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HOUSTON — Today on www.NealDikeman.com the Neal Dikeman for Senate campaign released the full text of the previously reported complaint to the Federal Election Commission (“FEC”) against CNN, a division of Turner Broadcasting, and Beto for Texas, the principal campaign committee of the Democratic Nominee for US Senate in Texas. If enforced at the fair […]

Elinor Swanson, the Libertarian candidate for U.S. House in Montana, participated in a debate held by the Montana Television Network on September 30. Also debating were incumbent Republican Greg Gianforte and Democrat Kathleen Williams. Moderator Tim McGonigal had the candidates explain their positions on gun control, tax cuts and deficit spending, health care, the media, […]

Jeff Caldwell The Emporia Gazette ran a feature story on Libertarian Jeff Caldwell’s bid for governor of Kansas. Here, we excerpt from the article, “Caldwell favors legal cannabis, small government,” by Lydia Kautz (July 17, 2018): Libertarian candidate for Governor Jeff Caldwell grew up in the Kansas City area and has spent almost his entire […]

Three notable Libertarian candidates will be speaking at the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin on Sept. 28. The Texas Libertarian Party’s gubernatorial candidate, Mark Tippetts, the Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate in Indiana, Lucy Brenton, and Libertarian National Committee Chair Nicholas Sarwark, who is running for mayor of Phoenix, Arizona, will be participating in a […]

For the first time since 1998, the Connecticut Libertarian Party (LPCT) will have a candidate for governor on the ballot this November, as they were notified that their petition effort for Rod Hanscomb was successful. In addition, candidates for all statewide offices were included on the petition, and the party can run candidates for each […]

By Shane Cory, former LNC executive director, 2005–2008 On Sept. 5, Stephen Gordon, lifetime member of the Libertarian Party, passed away unexpectedly at the age of 56. Including ballot access petitioners, managers and communications experts, the number of skilled professional Libertarians who make a career out of our shared passion for liberty is a very […]

Larry Sharpe and five other Libertarian Party (LP) candidates from New York will appear on the ballot this November, as the period to challenge their petitions has passed without interruption. From the press release issued by LP New York on September 5: Libertarian Party of New York Chairman Jim Rosenbeck announced today that despite two […]

A recount for the second congressional district’s top-two primary race in Washington state confirms that Libertarian candidate Brian Luke has finished second, and will appear on the November general election ballot against incumbent Democrat Rick Larsen. This is the first time in any top-two election nationwide in which an alternative party’s candidate has advanced to […]

For the first time in party history, the number of Nevadans registered to vote as Libertarians exceeds 1 percent of the state’s total voter registration. Therefore, the Libertarian Party (LP) of Nevada will retain ballot access as long as it maintains its share of at least 1 percent of the registered voters, in which case […]

The August 2018 issue of LP News is now ready to view on our website. Inside, you can read coverage of the 2018 Libertarian National Convention in New Orleans, ballot access victories in Illinois and Ohio, the strengthened open-borders plank and the new sex worker plank of the Libertarian Party platform, LP award recipients, Ron […]

Gov. Gary Johnson is the 2018 Libertarian Party candidate for U.S. Senate in New Mexico, where he previously served two terms as governor. Johnson was also the Libertarian Party candidate for president in 2012 and 2016. Sen. Rand Paul (R–Ky.) has endorsed Libertarian Gov. Gary Johnson for the U.S. Senate in New Mexico, despite the […]

The Libertarian Party of Ohio is running 22 candidates statewide in this November’s election, following the state’s restoring last month of their status as a party. WOSU 89.7 FM radio, the NPR affiliate in Columbus, reported on the party’s selection of the candidates, led by Travis Irvine, running for governor, and Todd Grayson, running for […]