Strong Growth in Membership and Planned Expansions Necessitates the New Management Role SACRAMENTO, CA (MARCH 17, 2021) – In the last year, the Libertarian Party of California (LPC) has grown its membership by over 12 percent, and the number of registered Libertarians in the state has increased by over 14 percent, making it the fastest…
California State Memberships Rise
As of the end of January, our statewide count of central committee members has reached 1,175 which is most likely a record for the past decade! That’s up 12% from a year earlier, and 23% from two years ago. The graph to the left shows membership growth since 2017. The darker blue line represents central…
KALISH MORROW NEWLY ELECTED LIBERTARIAN CITY COUNCILWOMAN IS SWORN IN AND BEGINS HER BUSINESS-FRIENDLY PLAN
Morrow’s First Action as City Councilwoman is to Make All Businesses in Hanford, California “Essential Businesses” SACRAMENTO, CA (DECEMBER 18, 2020) – This week on Tuesday evening, the City of Hanford, California swore in two newly elected council members. One of them, Libertarian Kalish Morrow, won the November 3rd election with over 42% of the…
Winners Tell All! What it’s like to be elected as a Libertarian
Wendy Hewitt, Bob Karwin and Kalish Morrow speak out about winning, challenges and the future of libertarianism in California Peter Moulds, LPC, February 2021 Last November, California led the country in electing Libertarians for office. Although California has the largest population of any state, our achievement of six elected Libertarians is well beyond the expected…
Message from the Chair 1/2/2021
Now that we are officially done with 2020, I wanted to take a look back. Although the year was very difficult for many, there were also many positives. I try to look on the brighter side of life, so I wanted to share with you some lowlights, but more importantly, many of the highlights of…
LIBERTARIAN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA ANNOUNCES ITS POSITIONS ON STATE PROPOSITIONS
CONTACT: PeteMoulds Communications and Marketing Committee Chair (916) 446-1776; cmc@ca.lp.org SACRAMENTO, CA (OCTOBER 19, 2020) – The Libertarian Party of California has announced its positions on the twelve State of California 2020 Propositions. The positions stated in the voting guide below were recently endorsed by the Libertarian Party of California Executive Committee. Mimi Robson, Chair…
An Interesting History of Presidential Debates
By Joey Marra 1972 A new FCC ruling extends “equal time” provisions to presidential debates. As a matter of practicality, this largely necessitates presidential debates be hosted by a neutral third-party. 1976 The nonpartisan League of Women Voters (LWV) steps in to be that neutral party and to ultimately host the first televised presidential debate…
VIDEO: VP Candidate Spike Cohen at Huntington Beach, CA
Message from the Chair: The Libertarian Party Needs You!
I’m sure you know, we are less than 2 months away from the 2020 General Election. What you may not know is that the Jorgensen/Cohen 2020 campaign has achieved ballot access in all 50 states, plus Washington D.C. and Guam! This means we have a unique opportunity to build on the growth we experienced in…
Jo Jorgensen interview on Radio KMJ
Libertarian presidential candidate Jo Jorgensen discusses the upcoming election, her vision for a Libertarian presidency, and whether the Libertarian Party is really “the middle ground” with Aaron Abeytia on Radio KMJ.