The North Carolina Libertarian Party will have 18 candidates on the 2016 general election ballot. The filing period closed December 21.
The LPNC will have three statewide candidates, one US House candidate, 12 candidates running for the state legislature, and two running for county commission.
“We must garner 2% of the vote in the Gubernatorial or Presidential race to maintain ballot access”, said LPNC chair J. J. Summerell.
“Beyond 2016 we are looking closely at NC House and Senate districts which are potentially winnable in 2018 or 2020. Interesting times for the LPNC…”
Click here to view the list of candidates on the LPNC website.
Filing for the 2016 North Carolina primary closed on December 21. Here is a link to the North Carolina Board of Elections web page, showing the list of candidates. North Carolina has 120 State House seats. In 63 of them, either no Republican filed, or no Democrat filed.
For State Senate, in the 50 districts, there will be no Republican-Democratic contest in 17 districts.
The only other party on the ballot, the Libertarian Party, has candidates in six State Senate districts and six State House districts.
At the normal time, in November.
When in 2016 are these state elections?