A.G. GancarskiOctober 21, 2023
7min0
Ahead of the forum, we spoke with candidate Lars Mapstead. Could 2024 be the LP's year to break through?
Tag: Libertarian Party
A.G. GancarskiOctober 21, 2023
Scott PowersJanuary 9, 2020
4min984
Former Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate drew national attention in Charlottesville
Scott PowersAugust 15, 2017
3min1299
The national Libertarian Party executive director has issued a declaration denouncing racism and asking any white nationalists in the party to resign and leave the organization immediately. “There is no room for racists and bigots in the Libertarian Party. If there are white nationalists who — inappropriately — are members of the Libertarian Party, I […]
Scott PowersMarch 2, 2017
6min594
Former Libertarian Party U.S. Senate candidate Augustus Sol Invictus is accusing his national party chairman of collaborating with communists and vowing to challenge him at the party’s national conference in Pennsylvania in April. Invictus, an Orlando lawyer, was a candidate who made the party nervous from his announced candidacy until he was defeated in a […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 18, 2016
2min268
Even though Gary Johnson didn’t make the cut for the first presidential debate on Sept. 26, residents of Florida’s First Coast can hear the Libertarian message, as VP candidate William Weld will hold a “town hall” event Thursday evening at Jacksonville University. The Weld event, to take place from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. on the first floor of […]
Scott PowersSeptember 8, 2016
3min394
Sitting with the prospect of showing a Libertarian view of foreign affairs that might make Donald Trump‘s brash non-commitment and Hillary Clinton‘s nuanced status quo look out of touch, presidential nominee Gary Johnson instead stumbled face-first Thursday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” show. Johnson was unable to answer his first question, from columnist Mike Barnicle, who asked what he […]
Scott PowersAugust 30, 2016
1min707
Libertarians have rejected goat-blood-drinking, LSD-dropping, neo-nationalist candidate Augustus Sol Invictus of Orlando and picked Paul Stanton of Deland to be their nominee this year for Florida’s U.S. Senate seat. Stanton beat Invictus 74 percent to 26 percent in Tuesday’s Libertarian Party primary for the U.S. Senate. Stanton, a computer programmer and “pro-peace” Army veteran, entered the […]
Scott PowersMay 30, 201612min358
About 1,000 Libertarians from throughout the country descended on Orlando this weekend thinking this is the presidential election year they’ll finally play ball with the big boys. Since most people know very little about Libertarians, or the Libertarian Party [because Libertarians have never really played ball with the big boys before] I’m offering up this FAQ, based […]
Scott PowersMay 29, 2016
9min575
The Libertarian Party may leave Orlando Monday as emotionally divided as Republicans and Democrats after nominating what the majority of delegates believed was a powerful but not internally-popular ticket, two former Republican governors, to run for president and vice president this year. Former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson was the heavy favorite to win the presidential nomination again, as […]
Scott PowersMay 27, 2016
5min392
Soul or brimstone or government experience or life experience. Those are the choices Libertarians will wrestle with Monday when they chose a Vice Presidential candidate for their ticket, after all of them called for revolution in American politics Friday night. At the Libertarian Party’s vice presidential debate in Orlando, former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld would […]