Libertarian Party candidates, 2016

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.

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

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

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. Cean Stevens
8. Gail Lightfoot
9. Jonathan Dine
10. Herschel Young
11. Bill Bledsoe
12. Robert Marquette
13. Robert Murphy (Oklahoma)
14. Dax Ewbank
15. Lily Williams
16. Mike Luke
17. Paul Stanton
18. Michael Kokoski
19. Frank Tamburri
20. Tom Alciere
21. Robert Garrard
22. Thomas Clements
23. Alex Merced
24. Merissa Hamilton
25. Richard Lion
26. Lucy Brenton
27. Brian Chabot
28. Jim Lindsay
29. Edward Clifford III
30. Joe Miller (Alaska)
31. Le Roy Gillam
32. Aaron Day

U.S. House of Representatives

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

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. Leonard Steinman II (Missouri)
10. Chris Morrill
11. Steven Hedrick
12. Claire Ball
13. Rex Bell
14. Karl Tatgenhorst
15. Paul Addis (Washington)
16. Tim Turner (Washington)
17. Joshua Trumbull
18. Steven Nielson
19. Justin Murta
20. Dan Feliciano
21. Roger Roots
22. Ted Dunlap
23. Mark Miller (Texas)
24. Sean Goward
25. Jacki Cole
26. Cisse Spragins
27. Sean O'Toole
28. John Buckley (West Virginia)
29. Michael A. Young (West Virginia)
30. Buddy Guthrie
31. Brenton Ricketts
32. Karl Kolenich
33. Ian Freeman
34. Barry Evan Short
35. Jake Wilburn
36. James Foster (Oregon)
37. Lars D.H. Hedbor
38. Sharon Durbin
39. Martin Lindstedt
40. Roy Minet
41. James Babb
42. Max Abramson
43. Richard Tomasso
44. Eric Olson (North Dakota)
45. Jilletta Jarvis
46. Eric Hoskins
47. 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. Edward Ra
249. Karl Brabenec
250. Bill Kennemer
251. Michael Montesano
252. John Moore (Nevada)
253. Robert Miller (Oregon)
254. Colin J. Schmitt
255. J.R. Myers
256. Dexter Lefavour

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See also

• Libertarian Party
• Libertarian National Convention, 2016

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