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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..
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 .
How did the Libertarian Party Convention become a campaign stop for candidates with wildly anti-libertarian views? This year's speakers included Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who once called for jailing ...
Though there will certainly be Libertarian-specific pitches made by the slate of other outside politicos giving speeches or making appearances, including RFK Jr., Vivek Ramaswamy, Rep. Thomas ...
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.
Mar. 20—Thanks to a car accident, John and Catherine Ann McDivitt became write-in candidates this year. That is, the guy who was supposed to deliver the ballot access documents for them to ...