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The party fielded 173 candidates for federal, state, county, and local positions for the 2008 elections. [8]The party received media attention when it announced on August 1 that Suzanna Hupp, a former Texas state representative, had called Jason Jordan and Joe Allport, two Libertarian candidates for state representative in districts Republicans were concerned with losing, asking them to drop ...
The Libertarian Party favors election systems that are more representative of the electorate at the federal, state and local levels. The party platform calls for an end to any tax-financed subsidies to candidates or parties and the repeal of all laws which restrict voluntary financing of election campaigns.
As a former Libertarian Party candidate for President, Paul has been a proponent of ballot access law reform, and has spoken out on numerous election law reform issues. In 2003, he introduced H. R. 1941, the Voter Freedom Act of 2003, that would have created uniform ballot access laws for independent and third political party candidates in ...
This is a list of politicians endorsed by the Libertarian Party of the United States (LP or LPUS) who have held elected office. As of September 2024, at least 186 Libertarians recognized by the LPUS hold elected office.
It eliminated from the party platform in 2022 planks opposing bigotry and abortion restrictions and advocated this year in an internal strategy document to further rid references to sex work and ...
In January 1987, Paul officially left the Republican Party [5] to run for the Libertarian Party nomination after becoming disillusioned by the spending policies of the Reagan administration [6] and presumptive Republican presidential nominee George H.W. Bush. [3] On leaving the party, Paul remarked: "Ronald Reagan has given us a deficit ten ...
Republican Party of Texas delegates voted Saturday on a platform that called for new laws to require the Bible to be taught in public schools and a constitutional amendment that would require ...
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..