The following is a list of declared candidates who either meet Wikipedia 's notability guidelines or have participated in at least one Libertarian Party-sponsored debate . < ! -- Individuals in this section have expressed an interest in running for president within the last six months . The following people have been subjects of speculation about their potential candidacy within the last three months , although they have neither personally expressed interest nor declined to run . The spate of candidates for the Libertarian nomination began to form in early 2018 , when Adam Kokesh officially launched his campaign at an event in Texas , having already announced his intention to run for president during a jailhouse interview in 2013 . On the day of his announcement , Kokesh was stopped twice by Texas state troopers , and placed under arrest and charged with possession of a controlled substance and tampering with evidence . Kokesh joined transhumanist philosopher Zoltan Istvan , who in late 2017 had announced his intention to run for the Libertarian 2020 presidential nomination , while he was running for California governor as a Libertarian in 2018 . Contrary to an assertion he made at the 2016 convention , John McAfee announced on June 3 via Twitter that he would run for President again in 2020 , either with the Libertarian Party or under the banner of a party of his own creation . Arvin Vohra , after an unsuccessful bid for re-election to his position as vice chair of the Libertarian National Committee , announced his candidacy for the party 's 2020 presidential nomination on July 3
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2016 Libertarian National Convention
2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries