In the end, Sun Tzu’s advice turned out to be in the best interests of the Campaign, though not necessarily in the best interests of the Party. The Browne Campaign ran its candidate. Browne fought for delegates all the way to the 2000 Libertarian National Convention, held in Anaheim, CA over the Independence Day weekend. Browne won the nomination. What…
Third Party Watch
Pietro Salvatore Geraci has announced that he is a candidate for election to the Libertarian National Committee, which currently has two open At-Large positions. He writes us: I’m declaring my candidacy to fill one of the vacant at-large positions on the LNC. I believe we need to prioritize fundraising and memberships and cut down on drama in the public list.…
How did the Browne campaign survive these failures? Membership recruitment was said to be a task for the National Party. Failure to recruit members was a failure of the National Party, not the Browne Campaign. To his credit, Browne repeatedly urged Libertarians to support Project Archimedes, so these failings lay not on his shoulders but on the shoulders of his…
Based on the numbers here, the LNC has about $90,000 free cash above its current debt, and is running a deficit of around $15,000/month, so in the absence of significant variations or other changes the LNC will run out of money by the end of the year. The full report is seen at …
A statement by Nicholas Sarwark: Dear Libertarian Party Donors, We can do better! Because Adrian Malagon and Kathy Yenascavich have resigned, two seats on the Libertarian National Committee are vacant. I am standing for election to one of those seats. I have extensive previous experience serving our Party on the LNC from 2014 through 2020, a period of strong growth…
Smooth Leadership Transition Highlights Record Turnout PORT HURON, MI — The 2025 Libertarian Party of Michigan (LPMI) Regular Convention marked a turning point for the state party, as over 80 delegates gathered on Saturday, July 19th , at the Blue Water Convention Center in Port Huron. This impressive turnout demonstrated a renewed commitment to unity and focus following years of…
With respect to (2), the Browne campaign did almost no public political advertising prior to the 2000 National Convention. There was an extensive direct mail campaign to raise money, but direct mail is not public advertising. Fundraising events and State Party conventions are also not public advertising. Without public political advertising, (2) does not lead to candidacy. Browne did have…
What the LNC Should Do Opinion by Scott Kohlhaus Instead of stressing issues, which we already know and care about, it’s time to go back to basics and stress organizational issues. 1. 7 total renewal LETTERS (emails don’t count), up to 3 before they lapse and up to 4 after they lapse. 2. Direct MAIL fundraising pieces to current donors…
Hello Libertarians. This is the fifth of a series of opinion articles I’ll be privileged to write for you once per month on an “inside baseball” topic for the Libertarian Party. I encourage everyone who has an opinion on whatever we’re talking about this month to comment or send phillies@4liberty.net your longer editorials, which may well be published. I am…
On December 19, 1996, Harry Browne announced that he would be creating an exploratory committee, whose purposes would include raising money. Browne wanted to know if he could begin the campaign with $1,000,000 in hand, and the exploratory committee was the vehicle for making the determination experimentally. However, under (3) and (6) “amass funds to be used after candidacy is…