The Libertarian Party (LP) is a libertarian or classical liberal political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties,non-interventionism,laissez-faire capitalism,and limiting the size and scope of government. The world's first explicitly libertarian party,it was conceived in August 1971 at meetings in the home of David F. Nolan in Westminster,Colorado,and was officially formed on December 11,1971,in Colorado Springs. The organizers of the party drew inspiration from the works and ideas of the prominent Austrian school economist Murray Rothbard. The founding of the party was prompted in part due to concerns about the Nixon administration's wage and price controls,the Vietnam War,conscription,and the introduction of fiat money.
Ronald Ernest Paul is an American author,activist,physician,and retired politician who served as the U.S. representative for Texas's 22nd congressional district from 1976 to 1977,and again from 1979 to 1985,as well as for Texas's 14th congressional district from 1997 to 2013. On three occasions,he sought the presidency of the United States:as the Libertarian Party nominee in 1988;and as a candidate for the Republican Party in 2008 and 2012.
Llewellyn Harrison Rockwell Jr. is an American author,editor,and political consultant. A libertarian and a self-professed anarcho-capitalist,he founded and is the chairman of the Mises Institute,a non-profit promoting the Austrian School of economics.
Cynthia Jeanne Shaheen is an American politician and retired educator serving as the senior United States senator from New Hampshire,a seat she has held since January 2009. A member of the Democratic Party,she also served as the 78th governor of New Hampshire from 1997 to 2003. Shaheen is the first woman elected as both a governor and a U.S. senator,and the first woman elected governor of New Hampshire.
Paleolibertarianism is a right-libertarian political activism strategy aimed at uniting libertarians and paleoconservatives. It was developed by American anarcho-capitalist theorists Murray Rothbard and Lew Rockwell in the American political context after the end of the Cold War. From 1989 to 1995,they sought to communicate libertarian notions of opposition to government intervention by using messages accessible to the working class and middle class people of the time. They combined libertarian free market views with the cultural conservatism of paleoconservatism,while also opposing protectionism. The strategy also embraced the paleoconservative reverence for tradition and religion. This approach,usually identified as right-wing populism,was intended to radicalize citizens against the state. The name they chose for this style of activism evoked the roots of modern libertarianism,hence the prefix paleo. That founding movement was American classical liberalism,which shared the anti-war and anti-New Deal sentiments of the Old Right in the first half of the 20th century. Paleolibertarianism is generally seen as a right-wing ideology.
Robert Clinton Smith is an American politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for New Hampshire's 1st congressional district from 1985 to 1990 and the state of New Hampshire in the United States Senate from 1990 to 2003.
Theodora Nathalia "Tonie" Nathan was an American radio producer,television producer,and political activist. She was the first woman to receive an electoral vote in a United States presidential election. She was the 1972 vice presidential nominee of the Libertarian Party and running mate of John Hospers,when Roger MacBride,a Republican elector from Virginia,cast the historic vote as a faithless elector.
Howard Homan Buffett was an American businessman,investor,and politician. He was a four-term Republican United States Representative for the state of Nebraska. He was the father of Warren Buffett,the billionaire businessman and investor.
Karen U. Kwiatkowski,née Unger,is an American activist and commentator. She is a retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel whose assignments included duties as a Pentagon desk officer and a variety of roles for the National Security Agency.
Jacob Joseph Lew is an American attorney and diplomat serving as the United States ambassador to Israel. He was the seventy-sixth United States secretary of the treasury from 2013 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party,he also served as the twenty-fifth White House chief of staff from 2012 to 2013 and as director of the Office of Management and Budget in both the Clinton administration and Obama administration.
Moneybomb is a neologism coined in 2007 to describe a grassroots fundraising effort over a brief fixed time period,usually to support a candidate for election by dramatically increasing,concentrating,and publicizing fundraising activity during a specific hour or day. The term was coined by Trevor Lyman to describe a massive coordinated online donation drive on behalf of presidential candidate Ron Paul,in which context the San Jose Mercury News described a moneybomb as being "a one-day fundraising frenzy". The effort combines traditional and Internet-based fundraising appeals focusing especially on viral advertising through online vehicles such as YouTube,Twitter,and online forums. In the case of lesser-known candidates it is also intended to generate significant free mass media coverage the candidate would otherwise not receive. Moneybombs have been used for grassroots fundraising and viral activism over the Internet by several 2008 presidential candidates in the United States. It emerged as an important grassroots tool leading up to the 2010 midterm elections and 2012 presidential election in the United States.
The Campaign for Liberty (C4L) is a political organization founded by twelve-term United States Congressman Ron Paul. Campaign for Liberty focuses on educating elected officials and the general public about constitutional issues,and currently provides a membership program. Its legal status is that of a 501(c)(4) nonprofit.
The Boston Tea Party (BTP) was a United States libertarian political party named after the event known as the Boston Tea Party of 1773. It was founded in 2006 by a group of former Libertarian Party (LP) members,who criticized the LP for its "abdication of political responsibilities",saying that "Americans deserve and desperately need a pro-freedom party that forcefully advocates libertarian solutions to the issues of today".
The 2010 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 2,2010,alongside other midterm elections to the United States Senate in other states as well as to the United States House of Representatives. Primaries were held on September 14. Incumbent Senator Judd Gregg (R) retired instead of seeking a fourth term,and was succeeded by Kelly Ayotte,who won the open seat by over 23 points. This is the last time that Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in New Hampshire. This was also the first open seat election in the state since 1992. With Democrat Jeanne Shaheen serving in the state's other Senate seat,New Hampshire became the first state in the union to be represented in the Senate simultaneously by two women of opposite parties.
Ann L. McLane Kuster is an American lawyer and politician serving as the U.S. representative for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party,she previously worked as a lobbyist.
James B. Renacci is an American accountant,businessman,and politician who served as the U.S. representative for Ohio's 16th congressional district from 2011 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party,he is a former city council president and two-term Mayor of Wadsworth,Ohio. In 2018,Renacci was the unsuccessful Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate,losing to Democratic incumbent Sherrod Brown by a 7-point margin. He also ran unsuccessfully in the 2022 Republican primary for governor of Ohio,losing to incumbent Mike DeWine. Renacci currently serves as the chairman of the Republican Party of Medina County.
William Harrison "Bill" Binnie is an American industrialist,investment banker,and philanthropist,who is currently president of the Carlisle Capital Corporation,president of the media company New Hampshire 1 Network and owner of Carlisle One Media. He is the former chairman of the Finance Committee for the New Hampshire Republican State Committee,and a former candidate for the Republican nomination for the U. S. Senate in 2010. He served as chairman of Carlisle Plastics,Inc. until that firm was sold to Tyco International in September 1996.
The Libertarian Party in the United States is composed of various factions,sometimes described as left and right,although many libertarians reject use of these terms to describe the political philosophy.
The 2012 United States presidential election in New Hampshire took place on November 6,2012,as part of the 2012 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia participated. New Hampshire voters chose four electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote pitting incumbent Democratic President Barack Obama and his running mate,Vice President Joe Biden,against Republican challenger and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney and his running mate,U.S. Representative Paul Ryan.
The 2020 United States Senate election in New Hampshire was held on November 3,2020,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of New Hampshire,concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the United States Senate,elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen won reelection to a third term after comfortably defeating Republican nominee Bryant Messner by 15.6 points and sweeping every single county in the state. This marked the first Senate election since 1972 in which the Democrat carried Belknap County.
