The Libertarian Party of Iowa (LPIA) has qualified for major party status after its candidate for governor, Rick Stewart, received 2.4% of the vote in the 2022 election.
Libertarian Party of Iowa Files for Major Party Status | River Cities' Reader - Libertarian Party of Iowa:
December 9, 2022 — LPIA [Libertarian Party of Iowa] Chair, Jules Cutler, alongside Rick Stewart, candidates, volunteers, and party leaders gathered today to file with the Secretary of State’s Office. The Libertarian Party of Iowa qualified to file for full party status after [Stewart], the party’s gubernatorial candidate, and his running mate, Marco Battaglia, received 2.4% in the November 8 General Election....
"This is the second time that the Libertarian Party will have reached 'Major Party' status in Iowa. [That was] ... obtained after Governor Gary Johnson’s 2016 Presidential campaign, but the party was unable to maintain the 2% required by a top-of-ballot candidate.
"This is the first time a traditional 'Third Party' has surpassed the necessary threshold in a gubernatorial race. The other two times that mark had been reached were in Presidential campaigns, the aforementioned Johnson campaign for the Libertarians, and in 2000, Ralph Nader’s campaign ... for the Green Party....
"The Libertarian Party of Iowa is committed to America’s heritage of freedom: Individual liberty and personal responsibility, a free-market economy of abundance and prosperity, a foreign policy of non-intervention, peace, and free trade. Find out more at lpia.org."
Read more: https://www.rcreader.com/news-releases/libertarian-party-iowa-files-major-party-status
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