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Marshall Burt was elected to the Wyoming house 39th district seat, defeating Democrat incumbent Stan Blake 1,696 to 1,420. This is only the fifth time in Libertarian Party history a candidate running only on the LP label has been elected to a state legislature, and the first time in 20 years. Bethany Baldes, who lost […]

★ Starred = Winner Note: These results are neither certified as final nor official. We apologize for any typographical, transpositional or mathematical errors that are nearly inevitable in a list of more than 500 races. Alabama Frank Dillman, Macon Co. Comm. Chair, 14.0%, 2-Way Alaska Scott Kohlhaas, State House 16, 7.9%, 3-Way Carolyn Clift, State […]

The Libertarian Party did not have a good night for ballot access this election, as it is now on the ballot in 30 states plus DC for the 2022 election. The LP was on in 37 states plus DC after the 2016 election, and 31 states plus DC after 2018. Significantly, the party lost ballot […]

Welcome to the Libertarian Party Live Blog of election 2020.  We will be posting election updates as we know them here, so keep coming back for more news. November 04, 2020 12:00pm (EST): In Kansas, James Doyle has been elected to the Belleville City Council. 11:15am (EST): In California, Wendy Hewitt has been elected to […]

From the Casper Star-Tribune on October 24, 2020: Wyoming, like the rest of the country, has a two-party problem. Despite the libertarian streak running through the state’s strong, conservative tradition, Wyoming has never elected a third-party candidate to the Statehouse, never nominated a non-Republican or Democrat to its two seats in Congress, and never boosted […]

Libertarian presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen was interviewed by Neil Cavuto on the Your World show on the Fox  News channel on October 22, 2020: The current political system is designed to squelch truly independent voices, Libertarian Party presidential nominee Jo Jorgensen argued on “Your World” Thursday ahead of the second debate between President Trump and Joe Biden. “We keep […]

Indiana Libertarian Party candidate for Governor Donald Rainwater, who has been polling as high as 24%, participated in a debate with incumbent Republican Eric Holcomb and Democratic challenger Woody Myers, held by the Indiana Debate Commission and broadcast on WFYI-TV on October 20, 2020. Topics discussed included education, taxation and spending, the virus, mask mandates, […]

From the Capital Journal in Pierre, South Dakota, on October 5, 2020: “First-term U.S. Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-S.D., faces a challenge from Libertarian Party candidate Randy ‘Uriah’ Luallin in the Nov. 3 general election. “No Democrat filed for the position this year. “South Dakota has only one seat in the U.S. House, which Gov. Kristi […]

Thomas Quiter, candidate for the New York assembly in district 52 in a one-on-one race with the Republican incumbent, was recently interviewed by the Binghamton, New York ABC television affiliate WIVT, channel 34: A new candidate has thrown his hat into the ring for a seat in the New York State Senate. Thomas Quiter , […]

From the St. George News on October 13, 2020: J. Robert Latham, the Libertarian Party candidate for Utah’s 2nd Congressional District, recently spoke with St. George News to discuss various issues, including the proposed Northern Corridor and stimulus packages in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Latham is running against Republican incumbent Rep. Chris Stewart and […]

Ricky Lee Harrington, the Libertarian Party US Senate candidate candidate in Arkansas, is now polling 38% in his two-way race against Republican incumbent Tom Cotton, with 13% undecided, according to a poll done by American Research Group. Click here to read the article at the Arkansas Times. Mr. Harrington will also appear at a debate […]