NEWS ARTICLES

Caleb Dyer, one of three Libertarian elected officials in the New Hampshire legislature, was recently featured in Planet Forward on the issue of the environment. New Hampshire State Rep. Caleb Q. Dyer is the leader of the state's libertarian caucus. Before becoming a...

Joe Buchman, the Libertarian Party candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Utah's third district, debated four other challengers on July 11. A special election is being held on Nov. 7 to replace Jason Chaffetz (R), who resigned his seat effective June 30....

Steve McCluskey, a member of the Mississippi Libertarian Party, was elected mayor of the town of McLain on June 6. Mr. McCluskey won the three-way race with 52 percent of the vote, defeating the incumbent mayor. He is the first Mississippi Libertarian to be elected to...

A U.S. district court in Arizona has upheld that state’s prohibitive petition-signature requirement for the Libertarian Party’s access to primary election ballots. From an article in the Arizona Daily Sun: A federal judge has rebuffed a bid by the Libertarian Party to...

The world is transforming more rapidly every year, and Liberty International has spent nearly five decades bringing together a worldwide community of libertarians dedicated to fostering the ideas of a free society. This year’s Liberty International World Conference,...

The Arkansas Libertarian Party (LPAR) has qualified for the 2018 elections, as the Secretary of State approved their petitions on July 7. This makes the fourth straight general election cycle in which the LPAR has successfully gotten onto the ballot as a party, going...

IVN reported this week on lawmakers' conversions to the LP, including an interview with Libertarian state senator Laura Ebke (Neb.). From the July 5 article: Getting elected as a third-party candidate is no easy feat in the United States. In fact, the deck is so...

Libertarian National Committee chair Nicholas Sarwark was interviewed recently by Planet Forward (at GWU) for a July 5 article about the US removing itself from the Paris Climate Accord. From the article: When asked about the removal, Libertarian chairman Sarwark did...

Mark West, a former LP candidate for the U.S. House, will be running for governor of Arkansas in 2018, according to Arkansas Online, the digital edition of the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the state’s largest daily newspaper. From the article: “West said he is running...

Cliff Hyra, the 2017 Virginia Libertarian Party candidate for governor, will appear on the ballot this November. The Virginia Department of Elections has confirmed that the campaign had submitted more than 10,000 valid signatures from registered voters, with at least...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2017 CONCORD, N.H. - Rep. Brandon Phinney (Strafford 24), formerly a member of the Republican Party, announced today on the State House steps he is changing his party affiliation to Libertarian. For the third time this year, a sitting...

The Maine Libertarian Party is now recognized by the state, as bill LD 1571 became law last week. To get on the 2016 ballot, the party needed to have at least 5,000 registered voters by December 2015, which it accomplished. Under the old law, however, the party needed...

In response to a growing partisan divide, civic engagement platform icitizen conducted a poll on how interested U.S. adults would be in a third party as a viable alternative to the two-party system. Highlights include: 70 percent of Americans believe the two major...

Glenwood City (Iowa) Councilman Jeremy Rodman switched his voter registration to the Libertarian Party on June 12. Rodman, who serves in Ward 1 and is a former Republican, was elected to the position in November 2015, and his term started in January 2016. The term of...

A banner promoting Gary St. Fleur for Mayor deployed in Scranton, Pa. Gary St. Fleur, chair of the Lackawanna County LP, who has been working to bring runaway taxes, spending, and high debt under control in Scranton, Pennsylvania, is now running for mayor on the...

Joe Buchman, who is running for the special election in November for the US House of Representatives third district in Utah, was interviewed on the Doug Wright show on KSL, the main news station in Salt Lake City. Click here to listen to the interview. Joe Buchman's...

The June issue of LP News is ready to view online. Click here to read coverage of election victories, elected officials joining the Libertarian Party, campaign activities, national and affiliate party accomplishments, and more.

The June issue of LP News is ready to view online. Click here to read coverage of election victories, elected officials joining the Libertarian Party, campaign activities, national and affiliate party accomplishments, and more.

Libertarian National Committee Political Director Carla Howell was quoted in a blog post in PJ Media on June 8 regarding a letter sent from several U.S. Senators to Attorney General Jeff Sessions asking him to pare down the practice of civil asset forfeiture. “Carla...

Libertarian National Committee Political Director Carla Howell was quoted in a blog post in PJ Media on June 8 regarding a letter sent from several U.S. Senators to Attorney General Jeff Sessions asking him to pare down the practice of civil asset forfeiture. “Carla...

There will be a meeting of the Libertarian National Committee’s bylaws committee on June 22, starting at 9 P.M. EDT. Please join the bylaws committee for our first hearing of the term.  We are eager to hear your ideas on our bylaws and how they can be improved. Click...

Two New Mexico newspapers, the Los Alamos Daily Post and the Farmington Daily Times, recently ran articles on the creation of new county affiliates for the New Mexico LP. For the first time in party history, the New Mexico LP is recognized as a major party, and will...

In a continuing lawsuit aimed at forcing the FEC to strike prohibitive criteria for debate inclusion imposed by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), Level the Playing Field (LPF) blasted the FEC when it filed for injunctive relief on May 26. The Libertarian...

On June 1, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 25, which repeals the straight-ticket device. The legislature passed the bill on May 20. Straight-ticket ballots list the officially qualified parties at the top, usually just “Democrat” and “Republican.” Voters can...

Noted Libertarian civil rights activist Gregory Creswell will be running, unopposed, in  Michigan LP’s first-ever primary election on August 8. He is running in a special election for state rep in the first district, which includes part of Detroit, and will be the...

Libertarian Michelle Darnell, chair of the King County LP, is running in a special election for Washington state senate, District 48. The winner will determine control of the Washington senate, which is currently split between Democrats and Republicans. Darnell is...