Greg Kaza has calculated the number of votes cast for Libertarian Party nominees for U.S. House. With some ballots still uncounted, the national total is 1,671,091, the highest in the party’s history.

In both 2014 and 2016, the party had 122 nominees. The 2014 national total had been 965,494.

The party’s previous highest vote total for U.S. House had been the 2000 figure of 1,610,292. However in 2000, the party had more than twice as many nominees. In 2000 it had 255 nominees. The party has not had as many nominees in recent years as it had in the last decade. This is partly because in the past, the party’s national director, Ron Crickenberger, was extremely energetic and effective in recruiting congressional candidates, and he is no longer living. Another reason for the decline in the number of candidates is the existence of top-two systems in California and Washington, which have kept all Libertarian congressional nominees off the ballot since the system was implemented. Thanks to Greg Kaza for this information. The December 1,, 2016 BAN will have a chart showing the vote for all parties, for all states, for U.S. House.