Press Releases and Party News

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 […]

Libertarian National Committee representative and Riverside County, California Supervisor Jeff Hewitt had the following opinion piece on last week’s presidential debate printed in two of southern California’s largest daily newspapers, the Press-Enterprise and Orange County Register on October 10, 2020: After finally watching the first presidential debate in its entirety, I came to the conclusion […]

The Des Moines Register, the largest newspaper in Iowa, published the following opinion piece by Mike Connor, the chair of the Iowa Libertarian Party, on October 6, 2020: The mainstream media may not publicize it often, but America is fed up. Of course, this comes as no surprise to me. I’ve been hearing it from […]

The Chicago Tribune, the most widely read daily newspaper in Chicago and which has the sixth highest daily circulation in the country, endorsed Illinois Libertarian Party candidate for the 78th state house race Joshua Flynn on October 7, 2020: Rep. Camille Lilly, an Oak Park Democrat, has a formidable resume that includes 10 years in […]