NEWS ARTICLES

From the Colorado Independent on May 30: “They came in a U-Haul. “Colorado, the birthplace of the national Libertarian Party, is now something else: host of the party’s trove of physical archives since its founding in 1971 in Colorado Springs. “Or was the party...

Libertarian National Committee chair Nicholas Sarwark was interviewed for Salon magazine on May 29. Click here to watch the interview, with a discussion of the war on drugs.

Libertarian Casey Carlisle, candidate for mayor of Seattle, was interviewed on the Todd Herman radio show on KTTH 770AM. Carlisle is running for mayor of Seattle to simplify the business license tax, do away with the other taxes, and get rid of occupational licensing....

Location: The Executive Court Banquet Facility (near the Manchester Airport) 1199 South Mammoth Road Manchester, New Hampshire 03109 Features: Lunch Keynote Speaker - Larry Sharpe Dinner Keynote Speaker - Angela Keaton Michael Pickens will give an all-day candidate...

Victor Kocher will be on the ballot as the South Carolina Libertarian Party candidate for the June 20 special election to fill the U.S. House seat vacancy. The seat, the U.S. House of Representatives fifth district, was held by Republican Mike Mulvaney, until he...

Aaron Starr, who lost a close race for the Oxnard City Council last November but won a ballot measure to overturn the city's wastewater rate hike, was interviewed on KEYT-TV, the local ABC affiliate. He explains his reasons for planning to recall elected city council...

[UPDATE: POSITION FILLED. NO MORE APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED] The Libertarian Party is seeking a Candidate Support Specialist who will help recruit a record number of Libertarian Party candidates nationwide for the 2018 election cycle. You will help all candidates...

The Libertarian Party is seeking a Press Secretary who shares our love of liberty and will help the Libertarian Party succeed as a vehicle for implementing libertarian policies. Job Description: The Press Secretary monitors breaking news and prepares responses from a...

Iowa Governor Terry Brandstad signed bill H.F. 516, which eliminated the straight-ticket device, on May 5. Straight-ticket ballots list the officially qualified parties at the top, usually just “Democrat” and “Republican.” Voters can check an adjacent box to cast a...

Libertarian National Committee chair Nicholas Sarwark was interviewed by Glenn Beck on two of his shows on May 11. Click here to listen to the interview on the radio show, “The Glenn Beck Program.” Click here to watch a clip from that radio interview on how to solve...

Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark will be interviewed this Thursday on Glenn Beck's radio and TV programs. The radio program is called "The Glenn Beck Program" and will air from 9 AM to Noon ET on Thursday. For a list of broadcasting radio stations...

Joseph Stallcop, a state representative from Cheshire County, N.H., district four, switched from the Democratic Party to the Libertarian Party (LP) on May 10. He is the second New Hampshire legislator to switch to the Libertarian Party. Caleb Dyer of Pelham switched...

Ballot access in South Dakota, which had been one of the toughest in the nation, was made easier, as Governor Daugaard signed bill HB 1034 on March 13 to allow political parties to retain party status with any statewide office candidate getting at least 2.5% in a...

After receiving the Libertarian Party’s nomination for Governor of Virginia on Saturday, May 6, Mechanicsville lawyer and business owner Cliff Hyra said in an interview with Bearing Drift that he predicts “Virginia will legalize marijuana before it privatizes the...

Thank you for taking the time to explain your reasons for your vote on TrumpCare, and for being one of the few congressmen who communicates directly with his constituents. Although we are from different parties, I have often presented you as an example of a member of...

On May 4, 2017, the Libertarian Party lost one of its true luminaries, and I lost a friend. Roger Lee Wrights passed away after leading a full life devoted to liberty and peace for all people. I got to know Lee through his service on the LNC at various points between...

It is now easier for a party in Nebraska to retain ballot access, because a party that has at least 10,000 recognized voters will be a recognized party. Although Governor Pete Ricketts didn't sign the bill, he let it go into effect. The bill had been introduced by...

From a press release issued by the LP of Kansas on May 2, 2017: "The Libertarian Party of Kansas’ Executive Committee embodies the political middle ground the party has claimed for years, following last weekend’s State Convention in Mission, Kansas. "Party leadership...

Caryn Ann Harlos, the Libertarian National Committee region one representative, spoke at the LP of Washington convention on April 22, 2017 on the 1974 LP Statement of Principles. Click here to watch the video.

Recently, you suggested that Libertarianism is a dangerous ideology. I believe that if you take a moment to learn more about what Libertarians stand for, you may reconsider. Rising ideologies have often been challenged as dangerous. Democracy was. So were women's...

On Saturday, April 29, Libertarian Edward F. Zielinski was reelected to his seat on the Elsmere Town Council representing the 4th District. He won 46 votes; his opponent, Andrew B. Favreau, won 16 votes. Zielinski had changed his registration from Republican to...

Mariner Durant, the Libertarian candidate for Mayor in Meridian, Mississippi this November, was recently interviewed on WTOK-TV, the local ABC affiliate. Click here to watch the interview. He also was interviewed on Fox 30. Click here to watch.   Durant’s...

Mariner Durant, the Libertarian candidate for Mayor in Meridian, Mississippi this November, was recently interviewed on WTOK-TV, the local ABC affiliate. Click here to watch the interview. He also was interviewed on Fox 30. Click here to watch.   Durant’s...

Wayne Harlos, the Colorado Libertarian Party chair, was interview on the show "Next" on KUSA channel 9, the NBC television affiliate in Denver, Colorado, on April 12. Click here to watch the interview.

The town of Frostproof, located in Polk County, Florida, now has two elected Libertarian officials, as Austin Gravley was elected to the city council on April 4. Even though the election was nonpartisan, Gravley switched his voter registration to Libertarian the day...

EpiPen is basically early 1900s technology. It’s a syringe containing adrenaline, attached to a spring. During the last couple of years, the price has increased from $100 per device to $600. Even though production cost has gone down to $10 per device, the price has...

The April issue of LP News is ready to view online. Click here to read coverage of elected officials joining the Libertarian Party, court victories, campaign activities, our 2016 annual report, national and affiliate party accomplishments, and more.

Don’t make your message small enough to fit inside the cult of the omnipotent state. Don’t make your message small enough to be squashed or ignored. What do we want? To replace government schools with true free market education, so that families can discover education...

Ed Zielinski, who switched from the Republican to the Libertarian Party last year, is running for reelection to the Elsmere, Delaware Town Council. The election will take place on Saturday, April 29. Zielinski has fought against all tax increases brought up by the...