Dear Mark, After a hard day of collecting signatures and talking to voters about my upcoming campaign, I was rather excited to see the piece that Baird Helgeson penned for the Star Tribune about your ‘strong libertarian impulses.’ The fact that you vacillate between Libertarian and Liberal on a daily basis is one of the many reasons I’ve stepped forward to run, as an option for Minnesotans who want someone who doesn’t waver on liberty.

We need YOUR help! Libertarian gubernatorial candidate Chris Holbrook was unlawfully arrested by Minneapolis Park Police at Lake Calhoun for exercising his first amendment rights by gathering signatures in order to gain ballot access. Unlike candidates of the two major parties, Libertarian candidates are required to gather 2,000 signatures within a two-week period just to be listed on the statewide ballot. With five candidates running, that's 10,000 signatures by June 3rd!

These are the two most important weeks in the entire election season for us, period. One has already passed. We'll have to double down and boost our efforts significantly in this upcoming week if we are to get all 5 statewide candidates on the ballot. It would be the first to the LPMN has done so since 1998.

If you have not heard already, we nominated three great candidates for statewide office at our convention a couple weeks back! Please take a moment and visit our 2014 candidates page to learn more about Chris Holbrook for Governor/Chris Dock for Lt. Governor, Heather Johnson for U.S. Senate, and Keegan Iversen for State Auditor. These three have agreed to step forth and brandish the Libertarian flag to the people of Minnesota this election season. But they can’t do it alone.

'Wonderful' and 'enjoy' aren’t words that often come to mind in the realm of politics. But those who came to hear the candidates, speakers, and new ideas presented at the 2014 LPMN State Convention found that the Libertarian Party of Minnesota is unlike other parties in many ways.

The Libertarian Party of Minnesota showcases a new vitality and expanded appeal to voters during its State Convention. With a recent Gallup poll showing that 46% of all people do not identify with either of the two major political parties while 22% say they identify as libertarian, libertarianism is experiencing a marked upswing. This may impact 2014 elections in Minnesota.

With most DFL legislators lining up behind another hike to the state’s minimum wage under the guise of helping the working class, the Libertarian Party of Minnesota is speaking out to defend the very same working class who would be harmed should this legislation pass.

This year the Libertarian Party of Minnesota has jam-packed the day with a host of presenters that will knock your socks off… And unless you’ve been under a rock, BEN SWANN IS COMING! This year activists are going to have to answer the highly contentious, extremely serious and deeply philosophical question of our time... Are you are Libertarian Pirate or a Libertarian Ninja? The question will haunt you throughout the day.

From our several months of collaboration in the lead-up to his announcement, we clearly saw that Christopher would have been a well-spoken gubernatorial candidate to represent the Libertarian Party of Minnesota. Despite his change of heart, we wish Christopher the best.