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Breaking through an invisible barrier for Libertarian presidential candidates, Gov. Gary Johnson in 2016 won the party its first-ever endorsement from a newspaper of record. But this wasn’t just one editorial board flouting tradition. Across the country, nine major newspapers endorsed 2016’s arguably most qualified ticket of Libertarian Govs. Johnson and William Weld — more than wound […]

Jim McDermott received 10.4 percent of the vote in his race for the U.S. House in Alaska in a four-way race, one of the highest results ever for a Libertarian federal candidate running against a Democrat and a Republican. This was McDermott’s third time running for Alaska’s only U.S. House seat. He received 5.2 percent […]

From an editorial in the Toledo Blade on December 14: “In the wake of former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson’s presidential run, the Ohio Libertarian Party is seeking state recognition and ballot access to make it easier to run candidates. The Libertarians seek to join the Republicans, Democrats, and Greens on Ohio’s ballots. “Ohio law […]

From an article by Lauren Daugherty published in the National Interest on December 12: “This year, record numbers of Americans voted for Libertarian candidates. The Libertarian presidential nominee, Gov. Gary Johnson, received over four million votes [4.5 million votes as of December 13], three times the previous record. For perspective, four million votes is about […]

  Dear Libertarian, Yesterday was the 45th anniversary of the founding of the Libertarian Party! Despite all the hurdles the Rs and Ds and their cronies have thrown against us, we have survived and grown for 45 years, and are now thriving like never before. There are reasons that we have only 2 dominant parties […]

From the Richmond Times-Dispatch on December 6: “Libertarian activist Corey Fauconier filed paperwork with the Virginia Department of Elections by Monday’s 5 p.m. filing deadline, according to state officials. The filing is under review to ensure Fauconier met all requirements for ballot access, including the submission of 250 petition signatures from voters in the district.” […]

The Libertarian National Committee will meet the weekend of December 10-11 in Alexandria, Virginia. Meeting details, including the agenda and committee reports are posted here: https://www.lp.org/event/lnc-meeting-alexandria/ The LNC will attempt to stream the meeting live on the Internet. Be advised that broadcast quality has sometimes been low and intermittent. Broadcast link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/libertarian-party1 There’s a party […]

From a press release issued by the Illinois Libertarian Party on December 7:  Kankakee County Board Representative Jim Byrne, R-Bradley, announced today he has officially joined the Libertarian Party of Illinois. Byrne will serve as the Vice-Chairman of the new Kankakee County Libertarian Party central committee that was formed and recognized by the Libertarian Party […]

From a press release by the Ohio Libertarian Party: COLUMBUS—December 5, 2016—The five-person committee that filed petitions to place the Libertarian presidential ticket of Gary Johnson and William Weld on the November ballot in Ohio filed paperwork Friday afternoon with the office of Secretary of State Jon Husted claiming party status and ballot access for […]

Ed Zielinski, an elected councilman of Elsmere, Delaware, recently switched over to the Libertarian Party. Mr. Zielinksi, a former Republican, was elected to the nonpartisan town council seat in April 2015. He switched his party registration to the Libertarian Party in September. “I had received no support for liberty legislation,” said Mr. Zielinski about switching parties. “The […]

Eight Libertarian candidates were elected to office on Nov. 8, and seven Libertarian officials were re-elected. Below is the list of elected and re-elected officials from election day: AZ Ruth Bennett Continental Elementary School District Board (re-elected) CA Jonathan Hall Tehachapi Cummings Water District Board (re-elected) CA Brian Holtz Purissima Hills Water District Board (re-elected) […]