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From Jim Bacon, author of the blog Bacon’s Rebellion:   Unless you read the LP News, you probably didn’t realize that 2016 was a record-breaking year for the Libertarian Party. The national news media tuned out Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson after he suffered his “Aleppo moment,” and his poll numbers fell in the last weeks […]

Below is a list of dates in 2017 of interest to libertarians, provided by Libertarian National Committee regional representative Dr. James Lark. January: 6:  Pres. Franklin Roosevelt delivers his “Four Freedoms” speech (1941) 16:  Ratification of the 18th Amendment (1919).  Martin Luther King Day observed. 17:  Prohibition takes effect (1920).  U.S. citizens prohibited from owning […]

Dear Libertarian, As you consider your end-of-the-year charitable giving, please consider giving to the Libertarian Party. 2016 was a record-breaking year for the Libertarian Party because generations of Libertarians such as you have been investing faithfully in our growth. This year, we achieved ballot access in all 50 states and DC so that all Americans […]

Did 2016 election polls provide reliable information about who American voters wanted to be President of the United States? The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), which is a bipartisan organization staffed entirely by Republicans and Democrats, decided to use polling to determine who gets to be included in the general election debates. That’s probably a […]

Libertarian National Committee chair Nicholas Sarwark was interviewed on the Lions of Liberty podcast on December 28. In the podcast Nicholas discusses the state of the Libertarian Party after the November election, the Johnson – Weld 2016 presidential campaign, and political messaging. Click here to listen to the podcast.

Libertarian Jared Grifoni, who has fought for low taxes, repeal of regulations, and home rule in the southern Florida city of Marco Island, was the first-place finisher among eight candidates, winning one of four seats up for grabs on the nonpartisan city council. He finished at 18.7 percent. The centerpiece of Grifoni’s campaign was his five-point […]

For better or for worse, voters across the country approved or rejected 162 statewide ballot measures on Election Day. Joining Colorado, Washington, Alaska, and Oregon, voters in Nevada, Massachusetts, Maine, and California ended their state’s prohibition on cannabis. In another four states — Florida, Arkansas, Montana, and North Dakota — voters legalized medicinal marijuana. David Bienenstock, Head of Content […]

Dear Libertarian, Some folks have asked me why the Libertarian Party is not participating in Jill Stein’s recount efforts. My answer is that Libertarians don’t have a preferred flavor of statism. We know that there is no significant difference between the oppressively big government offered by the Republicans and the oppressively big government offered by […]

SOS Kim Wyman From a Dec 8 statement issued by the Libertarian Party of Washington: Today the Washington Secretary of State, Kim Wyman, and Governor Jay Inslee signed off and certified the 2016 General Election. 3,209,214 valid votes were cast for president; with 160,879 being cast directly for Governor Gary Johnson, good for 5.01% of […]

The December issue of LP News is ready to view online. Click here to read coverage of our record-breaking election results, campaign activities, candidate endorsements, national and affiliate party accomplishments, ballot access for 2018, and more.   Note: This web edition reflects updates made to election-related stories since the print edition was published.

Click here to see the updated Libertarian vote totals for the November 2016 election.

Many of us are haunted by chilling photos of death and destruction in Syria. We desperately want for that war to end and we feel helpless that it continues. War is an abomination, horrific beyond words. But, sadly, no matter how much we want to end all wars, it is not within our ability to […]