June 2, 2026
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Ernest Hancock is a candidate for chair of the Libertarian National Committee. His LNC chair campaign website is at http://ernesthancock.org/.
The top three items on the front page of that website right now are 1) The “Meltup” video seen below, 2) Aphorisms from libertarian author L.…
Posted by Brian Holtz at Libertarian Intelligence, and combined with another post there. Reproduced here for the purpose of discussion. Although Brian also writes for IPR, IPR as a blog/website takes no position on LNC races, 9/11 truth, etc.…
Email from Wayne Root, 2008 Libertarian Party candidate for Vice-President, and a candidate for LP Chair:
LP founder David Nolan recently said he was “curious how the five announced candidates for LNC Chair would score” on a political quiz that Brian Holtz modeled on the LP platform:
I like Nolan’s invitation so much, I’ll double down on it.…
Submitted to IPR by Doctor Tom Stevens from his blog:
http://drtomstevens.blogspot.com/2010/05/hancock-root-face-off-in-debate-for.html
On Monday, May 10, 2010, Ernest Hancock & Wayne Allyn Root appeared at the Ukrainian East Village Restaurant located at 140 2nd Avenue in Manhattan for a meeting co-sponsored by the Manhattan Libertarian Party and the Libertarian Party of Queens County where each candidate for National LP Chair had an opportunity to present their vision for the future of the Libertarian Party.…
John Jay Myers answers former LPNY Chair Eric Sundwall’s questions for candidates for Libertarian National Committee Chair.
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A new video on ErnestHancock.org, the site of Ernest Hancock’s campaign for Chair of the Libertarian National Committee:
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Email from Mark Hinkle, the California rep to the Libertarian National Committee, about his race for LNC Chair. Hinkle is apparently the only Chair candidate endorsed by any past LNC Chair.…
On Saturday, April 24, the Indiana Libertarian Party convention held a debate among Ernest Hancock, John Myers, James Oaksun (standing in for George Phillies), and Wayne Root. …
On Saturday April 24, Libertarian National Committee Chair candidates Ernest Hancock and Wayne Root debated at the LP state convention in Kansas. Each said he was scared by the prospect of the other being Chair:
Hancock said: “I’m afraid of Wayne getting exactly what he promises.…