2024 Libertarian National Convention

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2024 Libertarian National Convention
2024 presidential election
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Nominees
Oliver and ter Maat
Convention
Date(s)May 24–27, 2024
City Washington, D.C.
Venue Washington Hilton
Chair Angela McArdle
Candidates
Presidential nominee Chase Oliver of Georgia
Vice-presidential nominee Mike ter Maat of Virginia
Voting
Total delegates1,051
Votes needed for nomination526
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The 2024 Libertarian National Convention was a political event to select the Libertarian Party nominees for president and vice president in the 2024 election. It was held from May 24 to the early morning of May 27, 2024, at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C. [1]

Contents

Background

Elections were held for the chairmanship of the Libertarian National Committee, currently held by Angela McArdle, as well as the position of vice chair, currently held by Andrew Watkins. [2] McArdle was elected at the 2022 convention in Reno, Nevada, by acquiring the votes of 69% of delegates. She was elected with the support of the controversial Mises Caucus, a faction of the party that supports paleolibertarianism, which was created in opposition to Nicholas Sarwark's tenure as chairman. [3] Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. originally ruled out a nomination, then accepted a nomination the day of the convention, but was eliminated in the first round with 19 delegate votes. [4] Donald J. Trump asked for the party nomination but was disqualified for not having submitted the appropriate paperwork. [5]

Presidential nomination

Candidates needed to submit papers with the signatures of at least 30 delegates to be nominated. The following candidates met the threshold: [6]

A delegate also attempted to nominate Donald Trump, but the nomination was considered invalid due to Trump not submitting nomination papers. [7]

Balloting

Ten candidates were nominated for the first round. Delegates could also cast a write-in vote or vote for none of the above (NOTA). [6] If no candidate reaches 50%, the candidate with the lowest vote total and all candidates below 5% are eliminated and the convention votes again. [8]

Ballay, Kennedy Jr., Anderson, and Art Olivier were eliminated after the first round, Hornberger was eliminated after the second round, Smith was eliminated after the third round, Mapstead was eliminated after the fourth round, ter Maat was eliminated after the fifth round.

Following his elimination in the fifth round, ter Maat announced he would run as Chase Oliver's running mate. Michael Heise, founder of the Mises Caucus, which endorsed Rectenwald, noted that the caucus also offered ter Maat the vice presidential position. [9]

The sixth round was a head-to-head between Oliver and Rectenwald. No candidate received 50% of the vote due to votes for NOTA and write-ins. As the lowest placed nominated candidate, Rectenwald was eliminated. This set up a seventh round between Oliver and NOTA. Chair Angela McArdle noted that should NOTA receive a majority, the party would not nominate a candidate for president. [10]

Chase Oliver won the nomination on the seventh ballot with 60.6% of the vote.

This is the first convention that delegates did not nominate the candidate who won the first round of voting since the 2004 convention. [11]

Candidate1st ballot2nd ballot3rd ballot4th ballot5th ballot6th ballot7th ballot
Votes %Votes %±Votes %±Votes %±Votes %±Votes %±Votes %±
Chase Oliver 18119.7%21924.0%+4.3%23025.4%+1.4%23125.9%+0.5%28632.9%+7.0%42349.5%+16.6%49760.6%+11.1%
None of the above 111.2%70.8%−0.4%91.0%+0.2%101.1%+0.1%222.5%+1.4%445.2%+2.7%30036.6%+21.4%
Write-ins 13 [a] 1.4%80.9%−0.5%20.2%−0.7%1 [b] 0.1%−0.1%3 [c] 0.3%+0.2%5 [d] 0.6%+0.3%232.8%+1.2%
Michael Rectenwald 25928.2%29332.2%+4.0%31935.2%+3.0%33537.6%+2.4%33438.4%+0.8%38244.7%+6.3%Eliminated
Mike ter Maat 14115.3%16217.8%+2.5%16518.2%+0.4%17519.6%+1.4%22525.9%+6.3%Eliminated
Lars Mapstead12213.3%12313.5%+0.2%13715.1%+1.6%13915.6%+0.5%Eliminated
Joshua Smith737.9%626.8%−1.1%455.0%−1.8%Eliminated
Jacob Hornberger596.4%374.1%−2.3%Eliminated
Charles Ballay212.3%Eliminated
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. 192.1%Eliminated
Joshua "Toad" Anderson161.7%Eliminated
Art Olivier 40.4%Eliminated
Votes cast91987.4%91186.7%−0.7%90786.3%−0.4%89184.8%−1.5%87082.8%−2.0%85481.3%−1.5%82078.0%−3.3%

Vice presidential nomination

Candidates needed to submit papers with the signatures of at least 30 delegates to be nominated. The following candidates met the threshold: [6]

Balloting

Five candidates were nominated for the first round. Delegates could also write-in a candidate or vote for NOTA in any round. If no candidate reaches 50%, the candidate with the lowest vote total and all candidates below 5% are eliminated and the convention votes again. Delegates voted to suspend the rules and additionally suspend all candidates with below 15% in the first round. [6]

Clegg, Greenstein, and Ludden were eliminated after the first round.

Mike ter Maat, who was endorsed by presidential nominee Chase Oliver, was nominated on the second ballot with 51.3% of the vote.

Candidate1st ballot2nd ballot
Votes %Votes %±
Mike ter Maat 36749.7%37151.3%+1.6%
Clint Russell33945.9%34047.0%+1.1%
None of the above 81.1%81.1%+0.0%
Write-ins 10 [e] 1.4%4 [f] 0.6%−0.8%
Freddie Clegg91.2%Eliminated
Kendal Ludden30.4%Eliminated
Mark Stewart Greenstein30.4%Eliminated
Votes cast73970.3%72368.8%−1.5%

Convention speakers

According to the convention website, the following people were scheduled to appear as convention speakers: [12]

After the May 1 announcement that Trump would be addressing the convention, Kennedy proposed a formal debate between the two at the convention, as he would also be making an appearance. [13] According to Kennedy, Trump declined.[ citation needed ]

Inviting Trump to speak was highly controversial within the party, and a motion was introduced on the Libertarian National Committee to rescind the invitation issued by party chair McArdle. [18] During his speech, Trump made a play for the Libertarian nomination and vowed to appoint a Libertarian to his cabinet. [19]

Ramaswamy, in addition to speaking, engaged in a debate with the winner of the libertarian vice-presidential debate, which is to be determined by a straw poll at the convention. [14]

Nicole Shanahan, the running mate of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., was anticipated to speak on May 26. However, she backed out after Kennedy was eliminated from contention for the Libertarian nomination in the first round of balloting. [4]

Delegate allocation

2024 LNC delegate allocation. Only states and territories with recognized affiliates are granted delegates. 2024 LNC delegate allocation.svg
2024 LNC delegate allocation. Only states and territories with recognized affiliates are granted delegates.

Delegates to the convention are allocated to state party affiliates based on the number of sustaining members of the national Libertarian Party per state, as well as the percentage of the vote cast by state in the 2020 presidential election for Libertarian nominee Jo Jorgensen. A total of 1,051 delegates are currently selected to vote at the convention. [20]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ 6 votes for Donald Trump
  2. ↑ for Mike Shipley
  3. ↑ 1 vote for Trump, 1 vote for Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
  4. ↑ 1 vote for Trump, 1 vote for RFK Jr., 1 vote for Mike ter Maat
  5. ↑ 6 votes for Kristi Alexander, 1 vote for Spike Cohen, 1 vote for Larry Sharpe
  6. ↑ 1 vote for Nicole Shanahan

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