June 2, 2026
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From Ed Krayewski at Reason magazine:
Libertarian presidential front-runner and 2012 nominee Gary Johnson, who was the Republican governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003, appeared on ABC’s This Week with George Stephanopoulos to make a pitch to Americans dissatisfied with Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Republican and Democratic presidential nominees.…
Posted to ABCNews
May 8, 2016
Donald Trump’s new status as the presumptive Republican nominee has some “Never Trump” conservatives calling for a new third party candidate, but Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson says they should consider him as their alternative instead.…
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From South Carolina Libertarian Party here.
On May 7, 2016, the South Carolina Libertarian Party held a straw poll with the members that were present as the last event in its Nomination Convention.…
Austin Petersen today won the Libertarian Party of West Virginia’s presidential straw poll at the party’s state convention in Flatwoods. The win is apparently his first statewide straw poll victory of the 2016 Libertarian nominating cycle.…
From the Libertarian Party of Nevada facebook page:
Governor Johnson’s campaign has just informed the Libertarian Party of Nevada that the Governor has rearranged his schedule and will be participating in the May 16 event in Las Vegas with Penn Jillette.
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Screenshot of John McAfee’s explanation of why he will not participate in a debate with other candidates seeking the LP nomination for President on Russia Today, or other debates planned at the remaining state LP conventions this year.…
Former Campaign Manager for the McAfee campaign, Christopher S. Thrasher, officially endorses Gary Johnson. From Facebook:
What I say tonight may shock many, but after a long, thoughtful deliberation, I have decided to support Gary Johnson.…
From the Reform Party website:
As the primaries of the established parties near an end, the outcome is unsurprising.
On the Democratic side, the Democratic elite rigged the Democratic primary, and forced a result that benefited the one percent.…