NEWS ARTICLES

Cliff Hyra It’s not easy for Libertarian Party candidates to garner campaign publicity when they're barred from routine candidate events, the Augusta Free Pressau pointed out in a recent article. Virginia’s 2017 gubernatorial Libertarian Party candidate Cliff Hyra...

In an interview with the online news agency Sputnik, Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark argued that Congress should drop its plans to permanently reauthorize a package of amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), and instead...

LNC vice chair Arvin Vohra discussed the normalization of violence in America in a recent interview with RT: The normalization of violence is occurring because even at the government level there are numerous examples when the state is settling its disputes with...

Indiana legislators have passed a restrictive alcohol sales license that targets one particular type of business model from competing in the marketplace, and Libertarian Party activists in Indiana are protesting. WBIW 1340 AM radio reports: Over the weekend,...

Indiana legislators have passed a restrictive alcohol sales license that targets one particular type of business model from competing in the marketplace, and Libertarian Party activists in Indiana are protesting. WBIW 1340 AM radio reports: Over the weekend,...

LNC Chair Nicholas Sarwark interviewed by Reason’s Nick Gillespie Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark discussed the future of the Libertarian Party in an interview with Reason’s Nick Gillispie, published on Sept. 10: Nick Gillespie: Hi, I'm Nick...

Starchild at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Starchild, vice chair of the Libertarian Party of San Francisco, argued before the city’s Board of Supervisors that the legislators should repeal a ban on flavored tobacco. His remarks were quoted in the San...

Zakk Maher Zakk Maher, a county commissioner for Androscoggin County, Maine, switched to the Libertarian Party on Sept. 7. Maher was elected to the seat last November as a Republican, defeating the challenger with 63 percent of the vote. The term of the seat lasts...

Peter Rohrman The Observer recently published a profile of New Jersey Libertarian Party gubernatorial candidate Peter Rohrman, emphasizing his views in favor of individual liberty and peace, in contrast with the two major parties: Peter Rohrman, a U.S. Marine Corps...

Walter Block Economist Walter Block, long-time libertarian activist and author of the controversial book Defending the Undefendable, recently argued that the Republican Party has so completely failed as a potential vehicle to bring about libertarian-leaning policy...

Gary Johnson and Jill Stein appeared on the “Tavis Smiley Show” in October 2016. On Aug. 29, the U.S. Court of Appeals rejected the lawsuit filed against the Commission on Presidential Debates by Gary Johnson and Jill Stein, who fronted presidential campaigns in 2012...

The Libertarian National Committee is seeking volunteers to serve on its recently created Candidate Support Committee. The duties of this Committee will include formulating recommended criteria for future consideration of monetary support for down-ticket candidates and assisting the Candidate Support Specialist (to be hired).

The Libertarian Party and other third parties in New Jersey, dubbed the “mafia state” by the Green Party, are fighting back against electoral procedures that stack the deck in favor of Republicans and Democrats. The Independent Voter Network reports: New Jersey’s 2017...

The Libertarian Party and other third parties in New Jersey, dubbed the “mafia state” by the Green Party, are fighting back against electoral procedures that stack the deck in favor of Republicans and Democrats. The Independent Voter Network reports: New Jersey’s 2017...

More than half of voters in the United States have voted for an independent candidate, according to data published by Rasmussen Reports. The Independent Voter Network elaborates: Fifty-three percent of US voters said in a recent survey that they have voted for an...

This fall’s elections are rapidly approaching, with several states fielding Libertarian Party candidates for election on Nov. 7, and a few others on dates in September and October. Check out our full, sortable, searchable list of candidates at LP.org. If you know of...

On Aug. 22, not long before Marcellus Williams was due to be killed by the state of Missouri, Gov. Eric Greitens issued a stay of execution. The Williams conviction had been called into question by new DNA evidence that pointed to his likely innocence, and criminal...

Gary St. Fleur is running for mayor of Scranton, Penn., as a Libertarian. Aug. 4 marked a major victory for tax-cutters, and especially taxpayers, when Judge James Gibbons sided with Libertarian mayoral candidate Gary St. Fleur and seven other Scranton, Penn.,...

LNC Chair Nicholas Sarwark speaking at the Fancy Farm picnic in Kentucky. Every year, St. Jerome’s Parish in Mayfield, Ky., holds the Fancy Farm Picnic, a community event with barbecue, games, a 5k run, and political speeches. The event was designated by the Guinness...

Shifting the layers of bureaucracy in the U.S. government-managed health care system won't make much of a difference, Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark explained in Jennifer Harper’s Aug. 4 Inside the Beltway column in the Washington Times....

1984 Libertarian Party presidential candidate David Bergland with current LNC Chair Nicholas Sarwark at the 2017 FreedomFest conference in Las Vegas. Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark was quoted in Jennifer Harper's Inside The Beltway column in the...

If the 2018 gubernatorial candidate for the Libertarian Party of Arkansas receives at least 3 percent of the vote, the party will retain ballot access for the first time in its history. An Aug. 2 article by Independent Arkansas highlights the campaign of Mark West, a potential LPAR candidate for governor in 2018, and explains the importance of that percentage threshold.

It’s a historic time for the Libertarian Party in Oklahoma, because its newfound recognition as a political party by the state government means that Libertarian candidates will appear on the ballot as Libertarians for the first time since 2000, and the Oklahoma...

Pete Rohrman, the New Jersey Libertarian Party 2017 candidate for governor, has ambitious but realistic goals for reforming government in the Garden State, including cutting government spending by 10 percent and legalizing marijuana. A July 26 interview with FiOS1...

CNN interviewed Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark at FreedomFest last week in Las Vegas, Nevada. From their coverage published on July 25: "If there's one person relishing Washington's Trump-era dysfunction, it's Libertarian Party Chairman Nicholas...

On July 21, the Washington Post reported on Libertarian candidate Cliff Hyra’s campaign for governor of Virginia. From the article: "Cliff Hyra will be on the ballot in November but won’t be on the stage Saturday [July 22] when his two rivals in the Virginia...

The Libertarian Party is again participating in FreedomFest, the annual "trade show for liberty," taking place July 19 – 22 at the Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark, Executive Director Wes Benedict, and...

The Libertarian National Committee (LNC) is seeking applicants to serve on the Credentials Committee for the June 30–July 3, 2018, national convention in New Orleans, Louisiana. The LNC expects to make the appointments during its Aug. 19–20, 2017, meeting so as to...

On July 16, The Conservative Nut published this article, citing several of the Libertarian Party's state-level elected officials: by Luke Poteat There are around 7,000 seats in the upper and lower houses of all the state governments in America, and of those, four are...