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‘Survivor’ star eyes Libertarian gubernatorial bid
Popular “Survivor” star Rupert Boneham has formed an exploratory committee to seek the Libertarian Party’s nomination for Indiana governor, The Los Angeles Times reports. Boneham made the announcement at a downtown Indianapolis press conference. “An eventual run in 2012 will depend, he said, on whether enough Hoosiers express support for the idea in coming weeks […]
Read moreLP/LNCC donate $55K to LP Indianapolis city councilman’s re-elect race
The Libertarian National Committee and Libertarian National Campaign Committee have donated $5r,000 to the campaign of Ed Coleman, a Libertarian incumbent running for re-election to the Indianapolis-Marion County City-County Council in a partisan race this Nov. 8. Coleman, elected as a Republican in 2007, switched to the Libertarian Party in early 2009 after the local […]
Read moreLibertarian at 16%. Political insiders try to boot him from ballot
“Two Republican activists have filed a suit in Pendleton Circuit Court, asking that Ken Moellman, a Libertarian candidate for state treasurer, be removed from the ballot,” The Louisville Courier-Journal reports. “Moellman, who has filed to run against Democratic incumbent Todd Hollenbach and Republican K.C. Crosbie, said he plans to contest the suit and that he […]
Read morePoll Du Jour: Young voters agree with the LP
The numbers are in. Young voters, the foundation we need to build a bigger, stronger Party, are growing more and more libertarian. A Generation Opportunity poll released Aug. 18, and reported by The Washington Times’ Jennifer Harper, finds: “76 percent (of young Americans) want federal government spending decreased.” “69 percent say today’s political leaders ‘do […]
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