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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. Allen Buckley
  2. Gail Lightfoot
  3. Herschel Young
  4. Bill Bledsoe
  5. Robert Marquette
  6. Mike Luke
  7. Tom Alciere
  8. Thomas Clements
  9. Alex Merced
  10. Richard Lion
  11. Lucy Brenton
  12. Jim Lindsay
  13. Joe Miller (Alaska)
  14. Le Roy Gillam
  15. Charles Aldrich
  16. Edward Clifford III
  17. Frank Tamburri
  18. Kenton McMillen
  19. Paul Stanton
  20. Robert Garrard
  21. Merissa Hamilton

U.S. House of Representatives

  1. David Earl Williams III (Illinois police district council candidate)
  2. Nathan LaFrance
  3. Mark West (Arkansas)
  4. Kerry Hicks
  5. Christopher Hill (Texas)
  6. J. Wesley Casteen
  7. Samuel Davenport
  8. Richard Blake McCluskey (Mississippi)
  9. Jason Lebeck
  10. Charles Johnson Jr. (Indiana)
  11. Steve Isaacson
  12. Craig Bowden
  13. Krystol McGee
  14. Stephen Harmon
  15. Richard Longstreth
  16. Mike Kolls
  17. Mark Bliss (Missouri)
  18. Benjamin Brixey
  19. Rick Piotrowski
  20. Martin Buchanan
  21. Jack Seaman
  22. Tabitha Carson
  23. Jeffrey Blunt
  24. Zachary Knight
  25. Justin Amash
  26. Steven Mayoras
  27. Ken Ashby
  28. Ed Colliver
  29. Rhett Rosenquest Smith
  30. Cody Wommack
  31. Nicholas Landholt
  32. Calvin DeWeese
  33. Troy Bonar
  34. Loren Marc Schneiderman
  35. Dan Mittereder
  36. J.D. Thorpe
  37. Brian Higgins
  38. Jon Briggs Watts
  39. John Arndt
  40. Joe Cobb
  41. Russell Brooksbank
  42. Kerry Burt (Kansas)
  43. James Houston Bales
  44. Steve Hohe
  45. Thomas Simmons
  46. Tony D'Orazio
  47. Erwin J. Haas
  48. Leonard Schwartz
  49. Steve Sluka
  50. Lorence Wenke
  51. Jeff Wood (Michigan)
  52. Matthew Orlando (Michigan)
  53. Jonathan Ray Osment
  54. Tom Bagwell (Michigan)
  55. Tiffany Hayden
  56. Pepper Snyder
  57. Mike McRedmond
  58. Howard Kearney
  59. Guy McLendon
  60. Richard Fontanesi
  61. Shawn Patrick House
  62. David Pasick
  63. Judi Shamy
  64. Dan Delaney
  65. Dan O'Neill (New Jersey)
  66. Diego Rivera
  67. Martin Moulton
  68. Ed Tilton Jr.
  69. Mike Ross (Arizona)
  70. Bruce Griffith
  71. Norm Olsen
  72. Daniel Reale
  73. James Veasaw
  74. Zane Lawhorn
  75. Paul Rizzo
  76. Rick Breckenridge
  77. Jarrett Woods
  78. Lawrence Struempf
  79. Brendan Kelly (New Hampshire)
  80. Christopher Claytor
  81. Ed Tidwell
  82. David Harlow
  83. Lincoln Chafee
  84. Michael Idrogo
  85. Mike Fellows (Montana)
  86. Benjamin Lee Krause
  87. Bill Sihr
  88. Brian Luke
  89. Bryan Holder
  90. Chase Wilson
  91. Chris Hayes
  92. Claudio Belusic
  93. Dan Hogan
  94. David Howser (Maryland)
  95. Diane Bostow
  96. Drew Thompson
  97. Gil Guthrie
  98. J. J. Summerell
  99. Jonathan Lee Shell
  100. Michael Glenn Lucero
  101. Matt Beers
  102. Kristin Kasprzak
  103. Jasen Wunder
  104. Michael Grier Jr.
  105. Jrmar Jefferson
  106. Kennita Watson
  107. Sevier White
  108. Phil Gray
  109. Matthew Wittlief
  110. Lisa Lane Gioia
  111. Steve Scheetz
  112. Jeremy Marcus
  113. Thomas Fitzpatrick (New Jersey)
  114. Jeff Daniels
  115. Nolan Daniels
  116. Michael Shoen
  117. Mike Shipley
  118. Rich Turvey
  119. Jason Summers (Maryland)
  120. Robert Lombardo
  121. Kyle Sheahan
  122. James Bouchard
  123. Jeffrey Lynn Stein

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. 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
  47. Tom Skadeland
  48. Nick Bata
  49. Marty Riske

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. Chuck Richter
  136. Evan Nagel
  137. Henry Knetsar
  138. Clif Deuvall
  139. Shawn Jones (Texas)
  140. Ray Brewer
  141. Rachel Wester
  142. Leah Sees
  143. Jessica Pallett
  144. Patrick Wentworth
  145. Heather Marcus
  146. Scott Smith (2016 Texas House of Representatives candidate)
  147. Anthony Holan (Texas)
  148. Eric Moquin
  149. Dan Biggs
  150. Mark Sanborn
  151. Max Riekse
  152. Jeremy Morgan
  153. Jon Elgas
  154. Logan Fleckenstein
  155. Ryan Winfield
  156. Shelly Gregoire
  157. Rob Powell
  158. Marc Lord
  159. William H. Gelineau
  160. John George (Michigan)
  161. Tyler Palmer
  162. Kelly Clark (Michigan state legislative candidate)
  163. Dana Carver
  164. Patrick McMurray
  165. John Taube
  166. Brian McCormick
  167. Joseph Weverka
  168. Joey Frazier
  169. Michelle Rose Tippens
  170. Matthew Bughman
  171. Jordan Hansen
  172. Donn Coenen
  173. Ken Anton
  174. Mike Everling
  175. Artie Lurie
  176. Michael Sandridge
  177. Evan J. Demaree
  178. Aurea Torres
  179. John Pickerill
  180. Zachary Lee
  181. Nathanael L. Ginn
  182. Jocelyn Fry
  183. John Hjersman
  184. Judith Darcy
  185. Lance Haverkamp
  186. Michael Seebeck
  187. Stephen Gallant
  188. Robert Elsaid
  189. Kim Tavendale
  190. James Nickel
  191. Roy Dakroub
  192. Gilbert Fuller
  193. Kevin Gulbranson
  194. Glenn Ingalls
  195. Joe Johnson (Colorado)
  196. John Evans (Iowa)
  197. Daryl Gould
  198. William Hunt Jr.
  199. Analee Berretto
  200. David Watson
  201. Rick Perkins
  202. Jeremy Tomlinson
  203. Dave Cork
  204. Derrick Evans
  205. Travis Simms (West Virginia)
  206. Eddie Wagoner
  207. Tonya Persinger
  208. David Melchert Jr.
  209. Tamie Kaufman
  210. Martha Sherwood
  211. Christopher Tsekouras
  212. Andrew Freborg
  213. Patrick Marnell
  214. Garrett Leeds
  215. Kenny Sernach
  216. Jeremy Wilson
  217. Gary Dye
  218. Alexander Humanick
  219. Daniel Richardson (Pennsylvania)
  220. Jack McCarthy
  221. James Smith (New York)
  222. Robert Pepiton
  223. Kevin McCormick (Arizona)
  224. Bryan Holder
  225. Austin Coco
  226. Matthew Schutter
  227. Ian Wheeler
  228. Caleb Q. Dyer
  229. Griffin Poutre
  230. Joseph Stallcop
  231. Brandon Phinney
  232. Bubba Harsy
  233. Ronald Newsome
  234. Mike Saliba
  235. Daniel Elder (Missouri)
  236. Ryan Manier
  237. Stephen Paulsen
  238. Joe Porambo
  239. Michael Johnston (Ohio)
  240. Shawn Leslie Guymon
  241. Mike Last
  242. William McVay
  243. Robert Miller (Oregon)
  244. Dexter Lefavour
  245. Bill Krebaum
  246. Eugene Bell
  247. Stephen Edwards
  248. Scott Ford
  249. Ronald Castorina Jr.
  250. William Cagle
  251. Melissa L. Miller
  252. Michael J. Norris

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See also

External links

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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