Meet the Travis County Candidates of 2024
US Senate: Ted Brown Ted joined the Libertarian Party in 1979 and has been active his entire adult life. He has served as Chairman of the Libertarian Party of California and as a member of the...
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2026 Precinct and County Convention Announcement
The Libertarian Party is a convention party in Texas and does not hold a primary election. Instead, we hold a county convention to elect officers and nominate candidates for public office. This is an...
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UPDATED: Convention Season Is Coming Up – Mark Your Calendars!
While Democrats and Republicans vote in those parties’ primaries on March 5 for an array of statist candidates, Libertarians will instead nominate our candidates in a series of upcoming conventions....
Reeling in Government Overreach - How a fishing company might overturn 40 years of bad precedent.
In what could be a landmark decision, the SCOTUS may well be on the verge of overturning 40 years of misplaced deference to the executive branch. On Wednesday Jan 17th 2024 they heard 3.5 hours of...
2023
December 2023 ~ Hawk Dunlap for RR Commission and Other Candidates
6 th generation Texan & 4 th generation in oil and gas, Hawk is prepared for the part. Hawk Dunlap is a Stephen F Austin State University graduate with over 32 years experience in global oil & gas...
Libertarian Candidates Needed for 2024 Election
The filing deadline for the 2024 election is rapidly approaching: December 11, 2023. Libertarians have been announcing their candidacies for federal, state, and local offices. However, we have had...
Holiday Party with Chase Oliver
It’s that wonderful & wondrous time of the year to get cozy with our compadres and welcome new folks into the fold. So come celebrate the holidays with us at one of Austin’s most iconic places, meet...
November 2023 ~ Braver Angels - Karl Schmalz
A few months ago we were fortunate to feature guest speaker Joanne Richards of Rank Choice Voting for Texas, not only for her informative words of wisdom but now for her connecting us to Braver...
October 2023 ~ Jeramy Kitchen + Mike ter Maat
Not one, but 2 great guests will grace our stage at this month's happy hour meeting! It may not be common knowledge, but Texas voters will go to the polls soon to cast ballots on 14 proposed Texas...
Libertarian Positions on November Ballot Measures in Texas
Texas voters will go to the polls (or at least, about 15% of them based on historical data) on November 7 to cast ballots on 14 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution. Early voting is from...
September 2023 ~ Scott Horton on 9-11
Intervention and Blowback in Russia & China and the Middle East The September meeting of the Libertarian Party of Travis County is coming up on Monday, September 11, 22 years after the attacks on the...
August 2023 ~ Joanne Richards, RCV
Retired UT Austin Professor Joanne Richards is Vice Chair of Ranked Choice Voting for Texas, as well as the founder of Common Ground for Texans, and will bring that experience and her education in...
July 2023 ~ Doni Anthony & Jeff Charles
This month’s meeting features a couple of country-trotting activists who’ve been making a big splash and a big difference in the liberty world: Jeff Charles & Doni Anthony “Fierce Defender of...
June 2023 ~ USVA: Travis Pinkerton
This month’s guest speaker is an entrepreneur and tireless freedom advocate who has taken the FDA to court, and more. Travis Pinkerton serves as the President of the United States Vaping Association...
May 2023 ~ Max Borders
May’s meeting will feature special guest speaker Max Borders, plus legislative updates possibly from LPTexas Legislative Coordinator Kevin Hale and/or activist & cannabis advocate Elizabeth Miller....
Prop A = Aye, Boo for Prop B
The Libertarian Party of Travis County is endorsing a Yes vote for Prop A, and also a No vote on Prop B here on the May 2023 ballot. It's a sordid story full of misdirection. Prop B is almost an...
Outgoing Austin City Manager Threatens to Preemptively Nullify Police Oversight
At 9am this Wednesday, February 15, the Austin City Council will hold a special session beginning with an agenda item to approve "a resolution concerning bargaining for a meet and confer labor...
2022
2022 elections wrap up - Great job candidates!
Thanks to everyone who attended the monthly meeting (11/14) for our final campaign reports and congratulations. And thanks to our special guest speaker Jim Elwood for giving us a rundown of the...
July 2022 ~ Institute for Justice
LPTravis is pleased to announce that Arif Panju, Managing Attorney for Institute for Justice’s Texas office, will speak at our July 11th meeting. Institute for Justice (IJ) is a nonprofit, public...
May 2022 ~ Jeramy Kitchen
This month we welcome guest speaker Jeramy Kitchen, Executive Director of Texans for Fiscal Responsibility, an independent educational non-profit organization seeking to illuminate the actions of...
2022 County Convention Followup
Eric Guerra & Ted Brown Travis County Libertarians held our County Convention on Saturday the 12th at Pioneer Farms in Austin. Eric Guerra retired as Chair of the Libertarian Party of Travis County...
Conventions 2022
The Libertarian Party of Travis County will be holding three upcoming conventions to nominate candidates for the 2022 general election, as well as electing party officers and state convention...
February 2022 ~ Liberty Lovers Day
February’s Monthly Happy Hour Meeting will be filled with news about the upcoming Precinct & County Conventions, along with Candidate & Communications updates. Precinct Convention Tuesday evening,...
January 2022 ~ Happy New Year
NOT to be confused with "2020, too" When: Monday, January 10, 2022 @ 6:30-9PM Where: Casa Chapala Mexican Cuisine & Tequila Bar What: New Year News, Guest Speaker, Candidates, and Party LP Travis is...
2021
December 2021 ~ Party for the Party
As if Libertarians need an excuse to party, this holiday season we’ve got 2! In lieu of our Monthly Happy Hour Meeting, we’re celebrating a month of holidays and a birthday (some might say 2...
November 2021 ~ Mary Ruwart
We are pleased to present special guest Dr. Mary Ruwart, Ph. D., who will speak on “Do Vaccine Mandates Protect our Health or Threaten our Freedoms?” Dr. Ruwart has a Ph. D. in biophysics. She spent...
Happy Hour Meeting ~ October 2021
This month we’re pleased to welcome the family of Garrett Foster as our special guests on Monday, October 18, 2021 at Mister Tramps Sports Pub & Café (note new date & place). Garrett loved & defended...
Congressman Half Right
Rep. Chip Roy (R) represents part of Travis County in D. C., including downtown Austin. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. In this case, Roy promises to vote against the monstrous National...
ATX at the SCOTUS
Read more in the Cato Institute article . "The Supreme Court has long held that content‐based government regulation of speech is presumptively unconstitutional under the First Amendment." The U. S....
Gerrymandering: Politicians Choose Voters
What a Mess The Texas Legislature has posted new proposed congressional district lines. The 17th District will change a bit, losing most of the Travis County portion and picking up part of Williamson...
TCLP Votes No on Prop A
The Travis County Libertarian Party has voted to oppose Proposition A (Prop A) on the Austin city ballot in November. This proposal would increase the number of police officers by as many as 500 to...
2012
Welcome to the TCLP
Welcome! To learn more about the philosophy of the Libertarian Party, please visit LP.org For local contact information, visit our contact page. To stay informed about Libertarian events and...