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TheLibertarian Party selectedJo Jorgensen as its presidential nominee on May 23, 2020, during the Libertarian National Convention.^[1]Spike Cohen was selected as the party's vice presidential nominee the next day.^[2]

The convention was originally scheduled to take place May 21-25, 2020, inAustin, Texas.^[3] Due to thecoronavirus pandemic, the nomination portion of the national convention was held online May 22-24.^[4][5]

Prior to the national convention, delegates were selected by state Libertarian affiliates. These delegates choose a party nominee at the convention by majority vote.^[6]

Gary Johnson, the 2012 and 2016 Libertarian presidential nominee, said in 2017 that he would not launch a third presidential bid.^[7] His running mate,Bill Weld, announced on April 15, 2019, that he was running in theRepublican primary for president.

Libertarian National Convention

On May 2, 2020, the Libertarian Party voted to cancel its in-person presidential nominating convention, which had been scheduled to take place May 21-25, 2020, inAustin, Texas. The party opted instead to hold an online meeting starting on May 22 to select its presidential ticket. The party also planned to conduct a separate in-person convention for other party business July 8-12, 2020, in Orlando, Florida.^[3][8][9]

Presidential nomination

The Libertarian Party selectedJo Jorgensen as its presidential nominee on May 23, the second day of the national convention.^[1]

Party delegates nominated six candidates to be on the initial ballot. Candidates were eliminated on each subsequent ballot until one candidate received a majority of the vote. Jorgensen received 51.1% of the vote on the fourth ballot, defeating candidates Jacob Hornberger and Vermin Supreme.^[1]

Vice presidential nomination

Spike Cohen was selected as the party's vice presidential nominee on May 24 in the third round of voting.^[2]

Libertarian presidential candidates on five or more primary ballots

See also:Presidential candidates, 2020

The following Libertarian presidential candidates were on five or more statewide primary ballots:

Withdrawn Libertarian candidates

• Justin Amash, a U.S. representative from Michigan, announced on April 28, 2020, that he was launching an exploratory committee for the Libertarian presidential nomination.^[10] On May 16, 2020, Amash announced that he would not run as a presidential candidate for the Libertarian Party's nomination.^[11]

List of 2020 registered Libertarian presidential candidates

See also:List of registered 2020 presidential candidates

2018 Libertarian Party Platform

The following embedded document contains the 2018 Libertarian Party Platform adopted by the party in July 2018:^[12]

Ballot access

See also:Ballot access for presidential candidates andPresidential ballot access, 2016

As of September 2019, the Libertarian Party had ballot access in the following 37 jurisdictions:

Some states have special provisions permitting parties to place presidential candidates on the ballot without attaining full ballot status. In 2016, the Libertarian Party achieved presidential ballot access in all 50 states.^[13]

Libertarian presidential and vice presidential nominees, 1972-2016

The following chart shows the Libertarian presidential ticket from every presidential election between 1972 and 2016.^[14]

Libertarian Party annual and biennial meetings, 1972-2020

The following table shows the date and location of Libertarian Party annual and biennial meetings, including presidential nominating conventions, since 1972.^[15]

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