After seeing growth over the past several elections, officials with North Dakota’s Libertarian Party say 2016 is continuing the movement. Fargo businessman Jack Seaman is spokesman for the North Dakota Libertarian Party and is the party’s endorsed candidate for Congress.…

“…As a direct result of our performance in the 2014 election we earned ballot access for 2016. And what that means is that we don’t have to petition for ballot access. We earned it through the number of votes we received, and that makes things a lot easier.”

Seaman says the North Dakota Libertarian Party has a full slate of candidates running for state and federal office this fall. He says the list of candidates and an increasing number of volunteers looking to assist in the campaigns is a direct reflection of a broken two-party system…

“…We’ve had a two party lock on politics in this country for the better part of a hundred years and people are seeing the results of the broken two-party system and they’re not satisfied with the results and they’re not satisfied with their representation. So they’re kind of in the beginning stages of actually starting to seriously entertain looking to third party or independent party options because they’re unsatisfied with two old-party options.

Along with Seaman’s campaign for U-S House, the North Dakota Libertarian Party has candidates running for U-S Senate, the Governor’s office, State Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner and the Public Service Commission. Libertarian Presidential candidate Gary Johnson is a North Dakota native.