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There will be a debate tonight, Wednesday, May 4, among the candidates running for chair of the Libertarian National Committee. The debate is being hosted by the 1787 Network and Liberty Underground show, and will take place from 9 pm to 11 pm ET. This will be done over Google Hangouts and stream live on the 1787 Network YouTube channel. […]

Lily Williams A group of Colorado Springs Republicans endorsed Lily Tang Williams, the Libertarian candidate running in Colorado’s U.S. Senate race on April 27. “It doesn’t matter what the political party is. It matters that the person stands for self-governance, limited government, and for freedom,” Glasgow, told The Colorado Independent. “We are Republicans, but there […]

Austin Petersen, a candidate for the 2016 Libertarian Party presidential nomination, was interviewed on the Rich Zeoli show on WPHT-AM 1210 in Philadelphia on April 28. WPHT-AM is a CBS affiliate. “Austin Petersen, the Libertarian candidate for President, attempted to make the case as to why you should forego voting for one of the two […]

Salina.com, the online version of the Salina Journal, a Kansas daily newspaper, covered the Kansas Libertarian Party convention on April 30. Their coverage featured Mike Shannon (candidate for the LP Presidential nomination), Mark Rutherford (candidate for LNC Chair and former LNC Vice-chair), and a representative of Austin Petersen’s presidential campaign. Click here to read the […]

Gary Johnson, a candidate for the 2016 Libertarian Party Presidential nomination, was interviewed on May 1 by Newsday, a daily newspaper which serves Long Island, New York, and has the 11th highest circulation for daily papers in the country. “There’s been a lot of talk about rigged election processes this year. “Some of it’s been legitimate; […]

Dr. James Lark Dr. James Lark will be delivering a keynote address at the second party congress of Liberalistene, the Norwegian Libertarian Party on Saturday, April 30. A press release about the event in Norwegian, followed by an English translation, is linked here. Dr. Lark is currently the Libertarian National Committee region five representative, and was the chair […]

This article was originally published in the Sept. 2015 issue of LP News (page 11). Alive Free Happy founders Jason Wu (left) and Boomer Shannon (middle, back) work the crowd at the Palos Verdes Estates street fair in Los Angeles County. Jason Wu and Matthew “Boomer” Shannon know how to have fun while helping young […]

A federal judge has ruled against the Libertarian Party in Maine in a case that centered on the party’s argument that the path to a new political party in Maine is unconstitutionally difficult. An attorney for the Libertarians said the court misunderstood what the plaintiffs were asking for and that he will ask the court to […]

Gary Johnson, a candidate for the 2016 Libertarian Party presidential nomination, was interviewed by RT on April 24. “Most Americans are libertarians, which means fiscally conservative and socially liberal, but they don’t realize there is a party that represents that philosophy, Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson told RT America’s Lindsay France. … “For third […]

From the Washington Times on April 22: “Wes Benedict, [Executive Director] of the national Libertarian Party, is reminding the politically minded that they can still declare their intent to run for office in 35 states. Filing deadlines for the formal paperwork have not passed in scores of states, ranging from Alabama to Wyoming. ‘It’s not too […]

The New Orleans, Louisiana LP chapter was featured in an article on April 19 in the Mid-City Messenger, an online New Orleans newspaper. “The New Orleans chapter of the Libertarian party applauded the recent forward movement of two bills in the state Senate that would legalize the sale of raw milk from farmers and expand […]