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The Libertarian Party supported presidential nominee Gary Johnson and vice presidential nominee William Weld during the 2016 election cycle. The Johnson/Weld ticket received 4,489,221 votes in the general election, or 3.28 percent of the popular vote. Johnson was also the Libertarian Party's 2012 nominee. He received 1,275,971 votes in the 2012 general election, amounting to nearly 1 percent of the popular vote.[1][2][3]

The party also supported 574 congressional, state, and local-level candidates across the country.[2]

As of November 2017, 154 Libertarians held elected offices in 33 states.[4]

2016 elected Libertarians

The following Libertarians won election or re-election to public office in 2016:

2016 elected Libertarians
State Party Candidate Office
Arizona Libertarian Ruth E. Bennett Continental Elementary School District Board
California Libertarian Jonathan D Hall Tehachapi Cummings Water District Board
California Libertarian Susan Marie Weber Palm Desert City Council
California Libertarian Brian Holtz Purissima Hills Water District Board
California Libertarian Wallace Stewart Vista Fire Protection Board
Colorado Libertarian Beau Woodcock Milliken Mayor
Connecticut Libertarian Robin Lasky Branford Solid Waste Management Commission
Florida Libertarian Marco Alvarez Century Gardens Village Community Development District Seat 1
Florida Libertarian Dennis Misigoy Enclave at Black Point Community Development District, Seat 1
Florida Libertarian Marialexandra Garcia Islands at Doral (III) Community Development District Seat 4
Florida Libertarian Jared Grifoni Marco Island City Council
Florida Libertarian Keon Grayson North Central Community Seat 84
Florida Libertarian Matthew Bymaster PBC Soil and Water Board Conservation District Group 2
Illinois Libertarian Jim Byrne Kankakee County Board District 23
Indiana Libertarian Susan Bell Hagerstown Town Judge
Kansas Libertarian Nick Schlossmacher Mission City Council Ward 2
Kentucky Libertarian Mitch Rushing Jefferson County Commissioner B
Maine Libertarian Michael Eric Berube Denmark Budget Committee
Massachusetts Libertarian Art Torrey Billerica Town Meeting Representative Precinct 11
Michigan Libertarian Bruce S. Gosling Glen Oaks Community College Board of Trustees
Minnesota Libertarian Cara Schulz Burnsville City Council
Minnesota Libertarian Maynard Meyer Madison City Council
Montana Libertarian Michael Schoenike Red Lodge Mayor
Nebraska Libertarian Ben Backus Gering Town Council Ward 3
New Hampshire Libertarian Joseph Stallcop New Hampshire House of Representatives District Cheshire 4
New Hampshire Libertarian Caleb Dyer New Hampshire House of Representatives District Hillsborough 37
Pennsylvania Libertarian Giovanni Martello Richlandtown Borough Council
Texas Libertarian Larry Bush Jarrell City Council
Texas Libertarian Mark Tippetts Lago Vista City Council, Place 1
Virginia Libertarian Jessica Abbott Virginia Beach City Council
Wisconsin Libertarian Mark Hepfinger Cottage Grove Municipal Court Judge
Wisconsin Libertarian Dave Ripp Dane County Board of Supervisors, District 29


2016 Libertarian candidates

See also: Gary Johnson presidential campaign, 2016

The following are the 2016 Libertarian candidates covered on Ballotpedia:

United States Senate

  1. Frank Gilbert
  2. Allen Buckley
  3. Sean Haugh
  4. Phillip Anderson (Wisconsin)
  5. Mark Matthew Herd
  6. Arvin Vohra
  7. Gail Lightfoot
  8. Jonathan Dine
  9. Herschel Young
  10. Bill Bledsoe
  11. Robert Marquette
  12. Robert Murphy (Oklahoma)
  13. Dax Ewbank
  14. Lily Williams
  15. Mike Luke
  16. Paul Stanton
  17. Michael Kokoski
  18. Frank Tamburri
  19. Tom Alciere
  20. Robert Garrard
  21. Thomas Clements
  22. Alex Merced
  23. Merissa Hamilton
  24. Richard Lion
  25. Lucy Brenton
  26. Brian Chabot
  27. Jim Lindsay
  28. Edward Clifford III
  29. Joe Miller (Alaska)
  30. Le Roy Gillam

U.S. House of Representatives

  1. Chris Hayes
  2. Nathan LaFrance
  3. Mark West (Arkansas)
  4. Kerry Hicks
  5. Claudia Tenney
  6. Andy Craig (Wisconsin)
  7. Christopher Hill (Texas)
  8. Jim Berns
  9. Samuel Davenport
  10. Jonathan Lee Shell
  11. Chase Wilson
  12. Richard Blake McCluskey (Mississippi)
  13. Jason Lebeck
  14. Dan Hogan
  15. Michael Glenn Lucero
  16. Charles Johnson Jr. (Indiana)
  17. Matt Beers
  18. Scott Soffen
  19. Jasen Wunder
  20. Andy Shambaugh
  21. Jeffrey Lynn Stein
  22. Steve Isaacson
  23. Steven Laird
  24. Steve Brown (Nevada)
  25. Craig Bowden
  26. Krystol McGee
  27. Stephen Harmon
  28. Mike Kolls
  29. Robb Cunningham
  30. Russ Monchil
  31. Roy Welborn
  32. Jim Higgins
  33. Mark Bliss (Missouri)
  34. Benjamin Brixey
  35. Rick Piotrowski
  36. Michael Grier Jr.
  37. Alex Appleby
  38. Martin Buchanan
  39. Jack Seaman
  40. Tabitha Carson
  41. Jeffrey Blunt
  42. Zachary Knight
  43. Sevier White
  44. Justin Amash
  45. Drew Thompson
  46. Steven Mayoras
  47. Scott Jameson
  48. Ken Ashby
  49. Bill Kelsey
  50. Ed Colliver
  51. Ross Leone
  52. Jaime Perez
  53. Clark Patterson
  54. Mark Loewe
  55. Ruben Corvalan
  56. Mark Boler
  57. N. Ruben Perez
  58. Scott Ballard
  59. Ed Rankin
  60. Rhett Rosenquest Smith
  61. Phil Gray
  62. Cody Wommack
  63. Nicholas Landholt
  64. Calvin DeWeese
  65. Troy Bonar
  66. Loren Marc Schneiderman
  67. Dan Mittereder
  68. J.D. Thorpe
  69. Brian Higgins
  70. Scott Stafne
  71. Brian Luke
  72. Matthew Wittlief
  73. Jim McDermott (Alaska)
  74. Jon Briggs Watts
  75. Robert Burke (Wisconsin)
  76. John Arndt
  77. Joe Cobb
  78. Russell Brooksbank
  79. Alan Yim
  80. Kerry Burt (Kansas)
  81. James Houston Bales
  82. Steve Hohe
  83. Gordon Bakken
  84. Thomas Simmons
  85. Tony D'Orazio
  86. Rob Lapham
  87. Diane Bostow
  88. Erwin J. Haas
  89. Leonard Schwartz
  90. Steve Sluka
  91. Lorence Wenke
  92. Ken Proctor
  93. Jeff Wood (Michigan)
  94. Matthew Orlando (Michigan)
  95. Lisa Lane Gioia
  96. Jonathan Ray Osment
  97. Tom Bagwell (Michigan)
  98. Tiffany Hayden
  99. Pepper Snyder
  100. Mike McRedmond
  101. Steve Scheetz
  102. Scott Gesty
  103. Jeff Hetrick
  104. Howard Kearney
  105. Guy McLendon
  106. Richard Fontanesi
  107. Shawn Patrick House
  108. David Pasick
  109. Michael McDermott (New York)
  110. John Ordille
  111. Bill Sihr
  112. Jeremy Marcus
  113. Claudio Belusic
  114. Judi Shamy
  115. Dan Delaney
  116. Dan O'Neill (New Jersey)
  117. Diego Rivera
  118. Thomas Fitzpatrick (New Jersey)
  119. Martin Moulton
  120. Kim Allen
  121. Ed Tilton Jr.
  122. Jeff Daniels
  123. Nolan Daniels
  124. Michael Shoen
  125. Mike Ross (Arizona)
  126. Mike Shipley
  127. Darrell Dinges
  128. Gaylon Kent
  129. Bruce Griffith
  130. Norm Olsen
  131. Daniel Reale
  132. Donna Dunn
  133. Ron Cenkush
  134. Rich Turvey
  135. David Howser (Maryland)
  136. Jason Summers (Maryland)
  137. Benjamin Lee Krause
  138. Robert Lombardo
  139. Robert Shapiro
  140. Gil Guthrie
  141. Kyle Sheahan
  142. James Veasaw
  143. James Bouchard
  144. Bryan Holder
  145. Paul Rizzo
  146. Rick Breckenridge
  147. Jarrett Woods
  148. Gregory Creswell
  149. Lawrence Struempf
  150. Richard Light
  151. Kennita Watson
  152. J. J. Summerell
  153. Brendan Kelly (New Hampshire)
  154. Christopher Claytor
  155. Ed Tidwell
  156. David Harlow

Statewide offices

  1. Ron Vandevender
  2. David Moran (West Virginia)
  3. Lon Vernon Cecil
  4. Joshua Voytek
  5. Roland Riemers
  6. Ken Larsen
  7. Brian Kamerath
  8. Andrew McCullough
  9. Chris Morrill
  10. Steven Hedrick
  11. Claire Ball
  12. Rex Bell
  13. Karl Tatgenhorst
  14. Paul Addis (Washington)
  15. Tim Turner (Washington)
  16. Joshua Trumbull
  17. Steven Nielson
  18. Justin Murta
  19. Dan Feliciano
  20. Roger Roots
  21. Ted Dunlap
  22. Mark Miller (Texas)
  23. Sean Goward
  24. Jacki Cole
  25. Cisse Spragins
  26. Sean O'Toole
  27. John Buckley (West Virginia)
  28. Michael A. Young (West Virginia)
  29. Buddy Guthrie
  30. Brenton Ricketts
  31. Karl Kolenich
  32. Ian Freeman
  33. Barry Evan Short
  34. Jake Wilburn
  35. James Foster (Oregon)
  36. Lars D.H. Hedbor
  37. Sharon Durbin
  38. Martin Lindstedt
  39. Roy Minet
  40. James Babb
  41. Max Abramson
  42. Richard Tomasso
  43. Eric Olson (North Dakota)
  44. Jilletta Jarvis
  45. Eric Hoskins
  46. J. J. Summerell

State Legislatures

  1. George Meyers (Wisconsin)
  2. Phil Kurtz
  3. Tom Thacker
  4. Ben Easton
  5. Brian Holk
  6. John Charles Smith (Idaho)
  7. Betsy Summers
  8. Janice Marlae Bonser
  9. Victor Kocher
  10. Chelsea Travis
  11. Loel Gnadt
  12. Ronald Muszynski
  13. Bill Gelineau
  14. James Young (Michigan)
  15. Ron Heeren
  16. Brian Irving
  17. Dan Hawkins (Texas)
  18. Rodney Caston
  19. Bob Worthington
  20. Glen Schwarz
  21. Bill Barker
  22. Susan Quilleash-Nelson
  23. James Pruden (Kansas)
  24. Robert Wilson (Delaware)
  25. Guy Rosinbaum
  26. Ryan Haffner
  27. Kyle Markley
  28. Joseph P. Gillotte
  29. Eric Cooper (Iowa)
  30. Rick Donaldson
  31. Kevin Ludlow
  32. Scott McKinlay
  33. Ken Lowder
  34. Jeff Hewitt
  35. Chris Olson
  36. Grant Brand
  37. Wayne Willems
  38. Michael Kalagias
  39. Brent Zimmerman
  40. Travis McCurry
  41. Greg Tlapek
  42. Dean Hodge
  43. Andrew Bolin
  44. Gilberto Velasquez, Jr.
  45. Randy McGlenn, II
  46. Paul Delaney
  47. Michael Scott (2016 Washington state legislative candidate)
  48. Gregory Arianoff
  49. Anthony Higa
  50. Varpilah Chase
  51. Ted Schaft
  52. Kenneth Alvin Willey
  53. Amanda Burnham
  54. Lee Anne Walker
  55. James Brittingham
  56. F. Caleb Christopher
  57. Norman Dawson
  58. Arnie Davidsons
  59. Roger Snyder (Michigan)
  60. Rodger Young
  61. Jeffrey Langan
  62. Lisa M. Wilber
  63. Matthew Hess
  64. Mary Buzuma
  65. Douglas McNaughton
  66. Kyle Adams
  67. Cecil Anderson
  68. Michael Williams (Arkansas)
  69. Brian Lewis (North Carolina)
  70. Robert Rose (North Carolina)
  71. Olen Watson III
  72. Thomas Howell, Jr.
  73. David Ulmer
  74. Garry Baker
  75. Shannon Hanson
  76. Troy Warren
  77. Garrett Byrd
  78. Joshua Miller (Iowa)
  79. Jeff Meyers
  80. Joe Gleason
  81. Bob Boyle
  82. Christopher Jenkins
  83. Aaron Davis
  84. Derryck Gordon
  85. Joey Lum
  86. John M. Inks
  87. Dominic Robert Rubini
  88. Erin K. Adams
  89. Clark Duffe
  90. Zac Davis
  91. Tamara Morton
  92. Shannon Grimes
  93. Elle Collins
  94. Christina Wright
  95. Steve Long (Oklahoma)
  96. Franklyn Voorhies
  97. James Gillen (Indiana)
  98. Ethan Legg
  99. Erol Ali Cetinok
  100. Rick Brown
  101. Thomas Keister
  102. Ethan Owens
  103. David Carr (Missouri)
  104. Josh Daniels (Montana)
  105. Francis Wendt
  106. Paula Bonar
  107. Glenn Gustilus
  108. Erik Buck
  109. Brian Lautenschlager
  110. Steve Daugherty
  111. Steven Robnak
  112. Tracy Scott
  113. Charles Hull
  114. Charles Bigelow
  115. Arthur Hodge, Sr.
  116. Chris Burros
  117. Daniel Romine
  118. Seth Bartmess
  119. Baron Bruno
  120. Mike Foster (Washington)
  121. Ryan Knight Cooper
  122. Alex Hels
  123. Bruce Guthrie
  124. Brandon Lyons
  125. John Frostad
  126. Alex Hart
  127. Charles Schaefer
  128. Shane Driscoll
  129. Angel Jordan
  130. Jacob Lamont
  131. Jerry Burns
  132. Stephanie Heart Viskovich
  133. Michelle Darnell
  134. Benjamin Judah Phelps
  135. Jim Bouchard
  136. Chuck Richter
  137. Evan Nagel
  138. Henry Knetsar
  139. Clif Deuvall
  140. Shawn Jones (Texas)
  141. Ray Brewer
  142. Rachel Wester
  143. Leah Sees
  144. Jessica Pallett
  145. Patrick Wentworth
  146. Heather Marcus
  147. Scott Smith (2016 Texas House of Representatives candidate)
  148. Anthony Holan (Texas)
  149. Eric Moquin
  150. Dan Biggs
  151. Mark Sanborn
  152. Max Riekse
  153. Jeremy Morgan
  154. Jon Elgas
  155. Logan Fleckenstein
  156. Ryan Winfield
  157. Shelly Gregoire
  158. Rob Powell
  159. Marc Lord
  160. William H. Gelineau
  161. John George (Michigan)
  162. Tyler Palmer
  163. Kelly Clark (Michigan state legislative candidate)
  164. Dana Carver
  165. Patrick McMurray
  166. John Taube
  167. Brian McCormick
  168. Joseph Weverka
  169. Joey Frazier
  170. Michelle Rose Tippens
  171. Matthew Bughman
  172. Jordan Hansen
  173. Donn Coenen
  174. Ken Anton
  175. Mike Everling
  176. Artie Lurie
  177. Michael Sandridge
  178. Evan J. Demaree
  179. Aurea Torres
  180. John Pickerill
  181. Zachary Lee
  182. Nathanael L. Ginn
  183. Jocelyn Fry
  184. John Hjersman
  185. Judith Darcy
  186. Lance Haverkamp
  187. Michael Seebeck
  188. Stephen Gallant
  189. Robert Elsaid
  190. Kim Tavendale
  191. James Nickel
  192. Roy Dakroub
  193. Gilbert Fuller
  194. Kevin Gulbranson
  195. Glenn Ingalls
  196. Joe Johnson (Colorado)
  197. John Evans (Iowa)
  198. Daryl Gould
  199. William Hunt Jr.
  200. Analee Berretto
  201. David Watson
  202. Rick Perkins
  203. Jeremy Tomlinson
  204. Dave Cork
  205. Derrick Evans
  206. Travis Simms (West Virginia)
  207. Eddie Wagoner
  208. Tonya Persinger
  209. David Melchert Jr.
  210. Tamie Kaufman
  211. Martha Sherwood
  212. Christopher Tsekouras
  213. Andrew Freborg
  214. Patrick Marnell
  215. Garrett Leeds
  216. Kenny Sernach
  217. Jeremy Wilson
  218. Gary Dye
  219. Alexander Humanick
  220. Daniel Richardson (Pennsylvania)
  221. Jack McCarthy
  222. James Smith (New York)
  223. Robert Pepiton
  224. Kevin McCormick (Arizona)
  225. Bryan Holder
  226. Austin Coco
  227. Matthew Schutter
  228. Ian Wheeler
  229. Caleb Q. Dyer
  230. Griffin Poutre
  231. Joseph Stallcop
  232. Richard Light
  233. Brandon Phinney
  234. Bubba Harsy
  235. Ronald Newsome
  236. Mike Saliba
  237. Daniel Elder (Missouri)
  238. Ryan Manier
  239. Stephen Paulsen
  240. Anne Copp
  241. Joe Porambo
  242. Michael Johnston (Ohio)
  243. Shawn Leslie Guymon
  244. Andrew Garbarino
  245. Mike Last
  246. William McVay
  247. Angelo J. Morinello
  248. Karl Brabenec
  249. Edward Ra

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See also

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Federal Elections 2012," accessed January 6, 2016
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Libertarian Party, "2016 Libertarian Party Candidates," accessed July 15, 2016
  3. ↑ Federal Election Commission, "OFFICIAL 2016 PRESIDENTIAL GENERAL ELECTION RESULTS," January 30, 2017
  4. ↑ Libertarian Party, "Elected officials," accessed July 13, 2016
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