List of Organizations that Endorse Libertarian Candidates
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On at least one confirmed occasion, these organizations have endorsed a Libertarian Party candidate. This list is extremely incomplete.
National
Alternative PAC
Americans Deserve Better PAC
GOProud
Independent Gay Forum
Marijuana Policy Project
New Right Coalition
Our America PAC
Pink Pistols
Purple PAC
California
The Oakland Tribune (newspaper)
The Press-Enterprise (newspaper)
Colorado
El Paso County Republican Strategy Forum
Manitou Marquee (newspaper)
Connecticut
Connecticut Citizens Defense League
District of Columbia
Florida
Naples Daily News (newspaper)
The Bradenton Times (newspaper)
Your Observer (newspaper)
Illinois
Chicago Tribune (newspaper)
State Journal-Register (newspaper)
Indiana
Richmond Palladium-Item (newspaper)
Maryland
Salisbury Daily Times (newspaper)
Massachusetts
Boston Globe (newspaper)
Michigan
Michigan Vaccine Freedom PAC
The Detroit News (newspaper)
Minnesota
Blue Republican Minnesota
Women Winning
Missouri
Advocates of Planned Parenthood of St. Louis Region and Southwest Missouri
International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Transportation Division
NARAL Pro-Choice Missouri
Planned Parenthood Votes Great Plains
Saint Joseph Telegraph (newspaper)
Montana
Montana Shooting Sports Association
Montanans for Limited Government
New Hampshire
New Hampshire Liberty Alliance
New Hampshire Union Leader (newspaper)
Nevada
Las Vegas Review-Journal (newspaper)
New Mexico
Federation of New Mexico College Republicans
New York
Cornell University Republicans
Independence Party of New York
North Carolina
The Rhino Times (newspaper)
Winston-Salem Journal (newspaper)
Ohio
Buckeye Firearms Association
Cleveland Plain Dealer (newspaper)
Pennsylvania
Swarthmore Conservative Society
South Carolina
Post and Courier (newspaper)
Tennessee
Chattanooga Times Free Press (newspaper)
Texas
Corpus Christi Caller-Times (newspaper)
Fort Worth Star-Telegram (newspaper)
Houston Chronicle (newspaper)
National Women’s Political Caucus Of Texas
San Antonio Express-News (newspaper)
Texas Freedom Network
The Austin Chronicle (newspaper)
The Dallas Morning News (newspaper)
Vermont
The Caledonian Record (newspaper)
Virginia
Danville Register & Bee (newspaper)
Richmond Times-Dispatch (newspaper)
Washington
Daily Sun News (newspaper)
Gun Owners Action League of Washington
West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail (newspaper)
Statistics
Although far from a complete record even for the years listed, here are the endorsement statistics for the newspapers and organizations referenced above. (updated 10/29/18)
| Year | President | US Senate | US House | Statewide | State Senate | State Representative |
Local | Total Endorsements |
From Newspapers |
From Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 24 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 31 | ||
| 2016 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 43 | 17 | 26 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 7 | |||
| 2012 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2008 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 2004 | ||||||||||
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 2000 | ||||||||||
| 1998 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
There are two endorsements in odd years. In 2013 a newspaper endorsed the LP candidate for Virginia Governor. And in 2011 an organization endorsed an LP candidate for local office in Ohio.
Prior to 1994, the New Right Coalition endorsed John Hospers for President in 1972, and a newspaper endorsed Richard Winger for California Secretary of State in 1986.