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Calvin Tillman was elected to the Aubrey City Council, Place 4 on May 9. Aubrey is a town in Denton County, TX, and has a population of 2,595. Mr. Tillman received 62% of the vote, getting 147 votes to his competitor’s 87. The incumbent did not run for reelection. “I am hopeful that me winning soundly […]

Shawn Felty Schuylkill County chair The Libertarian Party of Schuylkill County, PA will have ten candidates on the ballot this November. “We want to give the voters in the county another option”, said Schuylkill County LP chair Shawn Felty in a recent interview with The Republican Herald newspaper. Mr. Felty is also a councilman in […]

Today’s episode (5/6/2015) of Libertarians Working For You hosted by Arvin Vohra is now available online, featuring guests Mark Glogowski, chair of the New York LP, and Marty Swinney, chair of the New Mexico LP. Click here to listen.

Lorenzo Gaztanaga Below is a statement on last week’s riots in Baltimore, MD, from Lorenzo Gaztanaga, former LNC regional representative and Maryland LP candidate: I came to Baltimore in June of 1963. I graduated from Cardinal Gibbons High School in 1968, left Baltimore in 1970 and returned with my wife, Susan, in 1984 and settled […]

Yesterday’s episode (4/29/2015) of Libertarians Working For You hosted by Arvin Vohra is now available online, featuring guest Will Hammer, who is running for the House of Delegates District 20 in Virginia this November. Click here to listen.

Dear Libertarian, Our petitioners in Arkansas have made great progress since I wrote to you on 3/27/2015. They’ve collected 8,972 raw signatures as of last week. We plan to spend $25,000 on this important petition drive. We just mailed a letter in a yellow envelope asking for donations to help support this effort. If you […]

Nicholas Sarwark, chair of the Libertarian National Committee, said in an interview with Sputnik International that the US intelligence program “violates the rights of every American and does not make anyone any safer in the process.” MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The US Patriot Act, including the controversial Section 215 allowing mass surveillance on US citizens, is detrimental […]

From the second of a 4-part series in Collegiate Times by Libertarian Rob Sarvis, who ran for US Senate in 2014 and for governor in 2012: “So why does debate exclusion matter if I had such a small chance of winning anyway?” “First off, my chances of winning would have been a lot higher if […]

“Up until a few years ago, I was as disdainful of third parties as most people are. When I first ran for office in 2011, I didn’t even consider running outside the two major parties, even though I had plenty of complaints about each. “So how did I end up running as a statewide candidate […]

Bills to lower the amount of signatures needed to become a recognized party in Alabama and Oklahoma, two of the most difficult states for ballot access, will be voted on this week. In Alabama, SB 211 would cut the amount of required signatures in half, from 3% of the last general election’s gubernatorial vote to […]

From Leigh Lachine, Chair of the Libertarian State Leaders Alliance: On May 28-31, 2015, the Libertarian Party and the Libertarian State Leadership Alliance (LSLA) will be among the sponsors of the first Libertarian Political Expo (LPEX) (www.lpex.org) at the Tropicana Resort and Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada. The mission of LPEX is to provide the practical […]

Yesterday’s episode (4/22/2015) of Libertarians Working For You hosted by Arvin Vohra is now available online, featuring guests Dr. Cisse Spragins, chair of the Missouri LP, and Russ Monchil, an elected member of the Mirabile School Board in Missouri. Click here to listen.