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
American Rifleman
Americans Deserve Better PAC
GOProud
Gun Owners of America Political Victory Fund
Independent Gay Forum
Marijuana Policy Project
New Right Coalition
Our America PAC
Pink Pistols
Purple PAC
Arizona
Arizona Republic (newspaper)
California
Gun Owners of California
Long Beach Press-Telegram (newspaper)
The Bakersfield Californian (newspaper)
The Oakland Tribune (newspaper)
The Press-Enterprise (newspaper)
Colorado
Denver Post (newspaper)
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)
Peoria Journal Star (newspaper)
State Journal-Register (newspaper)
Indiana
Richmond Palladium-Item (newspaper)
Kentucky
Maine
Portland Press Herald (newspaper)
Maryland
Salisbury Daily Times (newspaper)
Massachusetts
Boston Globe (newspaper)
Boston Herald (newspaper)
Worcester Telegram and Gazette (newspaper)
Michigan
Michigan Vaccine Freedom PAC
The Daily Telegram (newspaper)
The Detroit News (newspaper)
The State News (newspaper)
Minnesota
Blue Republican Minnesota
Minnesota Daily (newspaper)
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)
New Jersey
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
Periodicos Hispanos de Texas
San Antonio Express-News (newspaper)
Texas Freedom Network
Texas Nationalist Movement
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
Tacoma Reporter (newspaper)
West Virginia
Charleston Gazette-Mail (newspaper)
Wisconsin
The Capital Times (newspaper)
Wisconsin State Journal (newspaper)
Statistics
Although far from a complete record, here are the endorsement statistics for the newspapers and organizations referenced above.
| Year | President | US Senate | US House | Statewide | State Senate | State Representative |
Local or Regional |
Total Endorsements |
From Newspapers |
From Organizations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 40 | 5 | 35 | ||
| 2016 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 43 | 17 | 26 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 7 | |||
| 2012 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 2010 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2008 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 2006 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 2004 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | |||||
| 2000 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 |
| 1998 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 14 | |||
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
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| 1986 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
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| 1980 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| 1978 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
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| 1972 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
There are four endorsements in odd years. In 2013 the Danville Register & Bee endorsed Robert Sarvis for Virginia Governor. In 2011 the Buckeye Firearms Association endorsed Mark Noble for a city council office in Ohio. And the New Jersey Courier-Post endorsed Janice Presser for State Representative District 8 in both 1995 and 1997.