Libertarian Party News

The political news site Politico.com suggests that "Gary Johnson emerges as the next Ron Paul." Johnson is a former New Mexico governor.

Examiners spread the seasonal cheer with the Examiner.com Holiday Guide . Monday, December 14, 2009 38 years ago the Libertarian Party was created.

2. Tom Harris says class war is for losers. Perhaps he might tell Gordon.... or maybe he just did.

The Democratic and Republican parties remain dominant in America, but the views of the Libertarian party offer insight into the realities of patriotism.

Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 4:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 9, 2009 at 7:20 p.m. Dr.

BY PHILLIP WILLIAMS Special Correspondent GILMER -- Four people announced Tuesday night that they would seek the Libertarian Party nomination for Upshur County elective offices -- the first-ever Libertarian candidates for county office here.

Libertarian Party fundraiser Karl Denninger will speak at 7 p.m. Dec. 9 in the Charter Room of the Emerald Grande Hotel in Destin.

Massachusetts has three ballot-qualified parties, Democratic, Republican, and Libertarian.

Ayn Rand at 100; a resurgence? This is a strange topic to put before you, in part because it may not have broad reach for many.

According to this story, outgoing Annapolis, Maryland city councilmember Julie Stankivic says she may change her voter registration from "Republican" to "Libertarian." She was elected in a partisan election in 2005 as an independent, but later had become a Republican.

Two lawsuits involving minor parties have oral arguments during the first week in December.

Although it had already been reported that the Libertarian Party won ten partisan elections in Pennsylvania on November 3, 2009, it had not been previously reported that two of the wins were in a contest in which the Libertarians had ballot-listed major party opponents.

Wyoming has very difficult ballot access for both new parties and independent candidates.

Several prestigious good-government organizations have tentatively decided to file an amicus curiae brief with the North Carolina Supreme Court, in the pending ballot access case filed in 2005 by the Libertarian Party.

I don't know about you, but I'm getting a little tired of hearing Republicans act self-righteous about this health care bill.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said at a press briefing on Tuesday that there was "bipartisan support" for Attorney General Eric Holder's decision to prosecute four prominent terrorists, including 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, in civilian court in New York City.

The Hill has this short article on Joseph Kennedy, who is running as an independent candidate in the special U.S. Senate election in Massachusetts in January 2010.

Joe Kennedy, a member of the Libertarian Party, is running to fill the unexpired Senate term of the deceased Massachusetts Senator Edward Kennedy.

Rob McNealy plans to run for Congress in Colorado's CD-6 as a Libertarian against Mike Coffman Rob McNealy plans to run for Congress in Colorado's CD-6, apparently as a member of the Libertarian Party.

Some habits become so engrained and routine that the majority of the public never thinks about questioning them.