June 3, 2026
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Gary Johnson was the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate from New Mexico this year, and he polled 15.38%. It is clear that the Johnson Senate campaign also boosted the vote totals for other New Mexico Libertarian candidates in 2018.…
On December 14, the Maine Secretary of State converted all 5,500 registered Libertarians to registered independents. The Maine Secretary of State had been told that the party intends to file a lawsuit soon, arguing that it is unconstitutional for states to automatically change voter registration just because the party goes off the ballot.…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXb6RKITpL8
Celebrating the Libertarian Party’s 47th Birthday by kicking off round one of the Libertarian 2020 Presidential Debates. December 11, 2008…
Posted at LP.org:
Happy birthday to the Bill of Rights! These 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution were ratified by the states on Dec. 15, 1791.…
The Green Party of New York announced its 2019 Legislative Agenda on December 13 in a press conference held Legislative Office Building in Albany, NY.
Speakers included Mark Dunlea, recent candidate for Comptroller on the Green Party line, CJ Chapman, local health care organizer and activist and Peter LaVenia, co-chair of the Green Party of New York.…
The Working Families Party received its lowest share of the vote in gubernatorial elections last month since 1998. In Connecticut, where it has only been participating in gubernatorial elections starting in 2010, it was outpolled by the Independent Party, and so drops to fourth line on the ballot.…
Matt Welch at reason.com via George Dance at GD’s Political Animal:
December 12, 2018 – “Last Friday, after a lengthy ballot count, Libertarian Jeff Hewitt was declared the winner of one of five officially nonpartisan seats on the Riverside County Board of Supervisors, giving him one of the largest constituent bases of any elected Libertarian in the party’s 47-year history.…
Posted at LP.org:
Libertarian Ryan Cooper of Legalize Richland appearing in an interview with the Tri-City Herald at the Richland, Wash. city hall in Nov. 2018
A Libertarian Party (LP) affiliate may soon be able to take credit for legalization of retail recreational cannabis shops in the city of Richland, Wash.…
