Results of the 2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries

This article contains the results of the 2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries and caucuses, non-binding electoral contests by various state affiliates of the Libertarian Party held to gauge support for Libertarian presidential candidates prior to the 2020 Libertarian National Convention.

Results summary table

Results by state New Hampshire primary Mail-in ballots were due by January 11, at the state convention. The primary was tabulated using Bucklin voting. Percentages shown are percentage of ballots cast. + 2020 New Hampshire Libertarian presidential primaryCandidate1st2nd3rd TotalPercentage Vermin Supreme10313 26 17.3% Kim Ruff697 22 14.7% Jo Jorgensen584 17 11.3% None of the Above (NOTA)463 13 8.7% Dan "Taxation Is Theft" Behrman067 13 8.7% Jacob Hornberger 900 9 6.0% Sam Robb125 8 5.3% Mark Whitney 402 6 4.0% Arvin Vohra105 6 4.0% Ken Armstrong023 5 3.3% Lincoln Chafee 121 4 2.7% Justin Amash 111 3 2.0% Keenan Wallace Dunham002 2 1.3% Max Abramson100 1 nil Straw Poll 100 1 nil Joe Bishop-Henchman 001 1 nil Thomas Knapp 001 1 nil Adam Kokesh 001 1 nil Nicholas Sarwark 001 1 nilExhausted Ballots/Undervotes055 10Total444462 150

+ 2020 New Hampshire Libertarian vice presidential primaryCandidate1st2nd TotalPercentage John Phillips156 21 63.6% None of the Above96 15 45.5% Spike Cohen 20 2 6.1% Larry Sharpe 20 2 6.1% Ron Paul 11 2 6.1% Darryl W Perry 10 1 3.0% Straw Poll 10 1 3.0% Nicolas Sarwark 10 1 3.0% Mark Whitney 10 1 3.0%Exhausted Ballots/Undervotes1120 31Total4433 77

Iowa caucuses The Libertarian Party of Iowa conducted their caucuses on February 8, offering in-person caucus locations and an online virtual caucus. Only registered Libertarians were eligible to participate.

+ Iowa Libertarian presidential caucus, February 8, 2020CandidateVotesPercentage Jacob Hornberger 133 47.3% Lincoln Chafee 36 12.8% Jo Jorgensen 18 6.4% Adam Kokesh 17 6.0% Daniel Behrman 14 5.0% John McAfee 10 3.6% Vermin Supreme 9 3.2% None of the Above 8 2.8% Write In 8 2.8% Sam Robb 7 2.5% Max Abramson 6 2.1% Mark Whitney 4 1.4% Arvin Vohra 3 1.1% Ken Armstrong 2 nil Souraya Faas 2 nil Benjamin Leder 1 nil John Monds 1 nil Total 281 100%

Minnesota caucuses

The Libertarian Party of Minnesota used ranked-choice voting to tabulate the results of their caucus. After 7 rounds, Jacob Hornberger was declared the winner. + Minnesota Libertarian presidential caucus, February 25, 2020CandidateRound 1Round 7Votes%TransferVotes% Jacob Hornberger 37 38.1% + 10 47 59.5% Jo Jorgensen 12 12.4% + 20 32 40.5% Vermin Supreme 11 11.3%- 11Eliminated Adam Kokesh 6 6.2%- 6Eliminated John Monds 6 6.2%- 6Eliminated Lincoln Chafee 6 6.2%- 6Eliminated Mark Whitney 6 6.2%- 6Eliminated N.O.T.A. 4 4.1%- 4Eliminated Arvin Vohra 2 2.1%- 2Eliminated Ken Armstrong 2 2.1%- 2Eliminated Sam Robb 2 2.1%- 2Eliminated Keenan Wallace Dunham 1 1.0%- 1Eliminated Sorinne Ardeleanu 1 1.0%- 1Eliminated Abrahamson 1 1.0%- 1Eliminated Dan "Taxation is Theft" Behrman 0 nilEliminated Jedi Hill 0nilEliminated Souraya Faas 0 nilEliminated Steven Richey 0 nilEliminated Round 1 Total 97 100% Round 7 Total 79 100% + Minnesota Libertarian vice presidential caucus, February 25, 2020CandidateRound 1Round 2Votes%TransferVotes% Jeff Wood 32 40.0% + 0 32 52.5% Spike Cohen 29 36.3% + 0 29 47.5% NOTA 19 23.8%- 19Eliminated Round 1 Total 80 100% Round 2 Total 61 100%

California primary

+ California Libertarian presidential primary, March 3, 2020CandidateVotesPercentage Jacob Hornberger 5,530 19.4% Jo Jorgensen 3,534 12.4% Vermin Supreme 3,469 12.2% Ken Armstrong 3,011 10.6% Kim Ruff (withdrawn) 2,330 8.2% Adam Kokesh 2,161 7.6% Sam Robb 1,722 6.0% Dan Behrman 1,695 5.9% Max Abramson 1,605 5.7% Souraya Faas 999 3.5% Steven A Richey 982 3.4% Erik Chase Gerhardt 748 2.6% Keenan Wallace Dunham 720 2.5% Sorinne Ardeleanu (write-in) 27 nil Geby Eva Espínosa (write-in) 2 nil Nicholas D'Artagnan Dumas (write-in) 0 nil James Orlando Ogle (write-in) 0 nil Total 28,535 100%

Massachusetts primary

+ Massachusetts Libertarian presidential primary, March 3, 2020CandidateVotesPercentage No Preference80419.3% Vermin Love Supreme3999.6% Jacob George Hornberger3698.9% Blanks3247.8% Dan Taxation Is Theft Behrman2947.1% Kimberly Margaret Ruff (withdrawn)2245.4% Arvin Vohra1513.6% Kenneth Reed Armstrong1453.5% Jo Jorgensen1413.4% Samuel Joseph Robb1273.1% Adam Kokesh1253.0% Max Abramson982.4% All Others95823.0% Total 4,159 100%

North Carolina primary

+ North Carolina Libertarian presidential primary, March 3, 2020CandidateVotesPercentage No Preference 2,022 33.1% Jacob Hornberger 584 9.6% John McAfee 550 9.0% Kim Ruff (withdrawn) 469 7.7% Vermin Supreme 387 6.3% Ken Armstrong 346 5.7% Jo Jorgensen 267 4.4% Steve Richey 227 3.7% James Orlando Ogle 207 3.4% Souraya Faas 169 2.8% Adam Kokesh 163 2.7% Max Abramson 160 2.6% Dan Behrman 144 2.4% Kenneth Blevins 122 2.0% Jedidiah Hill 117 1.9% Erik Gerhardt 99 1.6% Arvin Vohra 77 1.3% Total 6,110 100%

Missouri primary

+ Missouri Libertarian presidential primary, March 10, 2020CandidateVotesPercentage Jacob Hornberger1,693 74.6% Uncommitted57725.4% Total 2,270 100%

Ohio caucus

Online voting took place from March 16 to April 11, with 192 participants. The primary was tabulated using instant runoff voting. Percentages shown are percentage of ballots cast. + Ohio Libertarian presidential caucusCandidateRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4Round 5Round 6Round 7Round 8Votes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes%TransferVotes% Jacob Hornberger 61 31.8% + 0 61 31.8% + 0 61 31.8% + 5 66 34.4% + 3 69 35.9% + 7 76 39.6% + 8 84 43.8% + 13 97 50.5% Jo Jorgensen 24 12.5% + 0 24 12.5% + 2 26 13.5% + 1 27 14.1% + 6 33 17.2% + 5 38 19.8% + 8 46 24.0% + 9 55 28.6% NOTA 9 4.7% + 0 9 4.7% + 0 9 4.7% + 0 9 4.7% + 0 9 4.7% + 1 10 5.2% + 2 12 6.3% + 10 22 11.5% Vermin Supreme 33 17.2% + 0 33 17.2% + 2 35 18.2% + 3 38 19.8% + 1 39 20.3% + 2 41 21.4% + 2 43 22.4%- 43Eliminated Ken Armstrong 18 9.4% + 1 19 9.9% + 0 19 9.9% + 0 19 9.9% + 1 20 10.4% + 2 22 11.5%- 22Eliminated Lincoln Chafee (withdrew during the voting period) 18 9.4% + 0 18 9.4% + 0 18 9.4% + 0 18 9.4% + 1 19 9.9%- 19Eliminated Mark Whitney 11 5.7% + 0 11 5.7% + 1 12 6.3% + 0 12 6.3%- 12Eliminated Adam Kokesh 11 5.7% + 0 11 5.7% + 0 11 5.7%- 11Eliminated Dan Taxation is Theft Behrman 6 3.1% + 0 6 3.1%- 6Eliminated Steve Richey 1 nil- 1Eliminated Round 1 Total 192 100% Round 2 Total 192 100% Round 3 Total 191 99.5% Round 4 Total 189 98.4% Round 5 Total 189 98.4% Round 6 Total 187 97.4% Round 7 Total 185 96.4% Round 8 Total 174 90.6%

Connecticut primary Voting took place from April 25–28, 2020.

+ Connecticut Libertarian presidential caucusCandidateRound 1Round 19Votes%TransferVotes% Jacob Hornberger 47 31.7% + 48 85 66.9% James P. Gray 23 13.8% + 19 42 33.1% Jo Jorgensen 18 10.8%- 34Eliminated in round 18 Adam Kokesh 14 8.4%- 22Eliminated in round 17 Vermin Supreme 14 8.4%- 16Eliminated in round 16 Brian Ellison 6 3.6%- 11Eliminated in round 15 Souraya Faas 4 2.4%- 8Eliminated in round 14 N.O.T.A 8 4.2%- 8Eliminated in round 13 Dan Behrman 5 3.0%- 5Eliminated in round 12 Sorinne Ardeleanu 4 2.4%- 5Eliminated in round 11 Sam Robb 4 2.4%- 5Eliminated in round 10 Arvin Vohra 4 2.4%- 4Eliminated in round 9 John Monds 4 2.4%- 4Eliminated in round 8 Ken Armstrong 1 nil- 3Eliminated in round 7 Phil Gray 2 1.2%- 2Eliminated in round 6 Steve Richey 1 nil- 1Eliminated in round 5 Erik Gerhardt 1 nil- 1Eliminated in round 4 Jedidiah Hill 1 nil- 1Eliminated in round 3 Louis Vanacore 1 nil- 1Eliminated in round 2 Kenneth Blevins, James Ogle, Rhett Smith 0 nil- 0Eliminated in round 1 Round 1 Total 167 100% Round 9 Total 167 (40 exhausted) 100%

New York primary

Nebraska primary

+ Nebraska Libertarian presidential primary, March 3, 2020CandidateVotesPercentage Jo Jorgensen50827.8% Jacob Hornberger44424.3% Adam Kokesh26314.4% Lincoln Chafee (withdrawn)25413.9% Max Abramson (withdrawn)18210.0% Dan Behrman1779.7% Total 1,828 100%

New Mexico primary

+ New Mexico Libertarian presidential primary, June 2, 2020CandidateVotesPercentage Jo Jorgensen52033.1% Uncommitted33021.0% Lincoln Chafee (withdrawn) 15810.1% Jacob Hornberger (withdrawn)1549.8% Adam Kokesh (withdrawn)1247.9% Sam Robb (withdrawn)905.7% John Monds (withdrawn)634.0% Dan Behrman (withdrawn)583.7% Arvin Vohra (withdrawn)392.5% James Ogle (withdrawn)342.2% Total 1,557 100%

See also 2020 Libertarian National Convention 2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries 2020 United States presidential election

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