Chase Oliver 2024 presidential campaign | |
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Campaign | 2024 Libertarian Party presidential primaries 2024 United States presidential election |
Candidate | Chase Oliver Mike ter Maat |
Affiliation | Libertarian Party |
Status | Announced: April 4, 2023 Official nominee: May 26, 2024 |
EC formed | December 2, 2022 |
Receipts | US$74,684.10 [1] |
Website | |
https://www.votechaseoliver.com/ |
The 2024 presidential campaign of Chase Oliver formally began on April 4, 2023, following the formation of an exploratory committee in December 2022. He officially received the presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party on May 26, 2024. Oliver is a libertarian political activist, as well as sales account executive, and HR representative. [2] He was the Libertarian nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia and the 2020 Georgia's 5th congressional district special election. [3]
Oliver's first campaign for public office was in 2020, as the Libertarian nominee for the 2020 Georgia's 5th congressional district special election to replace John Lewis, who had died earlier that year. Oliver won 2% of the vote in that race and was eliminated during the blanket primary. [4]
He then became Libertarian nominee for the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Georgia, where he faced off against the incumbent Democratic Raphael Warnock and Republican Party challenger Herschel Walker. [2] [5] Oliver participated in a October 2022 debate hosted by Georgia Public Broadcasting and debated against Warnock, as well as an empty podium representing Walker, who had declined to take part in the debate. [6] Oliver received over 2% of the popular vote in that race. Opponents contended that he was a spoiler candidate and that his votes forced the race, which was ultimately won by Warnock, into a run-off. [7]
On December 2, 2022, Oliver formed an exploratory committee to inquire into a possible run for the Libertarian presidential nomination in the 2024 United States presidential election. [8]
On April 4, 2023, Oliver formally declared his candidacy for the Libertarian presidential nomination. [9] [10]
Throughout the summer of 2023, Oliver campaigned extensively in Iowa. [11] [12] The Gazette described him as a "pro-gun, pro-police reform, pro-choice Libertarian" who is "armed and gay." [13] On August 19, 2023, he spoke at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox, becoming the first-ever third-party presidential candidate to speak at the event. [14]
Oliver was described by The Christian Science Monitor as a potential "opening in the middle" that may deliver a reprieve to "voters unhappy with both major-party front-runners" looking for representation from a younger generation. [15]
Oliver filed to run in Oklahoma's "first Libertarian presidential primary election since the party was formally recognized in 2016". Alongside fellow Libertarian primary candidate Jacob Hornberger, Oliver achieved ballot access by collecting signatures from voters in each Congressional district. [16] [17] He won the Oklahoma primary, which was held on Super Tuesday, on March 5, 2024, with 61% of the vote. [18]
In January 2024, Oliver and fellow Libertarian presidential primary candidate Lars Mapstead successfully collaborated to secure major party status and ballot access for the Libertarian Party of Maine. [19] Afterwards, Oliver went to Iowa in order to campaign ahead of the 2024 Iowa Libertarian presidential caucuses. [20] [21] He won the Iowa caucus with 42.7% of the vote. [22]
On February 29, 2024, Oliver participated in a presidential candidates debate hosted by the Free & Equal Elections Foundation, alongside Party for Socialism and Liberation nominee Claudia De la Cruz, Green Party candidates Jill Stein and Jasmine Sherman, and fellow Libertarian candidate Lars Mapstead. [23] [24]
On May 26, 2024, Oliver officially received the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination at the party's National Convention. [25] That same day, Mike ter Maat was selected as the Libertarian party's vice-presidential nominee and Oliver's running mate. [26]
As of May 2024, Oliver has been included in two national presidential polls
Poll source | Date | Sample size [lower-alpha 1] | Margin of error | Joe Biden Democratic | Donald Trump Republican | Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Independent | Cornel West Independent | Chase Oliver Libertarian | Jill Stein Green | Other/ Undecided |
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Data for Progress (D)/Zeteo | May 1–2, 2024 | 1,240 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 40% | 41% | 12% | 1% | 0% | 1% | 5% |
Data for Progress (D) | March 27–29, 2024 | 1,200 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 41% | 42% | 8% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 6% |
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