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  Excerpt: “This morning the Gary Johnson/William Weld ticket for the White House nabs an endorsement from a state legislator who is running for re-election in 2016 as a Republican. Daniel Zolnikov (R-Billings), a 29-year-old two-term state representative known for his civil libertarian work on surveillance and free speech, is joining with his fellow State […]

Excerpt: “The vice chairman of the Washington, D.C., GOP party plans to resign from his post and vote for libertarian candidate Gary Johnson in November, the longtime Republican operative told The Daily Beast. Gary Teal, a delegate at the Republican convention, said he had already told fellow delegates that he will resign. “’If I’m not […]

From Matt Welch of Reason Magazine on July 25: “This morning the Gary Johnson/William Weld ticket for the White House nabs an endorsement from a state legislator who is running for re-election in 2016 as a Republican. Daniel Zolnikov (R-Billings), a 29-year-old two-term state representative known for his civil libertarian work on surveillance and free speech, […]

Excerpt: “Trump-wary Republicans are defecting from the GOP. Liberal Democrats are distrustful of their party’s presumptive nominee. And voters of both parties are tired of partisan clogging the works. “This could be the Libertarian Party’s moment.
 Presidential nominee Gary Johnson and running mate Bill Weld believe so. “’We wouldn’t be doing this if there weren’t […]

From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on July 22: “Trump-wary Republicans are defecting from the GOP. Liberal Democrats are distrustful of their party’s presumptive nominee. And voters of both parties are tired of partisan clogging the works. 
 “This could be the Libertarian Party’s moment.
 Presidential nominee Gary Johnson and running mate Bill Weld believe so. “‘We wouldn’t […]

From Matt Welch of Reason Magazine on July 17: “Three national presidential polls came out over the weekend, and all three contain historically good news for Libertarian Party nominee Gary Johnson. “A four-candidate CNN/ORC survey conducted July 13-16 delivered the highest number Johnson has ever received in national poll: 13 percent (compared to Hillary Clinton’s […]

Dear Libertarian, Many of us have Republican friends who are pretty frustrated right now. I bet you know someone who is. Maybe a close friend, a family member, a Facebook friend… They are not bad people, and they aren’t blind either. They see that Trump is a bully, that he’s unqualified. They agree he should […]

For Immediate Release Thursday, July 21, 2016 It sounded like it and the Libertarian Party proudly welcomes Cruz supporters. Last night at the Republican National Convention, Sen. Cruz encouraged Americans to “vote your conscience, vote for candidates up and down the ticket who you trust to defend freedom and to be faithful to the Constitution.” […]

Nicholas Sarwark Libertarian National Committee chair Nicholas Sarwark was interviewed on the Paul Molloy Show on July 20, to discuss the recent police shootings and the War on Drugs. Click here to listen to the interview (begins at 11:30).