Libertarian Party

Politics

Web Ads Tell North Carolina Progressives That They Must Vote Libertarian Sean Haugh for Senate [UPDATED!]

Brian Doherty | 10.23.2014 10:45 PM

Gun Rights

Vice Writer Apparently Surprised that 'Gay' Is Not a Political Orientation

Scott Shackford | 10.23.2014 5:35 PM

Election 2014

Ed Krayewski on Issues Libertarian Candidates Bring to the Table

Reason Staff | 10.21.2014 4:31 PM

Election 2014

Four Big Issues Libertarians Bring to the Table in Elections

Libertarian candidates are crucial for the issues they tackle that Democrats and Republicans have avoided during the 2014 election cycle.

Ed Krayewski | 10.21.2014 4:30 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Ebola Politics, Jacob Sullum on Guns and Mental Health, LP Senate Candidate Chad Grimm, U.S. Aid to ISIS, Gay-Marry-Me-or-Else!, Keene = Ferguson?, and After-show

Matt Welch | 10.20.2014 8:20 PM

Election 2014

Will a Libertarian Play Spoiler in the Illinois Governor's Race?

Scott Shackford | 10.16.2014 3:25 PM

Libertarian Party

Libertarian Iowa Senate Candidate Doug Butzier Dies in Plane Crash

Late last night, was pilot

Reason Staff | 10.14.2014 1:33 PM

Politics

Douglas Butzier, Libertarian Senate Candidate from Iowa, Dies in Plane Crash

Brian Doherty | 10.14.2014 1:25 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Ebola Politics, Gary Johnson on Libertarian 'Spoilers,' LP Senate Candidate Amanda Swafford, Columbus Day Partying, Bobby Bones on Football Hazing, and After-show!

Matt Welch | 10.13.2014 8:34 PM

Politics

Libertarian Party Candidates, In and Out of Debates

Brian Doherty | 10.13.2014 3:04 PM

Politics

Do Libertarian Party Candidates Always Pull From Republicans?

Nick Gillespie | 10.13.2014 1:35 PM

Politics

A Libertarian Party Moment?

Three high-polling L.P. candidates contemplate a possible banner year for the third party

Brian Doherty | 10.8.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

Could This Be the Start of Something Beautiful for the Libertarian Party?

Stephanie Slade | 10.1.2014 1:25 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: DON'T PANIC, S.S. Follies, Libertarian Spoilers, Peter Suderman on Obamacare, Why Are We Still in Afghanistan, Intel vs. Obama, Plastic Bans, Are Hot Dogs Sandwiches, and Aftershow!

Matt Welch | 9.30.2014 8:08 PM

Politics

Poll Predicts Libertarian Spoiler in North Carolina Senate Race

Patrick Hannaford | 9.29.2014 5:15 PM

Politics

Second-Ever Libertarian Elected in Russia

Zenon Evans | 9.15.2014 11:10 AM

Politics

Kasich Cronies Are Causing Libertarian Candidates' Woes

Zenon Evans | 9.3.2014 12:15 PM

Politics

Gary Johnson Talks Rand Paul, Presidency, Prisons, and More on Reddit

Zenon Evans | 8.27.2014 12:01 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: ISIS Beheads U.S. Journalist, More Trouble in Ferguson, LP Senate Candidate John Buckley, Michael Moynihan, Plus Online Aftershow

Matt Welch | 8.19.2014 8:04 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Cops vs. Ferguson Residents, Hillary vs. Obama, Russia vs. Ukraine, Bloomberg vs. the NRA, Kentucky LP Candidate vs. Mitch McConnell, and the President vs. his Lobbyist Promise

Matt Welch | 8.12.2014 8:05 PM

Politics

John Buckley, Libertarian Senate Candidate From West Virginia

Brian Doherty | 7.24.2014 1:05 PM

Politics

Libertarian Upsets Old-Party Candidates in Florida Governor's Race

Andrew Wyllie polls at 9 percent.

Reason Staff | 7.23.2014 7:03 PM

Politics

Libertarian Party Candidates: 7 Who Might Shape the Senate

Brian Doherty | 7.7.2014 7:19 PM

The Independents

Tonight on The Independents: Who Didn't Lose Iraq? John Bolton, Michael Moynihan, Gavin McInnes Debate. Plus Dr. Keith Ablow vs. Slender Man, and Meet Lucas Overby, Your Next Libertarian Congressman!

Matt Welch | 6.16.2014 8:28 PM

Politics

Ralph Nader: "We're not second-class citizens because we're a Green Party candidate or a Libertarian candidate."

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 6.14.2014 9:30 AM

Politics

Ralph Nader: "We're not second-class citizens because we're a Green Party candidate or a Libertarian candidate."

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 6.12.2014 4:17 PM

Politics

Can a 'Libertarian Moment' in Politics Be Very Libertarian?

David Brat, Rand Paul, and the limits of electoral libertarianism in a two-party world

Brian Doherty | 6.11.2014 4:31 PM

Eric Cantor

Cantor District Dem Candidate's Sorry Excuse for a Website Offers Lesson on the Two-Party System

Ed Krayewski | 6.11.2014 2:27 PM

Politics

Libertarian Party Candidates Polling Surprisingly Well in the South

Brian Doherty | 6.5.2014 8:01 PM

Politics

Police Filmed Wrongly Arresting Libertarian Gubernatorial Candidate

Zenon Evans | 5.30.2014 4:54 PM

Politics

David Koch Ran for Vice President with the Libertarian Party in 1980. The New York Times Thinks You Should Care, Isn't Sure Why.

Brian Doherty | 5.19.2014 7:31 PM

Politics

Robert Sarvis: Libertarian for the U.S. Senate from Virginia

The surprisingly wavemaking L.P. gubernatorial candidate strives to be a surprisingly wavemaking Senate candidate

Brian Doherty | 5.14.2014 4:31 PM

Politics

Court Admits Ruling May Do 'Severe and Irreparable Harm' to Ohio Libertarian Party

Zenon Evans | 5.2.2014 8:00 AM

Politics

Another Ohio Libertarian Knocked Off the Ballot

Zenon Evans | 4.4.2014 2:26 PM

Politics

Tonie Nathan, R.I.P. (The First Woman to Receive an Electoral Vote for Vice President)

Brian Doherty | 3.20.2014 9:45 PM

Politics

Judge Says Ohio GOP Orchestrated Plot Against Libertarian Party Candidate

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.20.2014 10:11 AM

Politics

Ohio Libertarians Say GOP Schemed To Keep LP Candidates Off State Ballot

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 3.19.2014 9:50 AM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: Obamacare GIF-Fail, Airbnb Orgies, Vaccine Madness, Scene of the Crimea, Reddit Co-Founder Alexis Ohanian, Canadian LP Party Animal Tim Moen, Horrid St. Paddy's Day Footage, and Sexy Aftershow!

Matt Welch | 3.17.2014 8:01 PM

Politics

Gary Johnson on Why the LP Is Better Than GOP-Lite; Ralph Peters and Stephen Hayes on Why Libertarians Are 'Naive' About Foreign Policy

Matt Welch | 3.17.2014 5:04 PM

Politics

Tonight on The Independents: What's the Matter With Libertarians? (Bumped)

Matt Welch | 3.14.2014 8:01 PM

Politics

Did Libertarian Lucas Overby Throw Florida Special Election to Republican Jolly?

Nick Gillespie | 3.12.2014 10:10 AM

Libertarian Party

Libertarian Party of Ohio Suing After Candidates Removed From Ballot

Governor, attorney general candidates removed

Reason Staff | 3.10.2014 12:51 PM

Politics

Libertarian Party D.C. Mayoral Candidate Bruce Majors: Stuck in the Middle

Brian Doherty | 2.21.2014 11:40 AM

Politics

The FEC Fears the Dead Will Corrupt Politics (Through the Libertarian Party)

Could the dead rise up to ruin our political system?

S.M. Oliva | 2.16.2014 2:00 PM

Politics

Slate Wonders Why Libertarian Party Insists on Being Libertarian on Gay Rights Issues, Reveals Utter Ignorance of Party's History

Brian Doherty | 12.30.2013 6:09 PM

Culture

Al Goldstein, R.I.P.

Brian Doherty | 12.19.2013 1:17 PM

Politics

Michigan Libertarian Says He Was Roughed Up By Campus Cops For Trying to Document Election Irregularities

Brian Doherty | 12.4.2013 3:36 PM

Culture

Reason TV's Kennedy, Reason's Matt Welch Headline New Primetime Fox Business Show

Roundtable show will be rounded out by America Future Foundation's Kmele Foster

Reason Staff | 12.3.2013 5:20 PM