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RT America will host a live TV debate for 2016 Libertarian presidential candidates on Thursday, May 12 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm ET. LP candidates Darryl Perry, Austin Petersen, and Marc Allan Feldman will participate in the debate. Click here for more information on the RT America debate. Click here to watch the debate.

The Libertarian Party is committed to getting our presidential / vice presidential ticket on the ballot in all 50 states, plus D.C., this election year. To get ballot access, the LP has petition drives going in a number of states in the next few months. None is more challenging or more critical than Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is the sixth-most populous […]

The New York Libertarian Party hosted a Presidential candidate debate at their state convention on April 30. Participating in the debate were Gary Johnson, John McAfee, Darryl Perry, and Austin Petersen. Click here to view the debate.

The Atlantic ran an article about the Libertarian Party on May 9: “To the uninitiated, which is to say, most everyone, the Libertarian Party has been a political nonentity. Sure, voters might know a few of the top-line principles—limited government, limited economic regulation, a lot of individual liberty—but chances are they have not given much […]

Candidate for the 2016 Libertarian Party presidential nomination Gary Johnson was interviewed on the ABC Sunday news show “This Week with George Stephanopolous” on May 8. “Donald Trump’s new status as the presumptive Republican nominee has some ‘Never Trump’ conservatives calling for a new third-party candidate, but Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson says they should consider […]

From The Daily Caller on May 4: “The Libertarian Party has experienced massive growth in both membership and donors over the past year as it heads into a presidential election hoping to get record support. “Is it the perfect situation for the third-party? ‘In many ways it is,’ Wes Benedict, executive director of the Libertarian […]

Below is a schedule of Libertarian state conventions in 2016. Click on the state to get more information. Not all states have conventions every year. Many states have not scheduled their conventions yet. Updates will be posted as they become available. Arkansas held a state convention in 2015 to comply with Arkansas election code. North […]

The May 2016 issue of LP News is now available online. Click here to read about Libertarian campaigns, our upcoming presidential nominating convention, national and affiliate party news, ballot access updates, and more.

The Governor of Oklahoma signed bill SB 896 on May 5, which lowered the vote threshold for a party to retain ballot access from 10% for the party’s top-of-the-ticket candidate to 2.5%. This bill takes effect immediately, so if the 2016 Libertarian Party presidential nominee receives at least 2.5% this November, the Oklahoma LP will retain political […]

From the Washington Examiner on May 4: “In the hours after the polls closed in Indiana and it was announced that businessman Donald Trump had won the Republican presidential primary — thereby ending Texas Sen. Ted Cruz’s campaign — the Libertarian Party saw a doubling of its new membership applications.   “Between 7 p.m. Tuesday […]

Kansas Libertarian Party chair Rob Hodgkinson and candidate for the 2016 Libertarian Party Presidential nomination Mike Shannon were interviewed on the Straight Talk with DC Hannah show on KINA-AM 910 in Salina, Kansas on April 29. Click here to listen to the interview.

From Reason Magazine online on May 4: “Donald Trump crushed it in the Indiana GOP primary last night, winning more than 50 percent of the vote and causing Ted Cruz to drop out. Although John Kasich is still in the race, he has only won one state so far while Trump is less than 200 […]