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Libertarian Party [LP] candidate Roger Barris was interviewed for the Loveland Reporter-Herald on his race for Colorado’s second congressional district. From the feature story, “Colorado 2nd Congressional District candidate Roger Barris advocates Libertarian reforms,”...

Ballot Access News reports that 2018 is likely to be the first midterm election in which the Libertarian Party (LP) will have at least one candidate for partisan office on the ballot in every state. From the article by Richard Winger (“For first time in a midterm...

The Libertarian candidate for governor of New York, Larry Sharpe, appeared on “Kennedy” on Fox Business to discuss Andrew Cuomo’s comment from earlier this week that America “was never that great,” and the condition of New York since Cuomo became the state’s governor...

Libertarian Party (LP) presidential candidate Gary Johnson (2012, 2016) accepted the New Mexico LP’s nomination on Aug. 13 for the U.S. senate race there. Johnson will be going up against incumbent Democrat Martin Heinrich and Republican challenger Mark Rich. Among...

Libertarian Party (LP) presidential candidate Gary Johnson (2012, 2016) accepted the New Mexico LP’s nomination on Aug. 13 for the U.S. senate race there. Johnson will be going up against incumbent Democrat Martin Heinrich and Republican challenger Mark Rich. Among...

Libertarian Dan Fishman was featured in the Newburyport Daily News about his 2018 campaign for Massachusetts state auditor. The coverage mentions his endorsement by 2016 Libertarian vice-presidential nominee Gov. Bill Weld for the office responsible for conducting...

Martin Moulton, the Libertarian candidate for mayor of the District of Columbia, was featured in Metro Weekly, and was profiled in DC Refined for their primary-election voter guide. In Washington, D.C., candidates of all political parties participate in primary...

Libertarian 2018 senatorial and 2020 presidential candidate Arvin Vohra was featured in Bitcoin.com News, who described him as a “principled libertarian firecracker” and lauded his pledge to, if elected president, immediately pardon nonviolent, victimless, so-called...

David Jackson, communications director for the Ohio Libertarian Party, was interviewed for Watchdog.org about the party’s newfound ballot access in Ohio and its candidate Travis Irvine’s possible effect on the close race for governor. From the article, “Libertarian...

The Toledo Blade is applauding the recent easing of ballot-access restrictions imposed on alternative parties. They credit 2016 Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson with having paved the way for Ohio voters to have far more choices in future elections, and...

From the Florida Libertarian Party (LPF) on July 31: Sacha DuBearn, past director for the Libertarian Party of Miami-Dade, was sworn in as councilman on the Coconut Grove Village Council last night. DuBearn, a local entrepreneur, will complete a four-year term caused...

Libertarians Bill Gelineau and John Tatar, rival candidates in the Michigan gubernatorial primary election, met for an hour-long debate on July 15 that was broadcast on WOOD-TV Channel 8, based in Grand Rapids. Political reporter Rick Albin moderated the debate,...

Instruction below provided by Connecticut petition coordinator Christopher Thrasher. Thank you for taking the time to help the Libertarian Party of Connecticut! With your help, voters in Connecticut will have the chance to vote for the Libertarian Party five times on...

Several Libertarian Party candidates for California’s state assembly, of whom all but one appeared as write-ins, have secured top-two status in the June 5 primary election, granting many Californians the now-rare choice of voting for a state-level Libertarian...

Michigan Libertarian John Tatar’s local newspaper, the Redford Sentinel, has run a feature story on his bid for the Libertarian Party nomination for governor. From the article, “Redford’s Tatar making bid for governor’s office as Libertarian” (June 11): Cutting taxes,...

This November, Virginians will be able to cast their ballots for Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Matt Waters, whose campaign planks include eliminating the federal income tax, immediate removal of all U.S. troops from Korea and Japan, eliminating the Drug...

Dr. Murray Sabrin, the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate in New Jersey, has been making the media rounds in New Jersey following his appearance at the Libertarian national convention in New Orleans earlier this month. Sabrin, an author and professor of finance at...

The recently concluded Libertarian National Convention, held in New Orleans, set attendance and fundraising records. Preliminary figures indicate that this year’s convention may have surpassed the 2016 presidential nominating convention in both attendance and...

by Arvin Vohra Two hundred and forty-two years ago, the founders of this nation decided to overthrow their government. Today is more than a day to celebrate that decision. It is a day to remind ourselves to carry on their tradition of overthrow in our hearts, in our...

It has been just more than a year since the Libertarian Party Historical Preservation Committee was formed, and it has been an incredible journey. I have been privileged to travel to many state conventions and talk to many of you about the progress of this project and...

The Las Vegas Sun reports that a decline since 2014 of tens of thousands of Nevadans registered as Democratic or Republican voters can be attributed mostly to an increase in Libertarian Party registrants. From the June 15 article, “Growing number of Nevada voters...

Fellow Libertarians, Prior to each Libertarian National Convention, a Platform Committee is established to consider and recommend proposed amendments to the Party Platform. This survey contains our draft proposals to gain your feedback both positive and negative. The...

Hi all, Recently the Libertarian National Committee created an ad hoc Blockchain Committee to explore the potential benefits that blockchain and distributed ledger technology may provide to the Libertarian Party. Blockchain technology has been made most famous by...

Delegates to the Libertarian Party of Texas convention held April 14–15 nominated their candidates for state and national office for this year’s general election. The Amarillo Pioneer reported on the results on April 16. From the article, “Libertarian Party nominates...

Fellow Libertarians, After each Libertarian National Convention, a Bylaws and Rules Committee is established to consider and recommend proposed amendments to the party’s governing documents. The Bylaws Committee consists of 10 members, no more than five of whom must...

Fellow Libertarians, After each Libertarian National Convention, a Bylaws and Rules Committee is established to consider and recommend proposed amendments to the party’s governing documents. The Bylaws Committee consists of 10 members, no more than five of whom must...

Ballot Access News reports that for the “first time in Michigan history, a third party has a contested gubernatorial primary.” From the April 19 article by Richard Winger: On August 7, 2018, Michigan holds primaries for the Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian...

2016 Libertarian vice-presidential nominee Gov. William Weld of Massachusetts is part of a coalition suing to overturn four states’ winner-take-all (WTA) presidential-election systems. The lawsuits were filed in federal courts in Weld’s own state of Massachusetts, as...