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Ron Crickenberger was the national political director of the United States Libertarian Party from 1997 until his death from metastatic melanoma in 2003. He also ran for Congress in Virginia's 8th congressional district in 2000 and 2002.
In June 2002, Libertarian Party political director Ron Crickenberger was arrested for an illegal protest at the Department of Justice. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] In 2004, presidential candidate Michael Badnarik was arrested for protesting his exclusion from the debates. [ 6 ]
At the Libertarian Party National Convention held in Orlando, Florida, on May 26–30, 2016, former Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson became the Libertarian Party candidate for president. His running mate was former Governor of Massachusetts Bill Weld. They were on the ballot in all 50 states, including D.C..
The Libertarian Party opposed the 2011 military intervention in Libya and LP Chair Mark Hinkle in a statement described the position of the Libertarian Party: "President Obama's decision to order military attacks on Libya is only surprising to those who actually think he deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. He has now ordered bombing strikes in six ...
He was first elected as a Republican, and left the Republican Party to become an independent in early 2020 before switching to the Libertarian Party in April 2020. He did not seek re-election in 2020 [2] and switched back to the Republican Party in 2024 to run for the U.S. Senate election in Michigan. [3]
In 2013, the ACLU supported the Libertarian Party of Virginia and contended that the Libertarians would suffer "irreparable harm" given Virginia's ballot access laws. [7]In Libertarian Party of Virginia vs. Judd, the LPVA won the case regarding state residency requirements for petition circulators per the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on May 29, 2013.
Ron Crickenberger, the Libertarian Party's political director and producer of the TV ads, was quick to warn other supporters of the War on Drugs: [33] With this victory, we have fired a warning shot for every drug warrior in Congress to hear.
Ed Clark, 1980 Libertarian Party presidential nominee [56] Spike Cohen, entrepreneur, podcaster, and 2020 Libertarian Party vice-presidential nominee [57] Chris Cole, 2008 Libertarian nominee for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina [58] Michael Colley, U.S. Navy vice admiral and member of the board of directors of the Libertarian Party [59]