it’s absolutely necessary. “If […]

Nicholas Sarwark, LNC Chair Nicholas Sarwark, the Libertarian National Committee chair, was recently interviewed by Austin Cassidy of UncoveredPolitics.com. “Every candidate who steps up to give voters a real Libertarian choice is a hero,” Sarwark said. “They are the most important people in this party and should be thanked and honored every chance we get.” […]

Amanda Swafford Time.com reports that Libertarian Amanda Swafford’s race for U.S. Senate could force a run-off vote in Georgia. Swafford told Time that if that were the case, it would be “a clear mandate from people of Georgia for a small government and less involvement in people’s lives.” Time notes that “small government has hardly […]

The August 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 the 2014 Libertarian Party National Convention; the numerous LP candidates who pledged to dramatically downsize the […]

Sean Haugh Libertarian statewide candidates Sean Haugh, Adrian Wyllie, Dr. Andrew Hunt, and Mark Fish were covered in an article in Sunday’s New York Times on how non-establishment party candidates may affect the November elections. “In an election year shaped by voter anger toward the political establishment, the outcome of an unusually large number of […]

“This year, it seems extremely likely that the Libertarian nominees for the office at the top of the ballot will poll over 2,000,000 votes”, said Richard Winger, editor and publisher of Ballot Access News. “This is partly because the Libertarians have more candidates for the top-of-the-ticket office this year than ever before, but mostly because […]

Dear fellow Libertarian, Libertarian poll numbers across the country continue to raise the hackles of the old parties — and they’re running scared. Now they’re fighting dirty. As your chair, I’m committed that when the Libertarian Party puts a candidate on the ballot, we’ll follow through to keep them on the ballot. And if our […]

The Libertarian National Committee meets in Alexandria, Va., Sept. 20–21. The LNC will attempt to stream the meeting live on the Internet. Because of potential technical challenges, and to experiment with various broadcasting arrangements, multiple options for broadcast may be presented. Check back on this page for potential updates. Preliminary schedule (exact times are subject […]