Chase Oliver 2024 presidential campaign

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Chase Oliver 2024 presidential campaign
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Campaign 2024 Libertarian Party presidential primaries
2024 United States presidential election
Candidate Chase Oliver
Mike ter Maat
Affiliation Libertarian Party
StatusAnnounced: April 4, 2023
Official nominee: May 26, 2024
EC formed December 2, 2022
Receipts US$74,684.10 [1]
Website
https://www.votechaseoliver.com/

The 2024 presidential campaign of Chase Oliver formally began on April 4, 2023, following the formation of an exploratory committee in December 2022. He officially received the presidential nomination of the Libertarian Party on May 26, 2024. Oliver is a libertarian political activist, as well as sales account executive, and HR representative. [2] He was the Libertarian nominee in the 2022 United States Senate election in Georgia and the 2020 Georgia's 5th congressional district special election. [3]

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Background

Oliver's first campaign for public office was in 2020, as the Libertarian nominee for the 2020 Georgia's 5th congressional district special election to replace John Lewis, who had died earlier that year. Oliver won 2% of the vote in that race and was eliminated during the blanket primary. [4]

He then became Libertarian nominee for the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Georgia, where he faced off against the incumbent Democratic Raphael Warnock and Republican Party challenger Herschel Walker. [2] [5] Oliver participated in a October 2022 debate hosted by Georgia Public Broadcasting and debated against Warnock, as well as an empty podium representing Walker, who had declined to take part in the debate. [6] Oliver received over 2% of the popular vote in that race. Opponents contended that he was a spoiler candidate and that his votes forced the race, which was ultimately won by Warnock, into a run-off. [7]

On December 2, 2022, Oliver formed an exploratory committee to inquire into a possible run for the Libertarian presidential nomination in the 2024 United States presidential election. [8]

Campaign

Announcement

On April 4, 2023, Oliver formally declared his candidacy for the Libertarian presidential nomination. [9] [10]

Developments

Throughout the summer of 2023, Oliver campaigned extensively in Iowa. [11] [12] The Gazette described him as a "pro-gun, pro-police reform, pro-choice Libertarian" who is "armed and gay." [13] On August 19, 2023, he spoke at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox, becoming the first-ever third-party presidential candidate to speak at the event. [14]

Oliver was described by The Christian Science Monitor as a potential "opening in the middle" that may deliver a reprieve to "voters unhappy with both major-party front-runners" looking for representation from a younger generation. [15]

Oliver filed to run in Oklahoma's "first Libertarian presidential primary election since the party was formally recognized in 2016". Alongside fellow Libertarian primary candidate Jacob Hornberger, Oliver achieved ballot access by collecting signatures from voters in each Congressional district. [16] [17] He won the Oklahoma primary, which was held on Super Tuesday, on March 5, 2024, with 61% of the vote. [18]

In January 2024, Oliver and fellow Libertarian presidential primary candidate Lars Mapstead successfully collaborated to secure major party status and ballot access for the Libertarian Party of Maine. [19] Afterwards, Oliver went to Iowa in order to campaign ahead of the 2024 Iowa Libertarian presidential caucuses. [20] [21] He won the Iowa caucus with 42.7% of the vote. [22]

On February 29, 2024, Oliver participated in a presidential candidates debate hosted by the Free & Equal Elections Foundation, alongside Party for Socialism and Liberation nominee Claudia De la Cruz, Green Party candidates Jill Stein and Jasmine Sherman, and fellow Libertarian candidate Lars Mapstead. [23] [24]

On May 26, 2024, Oliver officially received the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination at the party's National Convention. [25] That same day, Mike ter Maat was selected as the Libertarian party's vice-presidential nominee and Oliver's running mate. [26]

Endorsements

Chase Oliver
Organizations
Notable individuals
  • Jo Jorgensen, 2020 Libertarian presidental nominee [28]
  • Keenan Dunham, former chair of the Horry County, South Carolina Libertarian Party and candidate for LP presidential nomination in 2016, 2020, and 2024 [29]
  • Mark Tuniewicz, Libertarian National Committee regional representative [30]

Polling

As of May 2024, Oliver has been included in two national presidential polls

Poll sourceDateSample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		 Joe
Biden
Democratic 		Donald
Trump
Republican 		Robert F.
Kennedy Jr.
Independent 		Cornel
West
Independent 		Chase
Oliver
Libertarian 		Jill
Stein
Green 		Other/
Undecided
Data for Progress (D)/Zeteo May 1–2, 20241,240 (LV)± 3.0%40%41%12%1%0%1%5%
Data for Progress (D) March 27–29, 20241,200 (LV)± 3.0%41%42%8%1%1%1%6%

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear

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  27. ↑ @LP_CLC (May 10, 2024). "For PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, the Classical Liberal Caucus is proud to endorse Chase Oliver! You can donate to @ChaseForLiberty at http://votechaseoliver.com/donate" (Tweet). Retrieved May 29, 2024– via Twitter.
  28. ↑ @JoForLiberty (May 28, 2024). "For those of you who don't already know, @ChaseForLiberty was nominated as our POTUS for the Libertarian Party on Sunday. @terMaatMike was nominated as our VPOTUS. Congratulations to both of them. I look forward to casting my Libertarian ballot in November" (Tweet). Retrieved May 29, 2024– via Twitter.
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  30. ↑ Mark Tuniewicz [@MarkTuniewicz] (April 9, 2024). "With all due respect to others running, @ChaseForLiberty Chase Oliver is the best candidate @LPNational has on offer. Broadest donor & volunteer support, campaigned in 47 of 50 states (other 3 pending soon). It's time for Libertarians to consolidate their support NOW, behind our eventual nominee. Let's Go! http://votechaseoliver.com" (Tweet). Retrieved May 27, 2024– via Twitter.
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