In 1998, the eastern group that was running the State Party decided both to run a full slate of candidates for state office, or as close as could be obtained. They also decided to encourage Party members to run for the state legislature. Candidates were obtained for five of the six statewide offices (no Libertarian attorney would agree to run…
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Commentary: Why did this bring down Angela McArdle and the Mises Caucus down so quickly? We continue our coverage of how the LP got here. This article, dating February 2025, is from Jake Porter’s jakeporter.substack.com. Jake’s work is supported by subscribers to his substack I’ve released a series of investigative reports showing former Chair McArdle withheld information from the board about meeting…
From My Book Funding Liberty. In 1996, there was a small Libertarian activist group in Worcester. Our candidate for State Representative missed getting on the ballot through a fluke. His erstwhile Democratic opponent, Representative Binienda, was, nonetheless, annoyed by our candidate’s efforts to run for office. He rammed a bill through the state legislature doubling the number of signatures required…
Amid Scandal McArdle Resigns, Mises Caucus Collapses Within 2 weeks of scandal breaking the national party changes direction in public repudiation of McArdle’s chosen replacement, the founder of the Mises Caucus from JAKE PORTER FEB 06, 2025 We continue our coverage of how the LP got here. This article, dating February 2025, is from Jake Porter’s jakeporter.substack.com. Jake’s work is…
LPUS Membership Continues Decline The count of Sustaining Members in the Libertarian national party fell from 9296 at the end of November 2025 to 9090 at the end of December, a decline of 206 people. The count of Life members, who are also counted as sustaining members, remained constant at 3308. The total count of members rose from 237,651 to…
We return to 1996-1998. I allowed that because the Party had managed to get its candidates on the ballot in 1994, we would also do so in 1996. I do not remember reservations being raised by other members of the state party. Indeed, the-then-State-Chair proposed that after we got me on the ballot, we should try to get a second…
Libertarian Party Is Paying Chair’s Domestic Partner Through Unidisclosed Hidden Delaware LLC We continue our coverage of how the LP got here. This article, dating December 2024, is from Jake Porter’s jakeporter.substack.com. Jake’s work is supported by subscribers to his substack Has been paid over $45,000 since February 2024 after LNC ended boyfriend’s direct contract. The undisclosed payments are in…
We read (slightly edited): Canny writes that Chadderdon has responded to his letter. Dave Cann In response to my previous post regarding the LPMI LEC’s request that the Region 1 Chairs remove Andrew Chadderdon as LNC Regional Rep for refusing to sign off on having control of the disputed LPMI bank accounts returned to the party, Keith Thompson asked me…
The Continuing Story We are at the end of my description of the 1996 and 2000 Presidential campaigns. It is a sad tale. We should be the Party of Principle. We seem instead to be behaving as the Party of Principal, with interest to inside traders. In 2002 the Libertarian Party was significantly divided. One faction proposed that it was…
We continue our historical review of Angela McArdle and the LNC. This article, dating December 2024, is from Jake Porter’s jakeporter.substack.com Jake’s work is supported by subscribers to his substack. Kennedy Joint Fundraiser Pays Libertarian Chair McArdle’s Domestic Partner Through Delaware LLC McArdle lobbied the Libertarian Party to accept the joint fundraising committee with Robert Kennedy Jr. Payments were not…