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From Matt Welch of Reason Magazine on July 8: “The Washington Post editorial board, one of the prime caretakers of establishmentarian consensus about national politics, has a curious editorial today titled ‘Gary Johnson is an honest but defective candidate.’ The piece is curious not simply because it invites snarky retorts—so, you prefer dishonest but effective […]

From Politico on July 7: “The two-party system is teetering on the brink of extinction, and Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson said his party’s ticket could be the one to knock it out. “‘This is a two-party dinosaur,’ Johnson said Thursday during a National Press Club luncheon. ‘We think we’re going to be the comet […]

A live feed of the appearance of LP presidential and vice presidential nominees Gary Johnson and Bill Weld will be available today, starting at 1 pm ET. Click here to watch. From the National Press Club on June 16: “The Libertarian Party presidential ticket — former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson and former Massachusetts Gov. […]

Jonathan Choate, a member of the Cache County, Utah Republican Party executive committee, resigned his position last month and switched his party affiliation to Libertarian, according to an article in the Cache Valley Daily on June 29. Click here to read the full article.

Libertarian Party presidential and vice presidential nominees Gary Johnson and Wiliam Weld will appear on the ballot this November in Illinois, as the petitions submitted last week were not challenged. In addition, the Illinois LP will have candidates on the general election ballot. The Libertarian Party turned in over 53,000 petitions on June 29. Anyone wishing […]

From AOL News on June 30: “The 2016 election is all about frustration — with politics, with people running for office, with Democrats and Republicans alike. Irritation with politics as usual fueled the rise of presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and sustained Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders‘ so-called political revolution deep into the Democratic Party’s primary. […]

From Mac McCann of the Dallas Morning News on June 29: “As people struggle to decide between the two most disliked major party nominees ever, there’s one thing people seem to miss: there are other options, like Libertarians Gary Johnson and William Weld. “In fact, the Libertarian ticket has more executive branch experience than Hillary Clinton […]

“It’s sadly fitting that in a year when the likely presidential nominees for the two major parties are both as widely disliked as Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump, the presence of a plausible challenger from a third party has no effect on the race because supporters leave the two major party candidates in […]