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Date(s) | May 24–26, 2024 |
City | Washington, D.C. |
Venue | Washington Hilton |
Chair | Angela McArdle |
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Presidential nominee | TBD |
Vice presidential nominee | TBD |
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Total delegates | 1,051 |
Votes needed for nomination | 526 |
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The 2024 Libertarian National Convention is a political event to select the Libertarian Party nominees for president and vice president in the 2024 election. It is scheduled to be held from May 24 to 26, 2024, at the Washington Hilton in Washington, D.C.
Elections will be held for the chairmanship of the Libertarian National Committee, currently held by Angela McArdle, as well as the position of vice chair, currently held by Andrew Watkins.[1] McArdle was elected at the 2022 convention in Reno, Nevada, by acquiring the votes of 69% of delegates. She was elected with the support of the controversial Mises Caucus, a faction of the party that supports paleolibertarianism, which was created in opposition to Nicholas Sarwark's tenure as chairman.[2] Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was viewed as a possible contender for the party's nomination,[3] but subsequently appeared to rule out the possibility.
According to the convention website, the following people are scheduled to appear as convention speakers:[4]
After the May 1 announcement that Trump would be addressing the convention, Kennedy proposed a formal debate between the two at the convention, as he would also be making an appearance.[5]
Inviting Trump to speak has been highly controversial within the party, and a motion has been introduced on the Libertarian National Committee to rescind the invitation issued by party chair McArdle.[10]
Ramaswamy, in addition to speaking, will be engaging in a debate with the winner of the libertarian vice-presidential debate, which is to be determined by a straw poll at the convention.[6]
Delegates to the convention are allocated to state party affiliates based on the number of sustaining members of the national Libertarian Party per state, as well as the percentage of the vote cast by state in the 2020 presidential election for Libertarian nominee Jo Jorgensen. A total of 1,051 delegates are currently selected to vote at the convention.[11]