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

Date	Contest	2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries[a]												Source
		Jo Jorgensen	Jacob Hornberger	Vermin Supreme	Adam Kokesh	Dan Behrman	Sam Robb	Ken Armstrong	Kim Ruff	Max Abramson	None of the above	Others	Total
January 11	New Hampshire	17 (12.1%)	9 (6.4%)	26 (18.6%)	1 (0.7%)	13 (9.3%)	8 (5.7%)	5 (3.6%)	22 (15.7%)	1 (0.7%)	13 (9.3%)	25[b] (17.7%)	140	[1]
February 8	Iowa	18 (6.4%)	133 (47.3%)	9 (3.2%)	17 (6.1%)	14 (5.0%)	7 (2.5%)	2 (0.7%)		6 (2.1%)	8 (2.9%)	67[c] (23.8%)	281	[2]
February 25	Minnesota	32 (40.5%)	47 (59.5%)	eliminated	eliminated	eliminated in round 1/7	eliminated	eliminated		eliminated	eliminated		79	[3]
March 3 (Super Tuesday)	California	3,534 (12.4%)	5,530 (19.4%)	3,469 (12.2%)	2,161 (7.6%)	1,695 (5.9%)	1,722 (6.0%)	3,011 (10.6%)	2,330 (8.2%)	1,605 (5.6%)		3,478 (12.2%)	28,535	[4]
	Massachusetts	141 (3.4%)	369 (8.9%)	399 (9.6%)	125 (3.0%)	294 (7.%)	127 (3.1%)	145 (3.5%)	224 (5.4%)	98 (2.4%)	804 (19.3%)	1,433 (34.5%)	4,159	[5]
	North Carolina	267 (4.4%)	584 (9.6%)	387 (6.3%)	163 (2.7%)	144 (2.4%)		346 (5.7%)	469 (7.7%)	160 (2.7%)	2,022 (33.1%)	1,568 (25.7%)	6,110	[6]
March 10	Missouri		1,695 (74.8%)								571 (25.2%)		2,266	[7]
March 16-April 11	Ohio	55 (31.6%)	97 (55.7%)	eliminated in round 8/9	eliminated in round 5/9	eliminated in round 2/9		eliminated in round 7/9			22 (12.6%)		174	[8]
April 25-28	Connecticut	eliminated in round 18/19	85 (50.9%)	eliminated in round 16/19	eliminated in round 17/19	eliminated in round 12/19	eliminated in round 10/19	eliminated in round 7/19			eliminated in round 13/19	82 (49.1%)	167	[9]
April 28	New York		default winner											[10]
May 12	Nebraska	539 (28.1%)	483 (25.2%)		274 (14.3%)	180 (9.4%)				170 (8.9%)		270 (14.1%)	1,916	[11]
June 2	New Mexico[d]	520 (33.1%)	154 (9.8%)		124 (7.9%)	58 (3.7%)	90 (5.7%)				330 (21.0%)	281 (18.1%)	1,557	[14]
Popular vote (Percentage)		5,123 (11.2%)	9,186 (20.3%)	4,290 (9.4%)	2,865 (6.3%)	2,398 (5.3%)	1,954 (4.3%)	3,509 (7.7%)	3,045 (6.7%)	2,040 (4.5%)	3,770 (8.3%)		45,389

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.^[15][16]

2020 New Hampshire Libertarian presidential primary^[17][18]

Candidate	1st	2nd	3rd	Total	Percentage
Vermin Supreme	10	3	13	26	17.3%
Kim Ruff	6	9	7	22	14.7%
Jo Jorgensen	5	8	4	17	11.3%
None of the Above (NOTA)	4	6	3	13	8.7%
Dan "Taxation Is Theft" Behrman	0	6	7	13	8.7%
Jacob Hornberger (write-in)	9	0	0	9	6.0%
Sam Robb	1	2	5	8	5.3%
Mark Whitney (write-in)	4	0	2	6	4.0%
Arvin Vohra	1	0	5	6	4.0%
Ken Armstrong	0	2	3	5	3.3%
Lincoln Chafee (write-in)	1	2	1	4	2.7%
Justin Amash (write-in)	1	1	1	3	2.0%
Keenan Wallace Dunham	0	0	2	2	1.3%
Max Abramson	1	0	0	1	nil
Straw Poll (write-in)	1	0	0	1	nil
Joe Bishop-Henchman (write-in)	0	0	1	1	nil
Thomas Knapp (write-in)	0	0	1	1	nil
Adam Kokesh (write-in)	0	0	1	1	nil
Nicholas Sarwark (write-in)	0	0	1	1	nil
Exhausted Ballots/Undervotes	0	5	5	10
Total	44	44	62	150

2020 New Hampshire Libertarian vice presidential primary^[17][18]

Candidate	1st	2nd	Total	Percentage
John Phillips	15	6	21	63.6%
None of the Above	9	6	15	45.5%
Spike Cohen (write-in)	2	0	2	6.1%
Larry Sharpe (write-in)	2	0	2	6.1%
Ron Paul (write-in)	1	1	2	6.1%
Darryl W Perry (write-in)	1	0	1	3.0%
Straw Poll (write-in)	1	0	1	3.0%
Nicolas Sarwark (write-in)	1	0	1	3.0%
Mark Whitney (write-in)	1	0	1	3.0%
Exhausted Ballots/Undervotes	11	20	31
Total	44	33	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, 2020[19] Candidate Votes Percentage 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%

County results —Iowa.   Ken Armstrong   Dan "Taxation is Theft" Behrman   Lincoln Chafee   Jacob Hornberger   Jo Jorgensen   Adam Kokesh   John McAfee   Sam Robb   Vermin Supreme   Tie   No votes

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, 2020[20][21] Candidate Round 1 Round 7 Votes % Transfer Votes % Jacob Hornberger 37 38.1% + 10 47 59.5% Jo Jorgensen 12 12.4% + 20 32 40.5% Vermin Supreme 11 11.3% - 11 Eliminated Adam Kokesh 6 6.2% - 6 Eliminated John Monds 6 6.2% - 6 Eliminated Lincoln Chafee 6 6.2% - 6 Eliminated Mark Whitney 6 6.2% - 6 Eliminated N.O.T.A. 4 4.1% - 4 Eliminated Arvin Vohra 2 2.1% - 2 Eliminated Ken Armstrong 2 2.1% - 2 Eliminated Sam Robb 2 2.1% - 2 Eliminated Keenan Wallace Dunham 1 1.0% - 1 Eliminated Sorinne Ardeleanu 1 1.0% - 1 Eliminated Abrahamson (write-in) 1 1.0% - 1 Eliminated Dan "Taxation is Theft" Behrman 0 nil Eliminated Jedi Hill 0 nil Eliminated Souraya Faas 0 nil Eliminated Steven Richey 0 nil Eliminated Round 1 Total 97 100% Round 7 Total 79 100% Minnesota Libertarian vice presidential caucus, February 25, 2020[22][21] Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Votes % Transfer Votes % Jeff Wood 32 40.0% + 0 32 52.5% Spike Cohen 29 36.3% + 0 29 47.5% NOTA 19 23.8% - 19 Eliminated Round 1 Total 80 100% Round 2 Total 61 100%

Results by Congressional District —Minnesota.[23]   Lincoln Chafee   Jacob Hornberger   Jo Jorgensen   Vermin Supreme

California primary

California Libertarian presidential primary, March 3, 2020[24] Candidate Votes Percentage 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%

County results —California   Ken Armstrong   Dan "Taxation is Theft" Behrman   Jacob Hornberger   Erik Gerhardt   Sam Robb   Vermin Supreme   Jo Jorgensen

Massachusetts primary

Massachusetts Libertarian presidential primary, March 3, 2020[25] Candidate Votes Percentage No Preference 804 19.3% Vermin Love Supreme[e] 399 9.6% Jacob George Hornberger 369 8.9% Blanks 324 7.8% Dan Taxation Is Theft Behrman 294 7.1% Kimberly Margaret Ruff (withdrawn) 224 5.4% Arvin Vohra 151 3.6% Kenneth Reed Armstrong 145 3.5% Jo Jorgensen 141 3.4% Samuel Joseph Robb 127 3.1% Adam Kokesh 125 3.0% Max Abramson 98 2.4% All Others 958 23.0% Total 4,159 100%

County results —Massachusetts.   No preference   Jacob Hornberger No Preference percentage by county —Massachusetts.[26]   11%   14%   17%   18%   19%   21%   22%   23%

North Carolina primary

North Carolina Libertarian presidential primary, March 3, 2020[27] Candidate Votes Percentage No Preference 2,022 33.1% Jacob Hornberger 584 9.6%[f] 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%

County results —North Carolina.   None of the above   Tie   Vermin Supreme   Ken Armstrong   Jedidiah Hill   Dan Behrman   Jo Jorgensen   Steve Richey   Kim Ruff   No votes

Missouri primary

Missouri Libertarian presidential primary, March 10, 2020[28] Candidate Votes Percentage Jacob Hornberger 1,693 74.6% Uncommitted 577 25.4% Total 2,270 100%

County results —Missouri.   Jacob Hornberger   Uncommitted   Tie   No votes

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 caucus[29] Candidate Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Round 6 Round 7 Round 8 Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % Transfer Votes % 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% - 43 Eliminated 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% - 22 Eliminated 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% - 19 Eliminated Mark Whitney 11 5.7% + 0 11 5.7% + 1 12 6.3% + 0 12 6.3% - 12 Eliminated Adam Kokesh 11 5.7% + 0 11 5.7% + 0 11 5.7% - 11 Eliminated Dan Taxation is Theft Behrman 6 3.1% + 0 6 3.1% - 6 Eliminated Steve Richey 1 nil - 1 Eliminated Round 1 Total 192 100% Round 2 Total 192 0 exhausted 100% Round 3 Total 191 1 exhausted 99.5% Round 4 Total 189 3 exhausted 98.4% Round 5 Total 189 3 exhausted 98.4% Round 6 Total 187 5 exhausted 97.4% Round 7 Total 185 7 exhausted 96.4% Round 8 Total 174 18 exhausted 90.6%

County results of the 2020 Libertarian presidential caucus   None of the above   Jacob Hornberger   Vermin Supreme   Ken Armstrong   Mark Whitney   Jo Jorgensen   Lincoln Chafee   Adam Kokesh   No votes

Connecticut primary

Voting took place from April 25–28, 2020.^[30]

Connecticut Libertarian presidential caucus^[30]

Candidate	Round 1			Round 19
	Votes	%	Transfer	Votes	%
Jacob Hornberger	47	31.7%	+ 48	85	66.9%
James P. Gray	23	13.8%	+ 19	42	33.1%
Jo Jorgensen	18	10.8%	- 34	Eliminated in round 18
Adam Kokesh	14	8.4%	- 22	Eliminated in round 17
Vermin Supreme	14	8.4%	- 16	Eliminated in round 16
Brian Ellison	6	3.6%	- 11	Eliminated in round 15
Souraya Faas	4	2.4%	- 8	Eliminated in round 14
N.O.T.A	8	4.2%	- 8	Eliminated in round 13
Dan Behrman	5	3.0%	- 5	Eliminated in round 12
Sorinne Ardeleanu	4	2.4%	- 5	Eliminated in round 11
Sam Robb	4	2.4%	- 5	Eliminated in round 10
Arvin Vohra	4	2.4%	- 4	Eliminated in round 9
John Monds	4	2.4%	- 4	Eliminated in round 8
Ken Armstrong	1	nil	- 3	Eliminated in round 7
Phil Gray	2	1.2%	- 2	Eliminated in round 6
Steve Richey	1	nil	- 1	Eliminated in round 5
Erik Gerhardt	1	nil	- 1	Eliminated in round 4
Jedidiah Hill	1	nil	- 1	Eliminated in round 3
Louis Vanacore	1	nil	- 1	Eliminated in round 2
Kenneth Blevins, James Ogle, Rhett Smith	0	nil	- 0	Eliminated 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, 2020[31] Candidate Votes Percentage Jo Jorgensen 508 27.8% Jacob Hornberger 444 24.3% Adam Kokesh 263 14.4% Lincoln Chafee (withdrawn) 254 13.9% Max Abramson (withdrawn) 182 10.0% Dan Behrman 177 9.7% Total 1,828 100%

County results — Nebraska.   Jo Jorgensen   Jacob Hornberger   Adam Kokesh   Lincoln Chafee   Max Abramson   Dan Behrman   No votes

New Mexico primary

New Mexico Libertarian presidential primary, June 2, 2020[32] Candidate Votes Percentage Jo Jorgensen 520 33.1% Uncommitted 330 21.0% Lincoln Chafee (withdrawn) 158 10.1% Jacob Hornberger (withdrawn) 154 9.8% Adam Kokesh (withdrawn) 124 7.9% Sam Robb (withdrawn) 90 5.7% John Monds (withdrawn) 63 4.0% Dan Behrman (withdrawn) 58 3.7% Arvin Vohra (withdrawn) 39 2.5% James Ogle (withdrawn) 34 2.2% Total 1,557 100%

2020 New Mexico Libertarian presidential primary county results   Jo Jorgensen   Uncommitted   Tie   No votes

See also

• 2020 Libertarian National Convention
• 2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries
• 2020 United States presidential election

Notes

1. In the below table, blank cells indicate the candidate was not a ballot option or approved write-in candidate. Shaded cells indicate withdrawn candidates.
2. Mark Whitney: 6 (4.3%), Arvin Vohra: 6 (4.3%), Lincoln Chafee: 4 (2.9%), Justin Amash: 3 (2.1%), Keenan Dunham: 2 (1.4%), "Straw Poll": 1 (0.7%), Joe Bishop-Henchman: 1 (0.7%), Thomas Knapp: 1 (0.7%), Nicholas Sarwark: 1 (0.7%)
3. Lincoln Chafee: 36 (12.8%), John McAfee: 10 (3.7%), Write-in: 8 (2.9%), Mark Whitney: 4 (1.4%), Arvin Vohra: 3 (1.1%), Keenan Dunham: 2 (0.7%), Souraya Faas: 2 (0.7%), Benjamin Leder: 1 (0.4%), John Monds: 1 (0.4%)
4. The New Mexico primary was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and was therefore held after Jo Jorgensen received the Libertarian Party nomination on May 23.^[12][13]
5. No preference received the most votes in Massachusetts. Supreme, the candidate who had received the most votes, was recognized as the winner by the Secretary of State.
   This is unlike what happened in North Carolina, where Hornberger was not recognized as the winner.
6. No preference received the most votes in North Carolina. Hornberger, the candidate who had received the most votes, was not recognized as the winner.
   This is unlike what happened in Massachusetts, where Supreme was recognized as the winner.