Proposal: Don't Let Government Agencies Profit from Fines
Colorado Libertarian Steve Kerbel wants to remove an incentive for police to harass citizens.
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Can Libertarian Cliff Hyra Make a Dent in the Virginia Governor's Race?
Democrats and Republicans running establishment candidates.
Read Austin Petersen's Goodbye Note to the Libertarian Party
Second-place finisher in 2016 presidential primary will run for Missouri Senate seat as a Republican.
Exclusive: Libertarian Activist Austin Petersen Is Running for U.S. Senate…as a Republican! [Reason Podcast]
Second-place finisher in 2016 LP presidential primary aims to take on Democrat Claire McCaskill in home state of Missouri.
Libertarians Still Arguing About Gary Johnson's 2016 Campaign
Jack Hunter slams GarJo and Charles Peralo defends, while L.P. officials scheme and Austin Petersen prepares for a "special announcement."
New Hampshire Now Has Third Sitting Libertarian Party Legislator
Despite an agenda mostly aimed at less government spending and interference in people's lives, creeping libertarianism frightens some New Hampshire progressives.
Cuban Libertarians Accused of 'Disturbing Public Order' for Holding Quiet Hunger Strike at Home
The chilling encounter was captured on video.
The Glorious End of U.S. Global Supremacy [Reason Podcast]
Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch talk body slamming reporters, Trump's big trip, the TSA vs. laptops, and more.
Libertarian Party Now Has Two Sitting Legislators in New Hampshire
First-termers Caleb Dyer (former Republican) and Joseph Stallcop (former Democrat) both switched their Party allegiance to Libertarian.
Another Cuban Libertarian Disappeared; His Associates Fear He's Been Secretly Arrested [UPDATE: Activist Found, Claims to Have Been Beaten]
Nelson Rodriguez Chartrand, involved in poster campaign for previously arrested Cuban libertarians, has disappeared, his associates report.
Cuban Libertarian Party Launched After Arrest of Libertarian Activists
The Party, named after famed 19th century Cuban independence fighter Jose Marti, is putting up posters of the incarcerated activists around Havana.
Freaky Friday Politics: Republicans And Democrats Keep Switching Positions
The two parties are more interested in fighting each other than maintaining a consistent ideology
The Commission on Presidential Debate's 15 Percent Polling Criterion Must Go, Argues Lawsuit from Gary Johnson
A hearing in Johnson's case was held today in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, insisting that the Debate Commission in collusion with the major parties are violating antitrust law when it comes to "political markets."
Libertarian Party Gets Victory in Suit Aimed at the Partisanship of Commission on Presidential Debates
Federal Election Commission ordered by judge to give more serious considerations to arguments about the Commission on Presidential Debates' partisanship and criteria for admitting third party candidates.
Ohio to Libertarian Party: You Can't Qualify for the Ballot By Winning Votes Since We Won't Let You on the Ballot
One dissenting justice on Ohio Supreme Court says that the group of people who got Johnson on the ballot deserve ballot status even if their candidate appeared as an "independent."
Oral Arguments Heard in Libertarian Party Lawsuit Regarding Commission on Presidential Debates
Federal judge: The FEC isn't considering the L.P.'s arguments that the Commission is unfairly partisan and using illegitimate criteria to exclude third parties.
How a Libertarian Can Win a Congressional Seat in Georgia
The special election to fill the seat of Rep. Tom Price.
Libertarian Party Suit Against FEC For Restrictions on How it Can Spend Its Donations to Proceed
District Judge Beryl Howell thinks the L.P.'s claim that the restrictions are "content based" and possibly illegitimate at least deserve day in court.
Donate to Reason! Because You Asked for Libertarian Party Coverage This Year, and We Delivered
From man-boobs to Rachel Maddow controversies to the best (and yet most disappointing!) vote total in history, we followed the party's historic year.
Washington State Set to Deny Libertarian Party Major Party Status, Based on Write-In Votes
Even though the state generally doesn't count write-in votes; but any tool to hobble the Libertarians might be good enough.
Ask Brian Doherty Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About the Libertarian Movement
And then donate to the magazine that lets you do stuff like that!
Free Staters Seem to Have Cost the Republicans a Senate Seat in New Hampshire
Former Free State Project chair Aaron Day is sure his over 17,000 votes as independent cost Kelly Ayotte her around 1,000 vote loss.
Libertarian Party Breaks Half a Million Registered Voters
Libertarian Party also earns a record number of votes for U.S. House elections, in addition to its historic presidential results.
Incumbent Libertarian Nevada Assemblyman John Moore Crushed; Only 7 Percent of Vote
Is the Libertarian label electoral poison, or is there another explanation?
'Your Tears Are Delicious and Your Parties Will Die,' says Libertarian Party Chair Nicholas Sarwark
Sarwark sat down with Reason's Matt Welch to discuss the post-election fallout and the future of the LP.
Gary Johnson Voters Explain Why They're Not To Blame for President Trump
Reason TV traveled to Albuquerque to get Johnson supporters' take on this election and their role in it, and to find out what's next for the Libertarian Party after an historic showing in the popular vote.
Bill Weld Has No Regrets
"I think in 8 to 12 years the Libertarian Party could become the number-one party in the United States," the L.P. VP nominee says, "and I intend to participate in that."
A Look at Some Key Lower-Ticket Libertarian Race Results
Texas Looks Like L.P. Ballot Access Was Won In Railroad Commission Race
Gary Johnson's Final Poll Numbers: 4.8% and Rising
Libertarian is up at least 3x up on his 2012 results in every state, exceeding the Clinton-Trump spread in one-quarter of the country, beating Jill Stein everywhere, and ahead of ballot-access thresholds in 24 of 29 states.
Florida Senate Candidate Bears Any Burden for the Libertarian Party
Paul Stanton deals with debate disappointments, state party sourness, and presidential ticket travails, and fights his way to tomorrow's electoral finish line.
3 Libertarian Party Races to Watch (Besides the Presidential Ticket)
Lily Tang Williams, for Senator from Colorado; Thomas Simmons, for House of Representatives from Massachusetts; Mark Miller, for Texas Railroad Commission
The Libertarian Party's Federal House and Senate Candidates Pledge to Shrink Government
Some of the policies you can get if you vote Libertarian, from localizing education to downsizing the military.
Pot, Death, and Minimum Wage: 6 Things to Pay Attention to This Election
There's more to this election than Trump and Clinton.
Libertarian Assemblyman John Moore of Nevada Censured by the Libertarian National Committee
Party angry over Moore's vote on Raiders stadium subsidy; Moore thinks the L.P. needs to grow and "stop trying to advance the more radical agenda, pick and choose your fights and get more mainstream."
Weld's Bells and Other Late Campaign Hits: The New Fifth Column
Kmele talks race politics from Eastern Island, while Moynihan and Welch try to figure out what William Weld wrought
Did Libertarian Gary Johnson Totally Blow it in 2016? Or Will He Quintuple His Party's Best-Ever Finish?
And will he drag the LP across the 5 percent threshold on Election Day? Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and David Weigel talk it out.
Bill Weld Criticized by Warm-up Speaker, Heckled by Audience Member at Rally (UPDATE: Rhode Island L.P. Withdraws From Weld Rally)
"Just so the record is clear everybody, I endorse Gary Johnson," the Libertarian VP nominee says six days before election.
How Gary Johnson's Vote Percentages Will Affect Libertarian Party Ballot Access, State By State
Here is a list of what the Libertarian Party will get in terms of automatic, petition-free ballot access if certain vote percentages in that state are hit.
Libertarians Denounce Bill Weld
VP nominee receives outpouring of criticism after "vouching for Mrs. Clinton" and disagreeing with the L.P. on The Rachel Maddow Show.
Bill Weld on Rachel Maddow: 'I'm Here Vouching for Mrs. Clinton'
Libertarian vice presidential nominee disagrees with his own campaign's statement on Clinton's emails, and calls her "a person of high moral character"
Gary Johnson Calls "Horseshit" On Reports That He Doubled Debt As N.M. Governor
During PBS debate with Green Party candidate Jill Stein, the Libertarian candidate shows his fangs.
Nick Gillespie on Libertarianism, Why Gary Johnson Is a Success, Trump, Clinton, and Millennials
Also discusses where Rand Paul went wrong on "Part of the Problem" podcast with Dave Smith. Listen now!
