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The 2024 Libertarian Party presidential primaries and caucuses are a series of current electoral contests to indicate non-binding preferences for the Libertarian Party (LP) presidential nominee in the 2024 United States presidential election. These differ from the Republican or Democratic presidential primaries and caucuses in that they do not appoint delegates to represent a candidate at the party's convention to select the party's presidential nominee. The party's nominee will be chosen directly by registered delegates at the 2024 Libertarian National Convention, scheduled to take place from May 24 to 26, 2024 in Washington, D.C.[1][2]
| Legend: | 1st place (popular vote) |
2nd place (popular vote) |
3rd place (popular vote) |
Candidate has withdrawn |
Candidate unable to appear on ballot |
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| Date | Contest | Candidates and results | ||||||||
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Charles Ballay |
Jacob Hornberger |
Lars Mapstead |
Chase Oliver |
Michael Rectenwald |
Joshua Smith |
File:Mike ter Maat Libertarian Candidate for President.jpg Mike ter Maat |
Other |
None of the Above | ||
| January 13 | Arizona[3][c] | Not on ballot | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | Not on ballot | 2 votes[d] |
| January 15 | Iowa[4] | 0% 0 votes |
1.1% 1 vote |
1.1% 1 vote |
42.7% 38 votes |
16.9% 15 votes |
13.5% 12 votes |
13.5% 12 votes |
10.1% 9 votes[e] |
1.1% 1 vote |
| February 3 | Alabama[5][c] | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 1st | Not on ballot | 2nd | 6th[f] | Not on ballot |
| February 24 | Mississippi[6] | 0% 0 votes |
11.8% 2 votes |
29.4% 5 votes |
11.8% 2 votes |
41.2% 7 votes |
0% 0 votes |
0% 0 votes |
0% 0 votes |
5.9% 1 vote |
| February 27 | Minnesota[7] | 2.3% 1 vote |
14.0% 6 votes |
0% 0 votes |
23.3% 10 votes |
20.9% 9 votes |
30.2% 13 votes |
4.7% 2 votes |
2.3% 1 vote[g] |
2.3% 1 vote |
| March 2 | Indiana[8] | Not on ballot | 4.0% 4 votes |
13.9% 14 votes |
62.4% 63 votes |
5.9% 6 votes |
4.0% 4 votes |
6.9% 7 votes |
Not on ballot | 3.0% 3 votes |
| Pennsylvania[9] | 2.2% 3 votes |
4.4% 6 votes |
0.1% 1 vote[h] |
19.0% 26 votes |
22.6% 31 votes |
16.1% 22 votes |
28.5% 39 votes |
6.6% 10 votes[i] |
Not on ballot | |
| March 5 | North Carolina[10] | 3.6% 183 votes |
7.0% 357 votes |
3.5% 176 votes |
13.3% 676 votes |
3.8% 195 votes |
7.0% 354 votes |
2.7% 137 votes |
18.7% 946 votes[j] |
40.5% 2,058 votes[k] |
| California[11] incomplete results, write-in votes not yet tabulated |
100% 21,752 votes |
Not on ballot | TBD[l] | Not on ballot | ||||||
| Oklahoma[13] | Not on ballot | 38.9% 362 votes |
Not on ballot | 61.1% 569 votes |
Not on ballot | |||||
| Massachusetts[14] | Not on ballot | 11.0% 1,089 votes |
4.0% 399 votes |
14.6% 1,453 votes |
5.5% 546 votes |
Not on ballot | 3.2% 314 votes |
21.7% 2,161 votes[m] |
40.0% 3,982 votes | |
| Totals as of March 21 (IA, MS, MN, IN, PA, NC, CA, OK, MA) |
57.6% 21,939 votes |
4.8% 1,827 votes |
1.6% 596 votes |
7.4% 2,837 votes |
2.1% 809 votes |
1.1% 405 votes |
1.3% 511 votes |
8.2% 3,127 votes[n] |
15.9% 6,046 votes | |
| May 14 | Nebraska | TBD | Not on ballot | TBD | Not on ballot | |||||
| June 4 | New Mexico | Not on ballot | TBD | Not on ballot | ||||||
As of March 2024, at least 35 candidates have filed with the Federal Election Commission to run for the Libertarian Party presidential nomination in 2024.[15]
This section includes declared candidates who have filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission with intent to run under the Libertarian Party and who meet one or more of the following criteria: a) meet Wikipedia's notability guidelines; b) have participated in at least three Libertarian Party-sponsored debates or c) have received non-trivial media coverage as a candidate in this election cycle.
| Name | Born | Experience | Home state | Campaign Announcement date |
Contests won |
Popular vote |
Ref. | |||
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Charles Ballay |
January 1, 1970 (age 55) New Orleans, Louisiana |
Otolaryngologist | Louisiana |
Website August 24, 2023 FEC filing[16] |
1 (CA) |
21,880 (57.5%) | [17] | |||
Jacob Hornberger |
January 28, 1950 (age 75) Laredo, Texas |
Founder and President of the Future of Freedom Foundation Independent candidate for U.S. Senate from Virginia in 2002 Candidate for President in 2000 and 2020 |
Virginia |
Website February 20, 2023 FEC filing[18] |
0 | 1,827 (4.8%) | [19] | |||
| August 14, 1969 (age 56) Monterey, California |
Co-founder of Friend Finder Networks Founder of Fupa Games and Legendary Speed[20] |
California | Website March 23, 2021 FEC filing[21] |
0 | 596 (1.6%) | [22] | ||||
Chase Oliver |
August 16, 1985 (age 40) Nashville, Tennessee |
Nominee for U.S. Senator from Georgia in 2022 Candidate for GA-05 in 2020 Chair of the Atlanta Libertarian Party (2016–2017) |
Georgia | Website April 5, 2023 FEC filing[23] |
4 (IA, IN, AZ, OK) |
2,837 (7.5%) | [24] | |||
Art Olivier |
August 24, 1957 (age 68) Lynwood, California |
Nominee for U.S. Vice President in 2000 Nominee for Governor of California in 2006 Mayor of Bellflower, California (1998–1999) |
California | Website December 11, 2023 FEC filing[25] |
0 | 5 (nil%) | [26] | |||
Michael Rectenwald |
January 29, 1959 (age 66) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
Author and Scholar Former New York University professor (2008–2019) |
Pennsylvania | Website August 28, 2023 FEC filing[27] |
2 (MS, AL) |
809 (2.1%) | [19] | |||
| March 13, 1983 (age 42) Antioch, California |
Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee (2022–2023) |
Iowa | Website July 24, 2023 FEC filing[28] |
1 (MN) |
405 (1.1%) | [19] | ||||
| File:Mike ter Maat Libertarian Candidate for President.jpg Mike ter Maat |
June 20, 1961 (age 64) Portland, Oregon |
Economist Former Hallandale Beach, Florida police officer Nominee for FL-20 in 2022 |
Virginia | Website April 18, 2022 FEC filing[29] |
1 (PA) |
511 (1.3%) | [22] | |||
| Alternate ballot options: | ||||||||||
| No preference/ None of the above/ Uncommitted |
N/A | 2 (NC, MA) |
6,046 (15.9%) | [10] | ||||||
| Name | Born | Experience | Home state | Campaign announced |
Campaign suspended |
Campaign | Ref. |
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Joe Exotic |
March 5, 1963 (age 62) Garden City, Kansas |
Businessman and media personality Owner of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park (1998–2018) Independent candidate for president in 2016 Candidate for Governor of Oklahoma in 2018 |
March 10, 2023 | April 11, 2023 (running for the Democratic nomination)[30] |
Website FEC filing[31] |
[32] |
The following candidates have achieved at least one of the following: appeared on a primary ballot, received votes in a LP-sanctioned contest that did not require ballot access, or were invited to a party-sanctioned debate or forum.
LNC delegates are not bound to votes in primary elections, so while voters are able choose a candidate, it has no direct effect on the nominee selection at the party's nominating Convention.[33]
As of March 2024[update], the following notable individuals have - within the previous six months - expressed an interest in running for the Libertarian presidential nomination.
The following notable individuals have been the subject of speculation about their possible candidacy but have publicly denied interest in running.
The following notable individuals have previously shown interest in or have been speculated to be seeking the Libertarian presidential nomination, but as of March 2024, there has been no reliable media coverage of them doing so in the previous six months.
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| Active campaign | Withdrawn candidate | ||
| Midterm elections | Libertarian National Convention |
The following table lists debates which are sponsored by an affiliate of the Libertarian Party.
| Candidate | Debates |
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| ter Maat | 17 |
| Hornberger | 16 |
| Oliver | 16 |
| Mapstead | 14 |
| Rectenwald | 13 |
| Smith | 8 |
| Ballay | 7 |
| Olivier | 4 |
| Collins Jr. | 2 |
| Anderson | 1 |
| Date | Place | Host | Participants | ||||||||
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| P Participant. A Absent. O Out of race (exploring, suspended, or not yet entered) | Ballay | Hornberger | Mapstead | Oliver | Olivier | Rectenwald | Smith | Maat | Others | ||
| February 15, 2023[88] | Online | Larry Sharpe | O | O | P | P[aj] | O | O | O | P | P[ak] |
| March 26, 2023[89] | Unknown, Washington | Libertarian Party of Washington | O | A | A | P[al] | O | O | O | P | A |
| April 26, 2023[45] | Online | Larry Sharpe | O | A[am] | P | P | O | O | O | P | P[an] |
| June 24, 2023[91] | Lancaster, New Hampshire | PorcFest | O | A | P | A | O | O | O | P | A |
| October 21, 2023[92] | Jacksonville, Florida | Libertarian Party of Duval County | A | A | P | P | O | P | P | P | A |
| December 10, 2023[93] | Unknown, New Jersey | Libertarian Party of New Jersey | A | P | A | A | O | P | A | P | A |
| Poll source | Sample size | Date(s) | Hornberger | Mapstead | Oliver | Rectenwald | ter Maat | Others |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa State Fair Presidential Straw Poll[94] | 143 | August 21, 2023 | 4% | 2% | 19% | 3% | 74%[ao] | |
| Suffolk University Massachusetts Poll[95] | 10 | February 2, 2024 - February 5, 2024 | 10% | 0% | 10% | 0% | 0% | 70%[ap] |
According to campaign finance laws, an individual must begin filing reports once they raise or spend more than $5,000. This fundraising table includes money raised and spent as of June 30, 2023. As Smith had not officially announced his campaign as of that date, he has not reported any fundraising. Fundraising reports for the third quarter must be filed by October 15, 2023.[96]
| Candidate | Total raised | Total raised since last quarter |
Individual contributions | Debt | Spent | Spent since last quarter |
COH | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Unitemized | Pct | |||||||
| Hornberger[97] | $30,386 | $12,870 | $30,361 | $1,611 | 5.3% | $0 | $13,338 | $3,807 | $17,048 |
| Mapstead[98] | $158,414 | $151,193 | $2,300 | $1,800 | 78.3% | $150,000 | $94,497 | $56,871 | $101,543 |
| Oliver[99] | $24,164 | $5,432 | 22.5% | $0 | $24,058 | $106 | |||
| Smith, Joshua | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 0.0% | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| ter Maat[100] | $126,805 | $6,961 | $1,937 | 27.8% | $0 | $96,820 | $29,985 | ||
| Exotic[101][aq] | $10,294 | 100.0% | $0 | $8,530 | $1,764 | ||||
| Date | Primaries/caucuses | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| January 13 | Arizona convention | [3] |
| January 15 | Iowa caucus | [102] |
| February 3 | Alabama convention | [103] |
| February 24 | Mississippi convention | [6] |
| February 27 | Minnesota caucus | [104] |
| March 2 | Indiana convention | [105] |
| Pennsylvania convention | [106] | |
| March 5 | California primary | [107] |
| Oklahoma primary | [108] | |
| Massachusetts primary | [109] | |
| North Carolina primary | [110] | |
| May 14 | Nebraska primary | [111] |
| May 24–26 | Convention | |
| June 4 | New Mexico primary | [112] |
The following is a table for which candidates have received ballot access in which states.
indicates that the candidate was on the ballot for the primary contest,
indicates that the candidate was a recognized write-in candidate, and
indicates that the candidate did not appear on the ballot in that state's contest.
indicates that a candidate withdrew before the election but was still listed on the ballot. If a state does not appear in the table, the filing deadline in the state has not passed.
| State | Date | Ballay | Hornberger | Mapstead | Oliver | Olivier | Rectenwald | Smith | ter Maat | Other | Ref |
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| AZ | Jan 13 | [113] | |||||||||
| IA | Jan 15 | Ballot access not required | |||||||||
| AL | Feb 3 | [114] | |||||||||
| MS | Feb 24 | [6] | |||||||||
| MN | Feb 27 | All FEC filed candidates qualified | [104] | ||||||||
| IN | Mar 2 | [115] | |||||||||
| PA | [106] | ||||||||||
| MA | Mar 5 | [116] | |||||||||
| NC | [117] | ||||||||||
| CA | [118][119] | ||||||||||
| OK | [120] | ||||||||||
| NE | May 14 | [121] | |||||||||
| NM | Jun 4 | [122] | |||||||||
Dave Smith, a comedian and leader in the Mises faction’s LP takeover [...] considered a run for the nomination but opted against it.