2016 Libertarian National Convention

May 26 – The presidential candidates , Gary Johnson, John McAfee, Darryl W. Perry, and Austin Petersen participated in a political debate at the convention.

Marc Allan Feldman

May 27 – A debate between the Libertarian candidates seeking the vice presidential nomination was held. On the same day, the candidates for chairperson of the LNC debated.

May 28 – A debate between the was held. The debate was televised live by C-SPAN.^[5] It was moderated by Larry Elder.

Libertarian presidential candidates

May 29

Libertarian National Committee

Craig Bowden, 2016 candidate for the from Utah's 1st congressional district

U.S. House of Representatives

William Coley, 2016 Libertarian vice presidential candidate

2012 Libertarian Vice Presidential nominee

Judge Jim Gray

lawyer, writer and radio and television personality who calls himself the "Sage of South Central," a district of Los Angeles, California

Larry Elder

lawyer specializing in constitutional and international law

Bruce Fein

Sharon Harris, libertarian political activist and president of the Advocates for Self-Government, author

political activist and small government advocate

Carla Howell

Iraq War veteran, anti-war and libertarian activist, and author

Adam Kokesh

Leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada since May 2014, firefighter, paramedic, business owner, filmmaker, and volunteer

Tim Moen

former member of the Nevada Assembly representing District 8, realtor

John Moore

singer-songwriter and musician

Jordan Page

Chairman of Rogers Holdings and Beeland Interests, Inc., Co-founder of the Quantum Fund, businessman, investor and author

Jim Rogers

economics writer of the Austrian School, advocate of anarcho-capitalism and Bitcoin, publisher of libertarian books, conference speaker, and internet entrepreneur

Jeffrey Tucker

Dr. , historian, author, and senior fellow of the Mises Institute

Thomas Woods

On May 29, candidate for chairman of the LNC James Weeks took stage and stripped down to a , saying "I thought we could use a little bit of fun." He danced on the stage before announcing the suspension of his bid for chairperson. He was booed loudly by the delegates and removed from the convention.^[8] The incident was streamed live on C-SPAN. This took place during the tabulation of votes on the second ballot for vice president, and many delegates attempted to make a motion to expel Weeks from the party. This was cut short when chairman Nicholas Sarwark moved to set the matter aside and announce the results of the vice presidential nomination. Weeks was later expelled from the Libertarian Party of Michigan, which disavowed all support for his candidacy for county Sheriff.^[9]

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After losing the nomination to Gary Johnson, Austin Petersen endorsed the nominee and gave him a plastic replica of a type of pistol owned by George Washington. Several delegates attending the convention later reported seeing Gary Johnson, the party's nominee, tossing the gift in the garbage. It was returned to Petersen by a family that attended the convention. A spokesman for the campaign apologized on behalf of Gov. Johnson, and explained the frustration arose from Petersen handing Johnson the replica before immediately launching into an attack on Johnson's endorsement of Weld for vice president. Petersen expressed a desire to move past the incident, encouraged his supporters to do the same, and confirmed that his endorsement of Johnson for the general election remained unchanged.^[11]

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