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An October 3 Washington Post article seems intent on casting Libertarian Gary Johnson in a negative light based on his performance as two-term governor of New Mexico. But for those who think government is too big, their portrayal showed Johnson to be the penultimate outsider who resisted unrelenting pressure from special interests and their legislative allies, earning […]

From the San Francisco Chronicle site SFGate.com on September 27: “House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that it’s up to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to win over the young voters who she said are keeping the race with Donald Trump close by flirting with third-party candidates, particularly Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson.” “Pelosi blamed the […]

An October 3 Washington Post article seems intent on casting Libertarian Gary Johnson in a negative light based on his performance as two-term governor of New Mexico. But for those who think government is too big, their portrayal showed Johnson to be the penultimate outsider who resisted unrelenting pressure from special interests and their legislative […]

“Political statistician Nate Silver said over the weekend that, with Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson polling at 24 percent in his home state of New Mexico, it is “plausible” the election could end in a deadlock. “According to Silver, who wrote about the possible but unlikely outcome on his website, FiveThirtyEight, Johnson only has a […]

San Francisco Chronicle | SFGate | September 27 | Excerpt: “House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said Tuesday that it’s up to Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to win over the young voters who she said are keeping the race with Donald Trump close by flirting with third-party candidates, particularly Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson.” “Pelosi blamed the tight […]

From an op-ed piece by Matt Welch, editor at-large for Reason Magazine, which appeared on CNN.com on September 30: “Is Gary Johnson qualified to run for president? Let’s talk about that, but first let’s talk about this: “‘Two weeks ago, the foreign affairs select committee of the British House of Commons released a detailed, damning […]

The Libertarian Party of Indiana released the following statement on October 2: The 5 selected polls have spoken and Gary Johnson was not in the first debate. One poll was 6 weeks old, one poll included a statistically insignificant number of voters under 34, and another only included 18% independents to represent the 30-40% of […]

Joe Hauptmann | LPIN State Chair | October 2, 2016 | The 5 selected polls have spoken and Gary Johnson was not in the first debate. One poll was 6 weeks old, one poll included a statistically insignificant number of voters under 34, and another only included 18% independents to represent the 30-40% of independent voters. […]

CNN | Opinion Matt Welch | Editor at-large for Reason Magazine | October 3, 2016 | Excerpts: “Is Gary Johnson qualified to run for president? Let’s talk about that, but first let’s talk about this: “‘Two weeks ago, the foreign affairs select committee of the British House of Commons released a detailed, damning report about one of Hillary Clinton’s […]

ABC-7 in Denver describes how Libertarians Governors Gary Johnson for president and William Weld for vice president are in play in the critical state of Colorado: “Gary Johnson is a huge problem for Hillary Clinton right now,” said [former Colorado Republican state chairman Dick] Wadhams, “and, also potentially a problem for Donald Trump because there are […]

ABC-7 in Denver describes how Libertarians Governors Gary Johnson for president and William Weld for vice president are in play in the critical state of Colorado. ABC 7 Denver | Tony Kovaleski | Oct 2, 2016 | Excerpt: “Gary Johnson is a huge problem for Hillary Clinton right now,” said [former Colorado Republican state chairman Dick] Wadhams, […]

Thomas Simmons For nearly three decades, Democratic U.S. representative Richard Neal has enjoyed czar-like status in largely rural western Massachusetts, where he has scored one re-election victory after another, mostly unopposed. But this year, he faces Libertarian Thomas Simmons, an economics and business professor at Greenfield Community College who’s making a splash. The Huffington Post […]