FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 7, 2024 (RALEIGH) – The Libertarian Party of North Carolina (LPNC) would like to express how happy we are with the results of the election Tuesday night.
Overall, it was a positive and successful election cycle for the LPNC. We ended up having 53 Libertarian candidates run across the state of North Carolina. They all ran active and engaged campaigns, connected with millions of voters, spread Libertarian messaging in a meaningful way, and continued the work we are doing to grow the Libertarian Party and see broad electoral success.
In 2024, the LPNC cleared milestones and broke records. We had more state house and senate candidates than any other third party in the United States. In fact, Libertarians running in state house and senate races in North Carolina accounted for 20 percent of all these races across the country.
In total, over a million votes were cast for Libertarian candidates in North Carolina, including wins in local races. Several other candidates garnered significant percentages of the votes, with 13 candidates receiving more than 10 percent of votes cast, and six receiving more than 20 percent. LPNC Governor candidate Mike Ross set a new record for votes cast for a third-party candidate in North Carolina, with 174,342 votes, representing 3.2 percent of total votes in that race.