2024 Third Party and Independent Candidate General discussion

[omar04]

Think I saw Libertarians had 130 candidates elected nationally yesterday.

For clarity, post the results.

Libertarians are on the incline ever since 2012. I expect them to get a house seat within the next 6 years.

Any idea of what region? They seem pretty spread out to a number of city councils and townships.

[omar04]

Think I saw Libertarians had 130 candidates elected nationally yesterday.

For clarity, post the results.

Libertarians are on the incline ever since 2012. I expect them to get a house seat within the next 6 years.

Any idea of what region? They seem pretty spread out to a number of city councils and townships.

At this link https://www.lp.org/elected-officials-2/ , it says there are a total of 229 Libertarians holding elected office: 99 partisan and 130 nonpartisan. Partisan is you appeared on the ballot with the party designation "Libertarian". Nonpartisan based on current dues-paying member of the Libertarian Party or currently registered to vote as a Libertarian.

I actually looked at that before I posted that but I'm unsure where they could actually get enough votes to win a House seat beyond somewhere in Indiana.

[omar04]

When was the last time a Libertariam hit 10% in a House election with a Democratic and Republican candidate running?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Alaska

A Libertarian also got 27.68% running as the sole non Democrat in a safe seat back in 2018.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%27s_2nd_congressional_district#2018

There's also this article on their official website summarizing their 2020 results: https://www.lp.org/2020-election/