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From NBC News on May 19: “Favored Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson has agreed to join forces with former Massachusetts Governor William Weld for the Libertarian Party's nomination. Weld will run for the party’s vice presidential slot, possibly...

Libertarian National Committee chair Nicholas Sarwark was quoted in an article entitled America’s Conservative Political Crisis at TheAtlantic.com on May 13. “Nicholas Sarwark, the chairman of the Libertarian Party, one of the most well-known U.S. third parties, is...

The Arkansas Libertarian Party was featured in an article on the Talk Business & Politics website on May 11. “In the last two election cycles, one political party in Arkansas has fielded a full slate of candidates to challenge the Republicans for state and federal...

Libertarian National Committee chair Nicholas Sarwark was briefly interviewed in Truthout online on May 15. “Nicholas Sarwark, the chairman of the Libertarian Party, which supports some of the same political ideas that propelled Ron Paul’s fiery campaign in 2012, said...

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CNBC published an article on May 6 discussing ten possible alternatives to Donald Trump, including candidate for the 2016 Libertarian Party presidential nomination Gary Johnson. “The Libertarian Party nominee is so far the only candidate other than Trump and Clinton...

The Washington Post published an article on May 13 about the race for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination. The article featured presidential candidates Gary Johnson, John McAfee, and Austin Petersen. “As the Libertarian Party faces perhaps the biggest...

Penn Jillette will be hosting the Nevada Libertarian Party presidential debate on Monday, May 16 from 12:00 to 2:00 P.M. PDT. Participating in the debate will be Gary Johnson, John McAfee, and Austin Petersen. Click here for full details.

Krista Kafer Click here to hear Krista Kafer, radio host for 710 KNUS in Denver, Colorado, counter her co-host, Steve Kelly, as she explains why she left the GOP for the Libertarian Party. Her announcement was also covered on Colorado Public Radio. Kafer is a...

Austin Petersen Austin Petersen, a candidate for the 2016 Libertarian Party presidential nomination, was interviewed at Breitbart on May 11. “In his own words, Petersen’s politics can best be summed up by the phrase: ‘I believe in a world where gay married...

LNC chair Nicholas Sarwark was interviewed on May 12 by Slate magazine online: “With the selection of Donald Trump as the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee, a lot of disgruntled anti-Trump conservatives have been looking for a new place to call home. Some people...

New Jersey LP chair Patrick McKnight was interviewed on WCAU-TV channel 10, the NBC affiliate in Philadelphia, PA, on May 11. Click here to watch the news story.

RT America will host a live TV debate for 2016 Libertarian presidential candidates on Thursday, May 12 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm ET. LP candidates Darryl Perry, Austin Petersen, and Marc Allan Feldman will participate in the debate. Click here for more...

The Libertarian Party is committed to getting our presidential / vice presidential ticket on the ballot in all 50 states, plus D.C., this election year. To get ballot access, the LP has petition drives going in a number of states in the next few...

The New York Libertarian Party hosted a Presidential candidate debate at their state convention on April 30. Participating in the debate were Gary Johnson, John McAfee, Darryl Perry, and Austin Petersen. Click here to view the debate.

The Atlantic ran an article about the Libertarian Party on May 9: “To the uninitiated, which is to say, most everyone, the Libertarian Party has been a political nonentity. Sure, voters might know a few of the top-line principles—limited government, limited economic...

Candidate for the 2016 Libertarian Party presidential nomination Gary Johnson was interviewed on the ABC Sunday news show “This Week with George Stephanopolous” on May 8. “Donald Trump’s new status as the presumptive Republican nominee has some ‘Never Trump’...

From The Daily Caller on May 4: “The Libertarian Party has experienced massive growth in both membership and donors over the past year as it heads into a presidential election hoping to get record support. “Is it the perfect situation for the third-party? ‘In many...

Below is a schedule of Libertarian state conventions in 2016. Click on the state to get more information. Not all states have conventions every year. Many states have not scheduled their conventions yet. Updates will be posted as they become available. Arkansas held a...

Below is a schedule of Libertarian state conventions in 2016. Click on the state to get more information. Not all states have conventions every year. Many states have not scheduled their conventions yet. Updates will be posted as they become available. Arkansas held a...

The May 2016 issue of LP News is now available online. Click here to read about Libertarian campaigns, our upcoming presidential nominating convention, national and affiliate party news, ballot access updates, and more.

The Governor of Oklahoma signed bill SB 896 on May 5, which lowered the vote threshold for a party to retain ballot access from 10% for the party's top-of-the-ticket candidate to 2.5%. This bill takes effect immediately, so if the 2016 Libertarian Party...

From the Washington Examiner on May 4: "In the hours after the polls closed in Indiana and it was announced that businessman Donald Trump had won the Republican presidential primary — thereby ending Texas Sen. Ted Cruz's campaign — the Libertarian Party saw a doubling...

Kansas Libertarian Party chair Rob Hodgkinson and candidate for the 2016 Libertarian Party Presidential nomination Mike Shannon were interviewed on the Straight Talk with DC Hannah show on KINA-AM 910 in Salina, Kansas on April 29. Click here to listen to the...

From Reason Magazine online on May 4: "Donald Trump crushed it in the Indiana GOP primary last night, winning more than 50 percent of the vote and causing Ted Cruz to drop out. Although John Kasich is still in the race, he has only won one state so far while Trump is...

There will be a debate tonight, Wednesday, May 4, among the candidates running for chair of the Libertarian National Committee. The debate is being hosted by the 1787 Network and Liberty Underground show, and will take place from 9 pm to 11 pm...

Lily Williams A group of Colorado Springs Republicans endorsed Lily Tang Williams, the Libertarian candidate running in Colorado’s U.S. Senate race on April 27. “It doesn’t matter what the political party is. It matters that the person stands for self-governance,...