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Dan Fishman,announced senatorial candidatein Massachusetts Libertarian candidate Dan Fishman has announced his candidacy to fill the recently vacated seat of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry, who was recently appointed as secretary of state. LP candidates have historically netted some of the party’s highest vote totals in races for an open seat, where no competitor possesses the […]

Part of a series highlighting significant stories from the 2012 election Tim Menger,2012 candidate for CO House Tim Menger won an impressive 41 percent (13,951 votes) in his race for Colorado’s 54th House district — with a little help from Republicans, who can’t seem to keep their records clean. The incumbent, Republican Laura Bradford, was […]

Throughout its 41-year history, the Libertarian Party has benefited from the hard work and tireless activism of members throughout the country — people who have invested their time and resources in running candidates to advance liberty at every level of government. LP News, the national party’s publication of record, has been there to celebrate its […]

Adrian Wyllie,Florida LP Chairand candidate for governor With the 2012 election behind us, candidates have begun preparing for races in 2014. One of the earliest Libertarian Party candidates to declare is Adrian Wyllie, chair of the Florida LP, who announced earlier this month that he would run for governor. He plans to distinguish his campaign […]

Part of a series highlighting significant stories from the 2012 election Jeremy Walters,2012 candidate for SC House Libertarian Jeremy Walters was in the unique position of being the only partisan candidate on the ballot for a state House seat. On a small budget, he ran a spirited race but fell short of winning by just […]

Part of a series highlighting significant stories from the 2012 election Mike Fellows, Montana LP Chair In the 2012 election, Mike Fellows of Montana became the first Libertarian in national LP history to crack the 40 percent barrier in a partisan statewide race. He won 185,419 votes, or 43 percent, and carried 27 of the […]

Warren SeverinArizona LP State Chair In a major strategic victory for the Libertarian Party, Arizona voters soundly rejected the state’s Prop 121 initiative, which would have excluded all but the top two vote-getters of the primary elections from the general election. Similar initiatives that passed in prior election years in Washington, Louisiana, and California have […]

Several Libertarian campaigns for U.S. House had a high impact this election. Dan Fishman in the Massachusetts Sixth Congressional District won 16,668 votes, over four times more than the 3,650-vote margin of victory between Republican Richard Tisei (175,953 votes) and Democrat incumbent John Tierney (179,603 votes). When asked by popular Boston radio host, Howie Carr, […]

Bruce Majors, the Libertarian Party candidate for Delegate to the US House of Representatives, won ballot access for the LP in Washington D.C. for the first time in the party’s history. Majors won 14,259 votes, nearly double the 7,500 needed for ballot access. He finished second behind entrenched incumbent Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton, and easily […]

Libertarian-leaning voters have more than just candidates to vote for this election. Ballot measures will appear on 38 statewide ballots this year, allowing voters to directly determine government policy. Here’s how voters who want less government may choose to vote. Note that these are merely one set of opinions, not officially-endorsed positions of the Libertarian […]

Libertarian-leaning voters have more than just candidates to vote for this election. Ballot measures will appear on 38 statewide ballots this year, allowing voters to directly determine government policy. Here’s how voters who want less government may choose to vote. Note that these are merely one set of opinions, not officially-endorsed positions of the Libertarian […]

This Time Magazine showcases Libertarian for President, Governor Gary Johnson:  Who Is Gary Johnson?