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Austin Petersen, a candidate for the 2016 Libertarian Party presidential nomination, was interviewed on the Rich Zeoli show on WPHT-AM 1210 in Philadelphia on April 28. WPHT-AM is a CBS affiliate. "Austin Petersen, the Libertarian candidate for President, attempted to...

Salina.com, the online version of the Salina Journal, a Kansas daily newspaper, covered the Kansas Libertarian Party convention on April 30. Their coverage featured Mike Shannon (candidate for the LP Presidential nomination), Mark Rutherford (candidate for LNC Chair...

Gary Johnson, a candidate for the 2016 Libertarian Party Presidential nomination, was interviewed on May 1 by Newsday, a daily newspaper which serves Long Island, New York, and has the 11th highest circulation for daily papers in the country. "There’s been a lot...

Dr. James Lark Dr. James Lark will be delivering a keynote address at the second party congress of Liberalistene, the Norwegian Libertarian Party on Saturday, April 30. A press release about the event in Norwegian, followed by an English translation, is...

Gary Johnson, a candidate for the Libertarian Party 2016 Presidential nomination, was interviewed on the show Democracy Now, which is syndicated by Pacifica Radio, on April 27. Click here to watch the interview.

This article was originally published in the Sept. 2015 issue of LP News (page 11). Alive Free Happy founders Jason Wu (left) and Boomer Shannon (middle, back) work the crowd at the Palos Verdes Estates street fair in Los Angeles County. Jason Wu and Matthew “Boomer”...

A federal judge has ruled against the Libertarian Party in Maine in a case that centered on the party’s argument that the path to a new political party in Maine is unconstitutionally difficult. An attorney for the Libertarians said the court misunderstood what...

Gary Johnson, a candidate for the 2016 Libertarian Party presidential nomination, was interviewed by RT on April 24. “Most Americans are libertarians, which means fiscally conservative and socially liberal, but they don't realize there is a party that represents that...

From the Washington Times on April 22: “Wes Benedict, [Executive Director] of the national Libertarian Party, is reminding the politically minded that they can still declare their intent to run for office in 35 states. Filing deadlines for the formal paperwork have...

The New Orleans, Louisiana LP chapter was featured in an article on April 19 in the Mid-City Messenger, an online New Orleans newspaper. "The New Orleans chapter of the Libertarian party applauded the recent forward movement of two bills in the state Senate that would...

This article was originally published in the Sept. 2015 issue of LP News (page 7). A SWAT team deployed on the streets of Ferguson, Mo.  Photo by Jamelle Bouie. (License: CC BY 2.0) In Lebanon, Tennessee, 61-year-old John Adams was watching television with his...

MinnPost, an online nonprofit newspaper in Minnesota, ran an interview on April 18 with Gary Johnson, a candidate for the 2016 LP Presidential nomination. "Gary Johnson, former Republican governor of New Mexico, was once a golden boy of the Republican party....

The Oklahoma Libertarian Party, on the ballot for the first time since 2000, has 17 candidates running for office, which includes two candidates for U.S. Senator, two for the U.S. House of Representatives, and 13 for the state legislature. This is the highest...

Tricia Weathers Tricia Weathers was elected to the Box Elder, South Dakota city council on April 12. She received 76 votes. Her competitor, Al Levine, obtained 56 votes. Ms Weathers had been appointed to the seat last fall after the position was vacated. The election...

Nicholas Sarwark Libertarian National Committee chair Nicholas Sarwark gave the keynote speech at an event on free markets organized by Liberty America, on April 8 in Atlanta, Georgia. Click here to watch the video of the speech.

From USA Today on April 11: “While one major presidential candidate waffles on the possibility of a third-party run, another established White House hopeful is prepping for the kind of outsider campaign that at least one poll expert believes could be viable in 2016....

In the April 7 issue of the Los Angeles Daily News, the headline, “It’s high time to let the Libertarian presidential candidate debate” appeared. Its author, columnist Susan Shelley, wrote: “When Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson filed a lawsuit...

"Polls and press coverage reveal that Americans have a real hankering for a third party as the presidential election season drags on. The Libertarian Party is happy to fill the bill; the national organization has revamped its website and voter outreach and will stage...

Marty Riske Marty Riske, the North Dakota LP candidate for Governor and former LPND chair, was interviewed on April 7 by the Bismarck Tribune, the largest daily newspaper in the state. “As governor, I would work to drastically shrink government and the spending that...

John Stossel, host of the Fox Business Network (FBN) show, "Stossel," said of the Libertarian presidential candidates appearing in two debates on his show, the first of which aired on April 1: “They want to expand individual freedom. The Republicans and Democrats...

Candidate for the 2016 LP presidential nomination Gary Johnson was interviewed by the New York Times, for the second time in 15 days. "As desperate chatter about third-party and independent presidential bids grows louder, Gary Johnson, a former governor of New...

LNC chair Nicholas Sarwark will be the keynote speaker at a panel discussion on the free market economy this Friday, April 8 at 7 pm at the Briercliff Baptist Church, 3039 Briarcliff Rd NE in Atlanta, GA. The forum is being sponsored by the group...

"The Libertarian Party already is on track to be on every state ballot this fall. Party chairman Nicholas Sarwark, 36, whose family owns an independent car dealership in Phoenix, says more than one of this year's presidential contenders have been in touch to express...

Tricia Weathers April 12 may be the first time a Libertarian in South Dakota has ever been elected to office. Tricia Weathers is running for the Box Elder City Council. Box Elder is a city of approximately 9,300 people in the western part of the state, east of Rapid...

The following awards will be presented during the 2016 National LP Convention in Orlando, Florida. THOMAS JEFFERSON Leadership Award - will be presented to the LP member whose achievements merit our recognition of outstanding leadership, high character, and...

"Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the likely presidential nominees of America’s two major political parties, would be among the best-known and most-disliked candidates in history. What better time for the Libertarian Party (LP), the only third party that will be on...

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The John Kasich for president campaign accused Ted Cruz of practicing “dirty pool and dirty politics” — an apt description of what Kasich did when he used the power of his governor’s office to knock Libertarian challenger Charlie Earl off the...

John Stossel "Trump! Clinton! Is that all there is? No. Fortunately, we have other choices. "A recent poll shows that if the election were held today, 11 percent of Americans would vote for a Libertarian, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson. That's surprising,...