Libertarian presidential candidate Chase Oliver watches as the results of the sixth round of voting to elect the Libertarian Party’s 2024 presidential nominee are announced during the Libertarian National Convention at the Washington Hilton on May 26, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chase Oliver won the Libertarian Party presidential nomination on Sunday after seven rounds of voting at the party\u2019s convention in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 38-year-old, who has previously run for Congress multiple times in Georgia, focused his pitch on making Libertarian values palatable to a broader audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an interview following his nomination, Oliver said he believes earning 2% of the vote nationally in November\u2019s general election is a reasonable goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI got 2.1% of the vote when I ran for the Senate in Georgia. I think that\u2019s a definite doable thing, and certainly we can improve upon that with a hard-run campaign that wakes people up,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When asked how he plans to compete with President Joe Biden, presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to expand his share of the vote, Oliver said he plans to speak to \u201cas many people as possible,\u201d while projecting confidence he can disrupt the balance of power between Democrats and Republicans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI\u2019m ready to continue to be a fly in the ointment of the two-party system,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Oliver was sharply critical of Trump\u2019s appearance at the Libertarian convention. At a news conference following the former president\u2019s remarks, which were heavily and consistently booed <\/a>by Libertarian audience members, Oliver called it a \u201cmistake\u201d to have Trump speak. \u201cYou are not a libertarian, Donald Trump,\u201d he said. \u201cYou\u2019re a war criminal and you deserve to be shamed by everyone in this hall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oliver has called for simplifying the pathway to citizenship for immigrants and expanding work visas and has strongly opposed US involvement in foreign wars. He has said he wants to encourage states to \u201cdecriminalize\u201d abortion procedures while also promoting alternatives to abortion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oliver\u2019s victory at Sunday\u2019s convention marks a defeat for the Mises Caucus, a group of right-leaning Libertarians who have grown in stature within the party in recent years. Libertarian Party Chair Angela McArdle, who was reelected to her position at the convention this weekend, is a member of the caucus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWhile this last ballot\u2019s been going on, I\u2019ve heard from so many people concerned that I\u2019m going to leave them out of this campaign,\u201d Oliver said Sunday evening in his acceptance speech. \u201cI urge you to understand that I want to unify this party around the common principles that we all respect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n