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From the Lewiston-Auburn Sun Journal in Maine on August 18: “Watching this year’s presidential election, faced with what Heidi Sawyer called ‘super yucky’ candidates, she started paying attention to Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson. “Then she read what Gary Johnson had to say. “‘It was like he was saying everything in my brain,’ Sawyer said. […]

Libertarian National Committee chair Nicholas Sarwark was interviewed on the Michael Smerconish show on August 9, by guest host Robert Traynham. Click here to listen to the interview.

The Washington Libertarian Party had a candidate for statewide office and 10 legislative candidates advance from the top-two primary on August 2, who will be on the general election ballot in November. Attorney General candidate Steve Trumbull has officially picked up almost 342,000 votes, for 27.4 percent of the vote. He finished second of two candidates […]

Fusion will present Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson and vice-presidential candidate William Weld in a forum moderated by Jorge Ramos and Alicia Menendez, taking place on Wednesday, August 17 at 1:00 P.M. ET. Click here to watch the forum.

From U.S. News & World Report on August 16: “Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson says he has reached one of his key objectives by raising more than $1.7 million with what his organizers called a ‘money bomb’ Monday. “Johnson says he exceeded his announced goal of collecting $1.5 million, mostly within a 24-hour period. This […]

From a press release issued by the Florida LP on August 15: “On August 17th at 7pm, Libertarian presidential candidate Governor Gary Johnson (New Mexico) and vice presidential candidate Governor Bill Weld (Massachusetts) will open the floor for questions in a town-hall style conference at Florida International University’s Wertheim Performing Arts Center. The event is […]

Geoffrey Lawrence Geoffrey Lawrence, the Nevada Assistant State Controller, switched his affiliation to the Libertarian Party. Lawrence made the announcement during a speech delivered at the Gary Johnson/Bill Weld rally in Reno, NV on August 5. Geoffrey Lawrence works with the Nevada Policy Research Institute and contributes to Nevada Business Magazine. John Moore, a legislator in the […]

Several members of the San Antonio, Texas Libertarian Party were briefly interviewed on KENS channel 5, the CBS affiliate in San Antonio, on August 11. Those interviewed were County Chair Gil Robinson and County Commissioners Court Candidate Jason Pipoly, as well as three other local members, Cassie Villela, Arthur Thomas and Laura Valle. Included in the […]

From Politico on August 9: The venues that will host the presidential debates are drawing up plans for a three-person forum that would provide a lectern for a third-party candidate to stand on stage next to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The directive comes from producers working for the Commission on Presidential Debates and it’s […]

Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff Former New Jersey state treasurer Andrew Sidamon-Eristoff​ announced on August 9 that he is supporting the Libertarian Party presidential and vice presidential nominees, Gary Johnson and William Weld, this November. In an e-mail message to New Jersey Libertarian Party chair Patrick McKnight, Mr. Sidamon-Eristoff wrote, “I wanted to introduce myself and let you know […]

From Newsmax on August 3: “To qualify for inclusion in the fall presidential debates, a candidate needs at least 15 percent in the national polls. “Libertarian Gary Johnson is now at 7.4 percent in the RealClearPolitics.com average of recent polls, up from 4.5 percent June 13. “As popular discontent with both of the major party […]