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From CBS News on June 15: “Could the Libertarian Party emerge as a real force in the presidential election this fall? “The latest CBS News poll of the 2016 general election finds Hillary Clinton maintaining steady lead over Donald Trump in a head-to-head matchup, 43 to 37 percent. If Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson is added […]

The Libertarian Party is back on the ballot in South Dakota, as the Secretary of State confirmed on June 17 that more than enough valid signatures had been submitted. To retain party status, the 2018 gubernatorial candidate must get at least 2.5 percent of the vote. The South Dakota LP had been a recognized party in […]

An article and video interview from USA Today on June 16: “‘The two parties are the minority party currently to independents,’ Johnson tells USA TODAY’s weekly video newsmaker series. He says he disagrees with Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, on immigration, trade and more. And he says disparagingly that Clinton, the presumptive Democratic nominee, believes ‘government […]

From CNN on June 15: “CNN announced today that Chris Cuomo will moderate a Town Hall with Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson and vice presidential candidate William Weld at 9pmET on Wednesday, June 22. “Both Johnson and Weld will field questions from voters live from the Time Warner Center in New York City. This […]

Thomas Simmons Libertarian for U.S. House Thomas Simmons, the openly gay Libertarian candidate for Congress in Massachusetts’s First District, issued the following statement today in response to the Orlando shooting. “Words can not convey the depth of heartache that accompanies this terrible tragedy. Just two weeks ago, I was in Orlando at the Libertarian Party […]

From Jim Harper of the Cato Institute on May 23: “Voting does more than elect candidates. “Votes are a dazzling roman candle of information supplied to elected officials, their staffs, political parties, journalists, opinion leaders, and future candidates, to name a few. All these witnesses to elections incorporate vote information — not just outcome, but […]

From U.S. News & World Report online on June 10: “Earlier this year ABC News found that nearly 40 percent of likely GOP voters said they would be willing to consider a third-party candidate. One appealing third-party option has already emerged — Libertarian Party candidate Gary Johnson. A former two-term governor of New Mexico, Johnson […]

“US Libertarian Party presidential nominee Gary Johnson has said people should not politicize the Orlando nightclub mass shooting that left at least 50 people dead and 53 others injured on Sunday. “‘Thoughts are with the #Orlando victims & a community who has been attacked,’ Johnson said in a Twitter message on Sunday.  ‘It’s a time to […]

Scott Wooden Scott Wooden, who was elected to the Del Mar Unified District School Board in California in 2014, chaged his registration from Republican to Libertarian on June 8. California Libertarian Party chair Ted Brown welcomed Wooden aboard and is very happy to have another Libertarian in elected office.   “This is the time for […]