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Libertarians Working for You Libertarian candidates Gigi Bowman and Leo Dymowski on school safety and your right to self-defense Feb. 19, 2014 When your children get on the school bus in the morning, how can you rest assured that they will be protected from a Sandy Hook–style massacre? What are the root causes of such […]

Gallup poll shows Americans overwhelmingly view Big Government as the biggest threat to their future. From a February 25, 2014 article in MintPress News: “With an historically high 42 percent of Americans identifying themselves as independents as of January, the United States is becoming a nation increasingly not served by either the Republican or Democrat label.According to a […]

Lucas Overby, LP Florida candidate forCongress, debates Republican David Jollyand Democrat Alex Sink on C-SPAN. The Lucas Overby campaign is demonstrating how Libertarian campaigns on a small budget can have a big impact. On March 11, Overby will face Democrat Alex Sink and Republican David Jolly in the special election for an open seat in […]

The Ohio governor’s race will include a Libertarian on the ballot this year, reports LP Ohio in this press release: COLUMBUS — After surviving the Ohio GOP attempt to remove challenger parties from the 2014 election, Libertarian governor hopeful Charlie Earl was certified to be on the ballot Tuesday. Earl, attorney general candidate Steven Linnabary, […]

Libertarians Working for You Libertarian candidates Arvin Vohra and Tresa McAlhaney on ending the failed drug prohibition Feb. 19, 2014 On the latest episode of “Libertarians Working for You,” Libertarians Arvin Vohra for Congress in Maryland’s 4th District and Tresa McAlhaney for governor in Kansas will talk about why we must immediately end the failed […]

Thanks to everyone who emailed or called their congressmen, posted banners, and spread the word in other ways on The Day We Fought Back — Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014. Supporters sent more than 550,000 emails and completed more than 89,000 calls to congressmen to urge action against mass surveillance. Read all the results here. The […]

Wednesday at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time on VoiceAmerica Variety Channel Libertarians Working for You Ending the state income tax in Ohio, Kansas Feb. 12, 2014 (Listen to the archived show!) Libertarian Charlie Earl running for governor in Ohio and Libertarian Keen Umbehr running for governor in Kansas will talk about why they want to end […]

Edward Snowden’s revelations of the NSA’s mass surveillance programs have spawned one of the most successful political coalitions in modern American history, aimed at slapping back Big Brother. Hundreds of diverse political organizations — as well as countless American citizens — are banding together to oppose the government’s egregious violation of our Fourth Amendment rights. […]

Libertarian Jim McDermott running for Alaska’s sole congressional seat is polling at 12% according to a Public Policy Polling survey released on February 4, 2014. Incumbent Republican Don Young and Democrat Matt Moore are polling at 50% and 22%, respectively. The last poll by PPP in July of 2013 had Young and Moore at 56% and […]

U.S. Department of Labor figures show that actual unemployment is much higher than the federal government’s number of “officially unemployed” workers. When added to the Department of Labor’s number of workers “not in the work force,” the total comes to 102.2 million — almost 10 million more unemployed since Barack Obama took office. In response, […]

Tonight, Libertarian candidate Lucas Overby, who is running for office in Florida Congressional District 13, will appear in a nationally televised debate with his Democratic and Republican opponents. The debate will take place from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern Time on CSPAN 3. Direct video link. Don’t miss this historical event! Vist Lucas Overby’s […]

Rob Sarvis Robert Sarvis, who earned 6.5 percent of the vote as the Libertarian Party candidate for governor in the November 2013 election, has announced that he will seek the Virginia LP’s nomination for U.S. Senate in the upcoming election. Appearing on Jan. 29 as a guest on the “Schmookler & Huffman Show” on 550 […]