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Bruce Majors, the Libertarian Party candidate for Delegate to the US House of Representatives, won ballot access for the LP in Washington D.C. for the first time in the party’s history. Majors won 14,259 votes, nearly double the 7,500 needed for ballot access. He finished second behind entrenched incumbent Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton, and easily […]

Here are the results for the Libertarian Party candidates for Governor: Rupert Boneham (IN) 4.0% Ron Vandevender (MT) 3.7% John Babiarz (NH) 2.9% Jim Higgins (MO) 2.7% Ken Larson (UT) 2.2% Barbara Howe (NC) 2.1% * David Moran (WV) 1.3% * Roland Riemers (ND) 0.8% * Significant results include Barbara Howe, who retained ballot access […]

The 2012 elections were great for the Libertarian Party’s ballot access because of gains in several states, especially in North Carolina where the value of retaining party status, i.e., the petitioning cost that it will save the LP, is greater than all other gains and losses combined. Here is an overview of how the LP […]

The Libertarian campaign of Barbara Howe for Governor in North Carolina scored a major victory for the LP which will save party donors over $300,000 in future petitioning costs. North Carolina is one of the most difficult and expensive states in the nation for getting Libertarians on the ballot. Now for the second time, the […]

Libertarian US House of Representatives candidate Richard Brubaker won 8,286 votes, or 3.4% of the vote last night, and retained ballot access for the Libertarian Party in Wyoming. To retain ballot access, a candidate for the US House, Secretary of State, or Governor must get 2%. Only the race for US House was on the […]

Gary Johnson Breaks Ed Clark’s 1980 Vote Record of 921,128 Votes for President of the United States 2012 Libertarian Presidential Ticket of Gov. Gary Johnson and Judge Jim Gray More Than DOUBLED the 2008 Vote Total of Bob Barr and Wayne Root. Top 3 States for Gov. Gary Johnson and Judge Jim Gray New Mexico […]

For the second time ever, the West Virginia LP has won ballot access in the state thanks to the tireless efforts of the David Moran for Governor campaign. Here are his words to his campaign supporters: "I want to thank you sincerely for your belief, your work and your steadfast dedication to our campaign.  Winning […]

Montana Libertarian Mike Fellows won 43.1% of the vote in his partisan race for Clerk of the Montana Supreme Court, the largest vote percentage that a Libertarian has ever polled in a statewide race in the party’s history. Fellows’ only opponent was the Democratic incumbent, Ed Smith. Portions of this report courtesy of Ballot Access […]

Arizona voters soundly rejected the state’s Prop 121 initiative which would exclude all but the top two vote-getters in the primary of state elections from the general election. No votes outnumbered Yes votes by two to one. Similar initiatives that passed in prior election years in Washington, Louisiana and California have been destructive to the […]

With 97% of precincts reporting, Gov. Gary Johnson for President won 1,140,804 votes for the Libertarian ticket, breaking the 32-year record held by Ed Clark, who won 921,128 votes (1.06%) in 1980.

Today, please Vote for the Libertarian Presidential Ticket of Gov. Gary Johnson and Judge Jim Gray. Then vote for every other Libertarian Party candidate on your ballot. “Vote Libertarian: It’s a Vote You’ll Never Regret.” Why? Because you are voting FOR liberty. Because you are voting FOR what you want. Because you are voting FOR […]

By Mark Grannis, Libertarian for Congress, Maryland 8th, and author of Less We Can Sooner or later, every Libertarian candidate hears:  “I really like your ideas, and I’d vote for you in a heartbeat if I thought you could win.  But—no offense—I don’t think you can.  And I’m afraid that voting for you will be […]