July 3, 2026
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Early Friday afternoon, the official Twitter account of the Libertarian Party was compromised by a private individual who has since changed its name and bio.
The username of the Libertarian Party’s Twitter account now reads “Tyler Hobbs,” the presumed individual responsible for compromising the Twitter account.…
The Libertarian National Committee met on October 2, 2022. This column is now the live blog of that meeting, except for the parts of the meeting that were held in secret. …
Originally posted on Jake Porter’s Substack.
The Libertarian National Committee’s “August End-Of-Month Financial Reports” provides the following information:
Expense Analysis
Expenses were exactly where we would have expected them to be, except for an additional $15K in to assist in a Ballot Access court challenge in NY, and $9K in candidate support to assist two candidates who were challenging sore loser laws in PA.
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We have a notice from the Secretary of the Libertarian National Committee that the LNC will meet. As usual, we will attempt to live blog it.…
The Progressive and Pacific Green Parties candidate recently withdrew from the Oregon gubernatorial election, throwing support behind another fusion candidate in an already contentious race.
Nathalie Paravicini, who previously ran for Oregon Secretary of State as the Oregon Progressive and Pacific Green Parties candidate in the 2020 cycle, will not contest this year’s gubernatorial election.…
Two Libertarian candidates in New Hampshire organized successful write-in campaigns to win county positions on last Tuesday’s Democratic primary ballot.
Nicholas Sarwark and Richard Manzo, who already met the requirements to appear as Libertarian candidates in the Hillsborough County Attorney and Treasurer elections before last Tuesday’s primary election, will now also appear on the ballot as the official Democratic nominees.…
New Hampshire voters will see two Libertarian choices for Governor on the November general election ballot.
Kelly Halldorson and Dr. Karlyn Borysenko have met the requirements to appear on the ballot under the Libertarian line.…
A recent poll of likely Massachusetts midterm voters shows strong support for Libertarian and Green-Rainbow candidates in the state’s November general election.
A Suffolk University/Boston Globe/NBC10 Boston/Telemundo poll conducted in September shows almost every third party candidate for statewide office earning over three percent of the vote, which is the amount of support required to secure major party status.…
The Virginia Mercury, a media outlet in the state, has recently explored the events surrounding the Libertarian Party of Virginia’s dissolution.
Writing in the Mercury, Graham Moomaw spoke with former chair Holly Ward and discussed at length the local Libertarian response to the recent dissolution vote.…
