Austin Petersen Trounced in Missouri GOP Primary Election for U.S. Senate
2016 Libertarian Party presidential runner-up gets routed by establishmentarian Josh Hawley in the race to face vulnerable incumbent Claire McCaskill.
2016 Libertarian Party presidential runner-up gets routed by establishmentarian Josh Hawley in the race to face vulnerable incumbent Claire McCaskill.
Neck-and-neck races in Indiana and Nevada could determine the balance of the Senate. Both feature Libertarians who have previously cracked 5% yet aren't being polled.
Aubrey Dunn, the highest-ranking Libertarian elected official in the country, drops out of the New Mexico Senate race to make way for a two-time governor/presidential candidate who five months ago said he was "done with elected political office."
The former New Mexico governor got nearly 10 percent of the presidential vote there as a Libertarian in 2016 and has recently said Libertarians need "a success story."
"I didn't come to Washington to make friends."
The former governor cut government's size, scope, and spending in Massachusetts. Now he says he wants to shrink the federal government too.
From occupational licensing reform to legalizing beer-drinking on stage, elected Libertarians are doing some pretty interesting things
The controversy highlights how the party can benefit from its statement of principles, which were protected at its recent national convention.
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After being resoundingly voted out of the party's vice-chairmanship over his comments about veterans, school shootings, and age-of-consent laws, the activist/entrepreneur throws his hat in the ring against Adam Kokesh and a presumed Bill Weld.
Incumbent National Chair Nick Sarwark, after picking a fight with Tom Woods, routs a Mises-backed challenger at the party's national convention. Controversial vice chair Arvin Vohra also booted out of office.
The LP's move comes the same week the Green Party explicitly rejected a platform that protects sex worker rights.
At least one-quarter of New Yorkers would tell you that they won't vote Democrat or Republican, if only pollsters would ask them.
"There's no constitutional authority for [ICE]," says Dale Kerns. "There's really no need for them, either."
Nation's leading conservative columnist argues that the L.P. could be the only viable party in 2020 for "limited government, fiscal responsibility, free trade, the rule of law, entitlement realism and other artifacts from the Republican wreckage."
June 12 was not a good day for free-market constitutionalism in the modern GOP.
The LP candidate for the governor of New York wants to cut spending, legalize everything, and give people hope.
Top-two open primary produces eight non-major-party finalists out of 166 electoral positions.
The antivirus-software pioneer is flying the crypto flag, while the adult actress is running on weed, Net Neutrality, and #MeToo.
The 2016 V.P. candidate is issuing endorsements, raising money, talking about what the party needs to win the White House, and tacking in a more Libertarian direction. But will he take the plunge?
Libertarian state Sen. Laura Ebke's bill triggers a review of state licensing laws, opens more opportunities for individuals with criminal histories.
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Party officials split on how to deal with a member's radical rhetoric.
Laura Ebke's attempt to rationalize Nebraska's occupational licensing laws gets praised in The Wall Street Journal.
Democrat Conor Lamb declared victory this morning, but he leads Republican Rick Saccone by just 500 votes. Libertarian Drew Miller got more than 1,300.
Controversy over LNC Vice-Chair Arvin Vohra's comments on veterans, age of consent laws makes Sharpe realize he doesn't belong on the national party's governing board.
Meet Larry Sharpe, the Marine turned management consultant who is rising to the top of a leaderless Libertarian Party
Win or lose, libertarians will remind Americans about basic principles we have in common.
What does the future hold for libertarians?
The Libertarian Party's write-in longshot, Ron Bishop, is also in the race. Bonus: a baker's dozen non-pedo reasons to dislike Roy Moore.
Neither Laura Ebke nor her cinema-loving constituents seem very scared.
In four different states
As Ed Gillespie pulls within three percentage points of Ralph Northam, attention turns toward the mild-mannered intellectual property lawyer looking to follow in Robert Sarvis's footsteps.
Libertarian Party vice presidential nominee is still bullish on the party (and NY gubernatorial candidate Larry Sharpe), has no regrets or apologies about 2016, and hasn't ruled out another run for office
This year marks communism's 100th birthday. Its horrors should remind us of the value of freedom.
But registered voters, total donations to the Party remain strong even in the face of historically large loss of members for post-presidential election year.
Trump is 'the best recruiting tool for the Libertarian Party we've ever had.'
Johnson's lawyer vows to fight on with the case, claiming today's decision does not properly address their complaints.
Michael Munger on the radicalism of public-choice economics, the failure of Democracy in Chains, and how the libertarian movement needs to evolve.
Leftists "have infiltrated and corrupted" the L.P., the former Senate primary-election loser charges on his way out the door
Colorado Libertarian Steve Kerbel wants to remove an incentive for police to harass citizens.
Democrats and Republicans running establishment candidates.
Second-place finisher in 2016 presidential primary will run for Missouri Senate seat as a Republican.
Second-place finisher in 2016 LP presidential primary aims to take on Democrat Claire McCaskill in home state of Missouri.
Jack Hunter slams GarJo and Charles Peralo defends, while L.P. officials scheme and Austin Petersen prepares for a "special announcement."
Despite an agenda mostly aimed at less government spending and interference in people's lives, creeping libertarianism frightens some New Hampshire progressives.
The chilling encounter was captured on video.