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Libertarian Candidates for Partisan Office - 2026 Primary


The following are people who qualified to be on the ballot this year.

In the "Status" field, "SIL" followed by a number shows valid signatures, "Filed" means that the candidate has apparently done everything necessary including paying the filing fee (this will be changed to "Qualified" upon confirmation by ROV or SOS).

Key for endorsements by LP groups: LNC - Libertarian National Committee; LPC - state party; LPLAC - Los Angeles County; LPSCC - Santa Clara County.

If you have additional information about these candidates, or information about additional candidates, please send a note to webmaster@libertarianpartisan.org.
OfficeEndorsed ByStatusCandidate
Governor
(statewide)		   not going to file
possible write-in		 Nicholas Thompson
https://thompson2026.com/
nicholas4liberty@gmail.com
X: @nickispolitical
YouTube: @nicholas4liberty
Governor
(statewide)		 LPC Qualified Tom Woodard
woodardforgovernor2026.com
Tom@woodardforgovernor2026.com
760-500-3534
US House, District 17
 (Alameda, Santa Clara Counties)		 LPC, LPSCC Qualified Joe Dehn
https://dehn.votelibertarian.us
cd17@dehnbase.org
X: @dehn4congress
408-774-1570
PO Box 20372, Stanford, CA 94309
US House, District 19
 (Monterey, San Luis Obispo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz Counties)		 LPC, LPSCC Qualified Lars Mapstead
https://lars4ca.com/
lars@mapstead.com
US House, District 47
 (Orange County)		 LPC Qualified Derrick Michael Reid
https://beelibertarian.com/derrick-reid-ca-47/
libereens@yahoo.com
949-463-0227
PO Box 494, Laguna Beach, CA 92652
US House, District 50
 (San Diego County)		 LPC Qualified Joe Shea
https://joeshea50.com/
JoeSheaCal50th@gmail.com
State Senate, District 12
 (Fresno, Kern, and Tulare Counties)		 Qualified William Brown
https://williambrownsd12.com/
will@brownlcsw.com
State Assembly, District 46
 (Los Angeles and Ventura Counties)		   not going to file
may run in 2028		 Michael Murray
https://michaelmurrayca.com/
mmurray771@aol.com
805-807-0774
State Assembly, District 78
 (San Diego County)		 LPC Qualified Antonio Salguero
https://www.facebook.com/AntonioSalguero92
Board of Equalization, District 4
 (Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and San Diego Counties)		 LPC Qualified Gardner Osborne
https://www.facebook.com/gardner.osborne.9
gardner.osborne@gmail.com
858-733-5095
1545 Grand Avenue, San Diego, CA 92109

Write-In Opportunities

In addition to the offices listed above, there are some cases where only one candidate (often the incumbent) has filed to be on the ballot. In these cases a write-in candidate could, with only a small number of votes (as long as it was more than the number for any other write-in candidate for the same office) end up as one of the "top two" and thereby be listed on the November ballot. A number of Libertarians have done this in previous years, and some have gotten on the November ballot that way.

Districts where that would be possible this year (along with counties with which they overlap):