The Oklahoma Libertarian Party has certified it’s presidential ticket of Chase Oliver and Mike ter Maat to the Oklahoma State Election Board. Oliver, a sales executive from Georgia, previously ran for US Senate in Georgia in 2022, receiving enough votes to force a runoff between Herschel Walker and eventual winner Raphael Warnock. Ter Maat has been an economist with the Office of Management and Budget in the administration of the elder George Bush, a professor, and a police officer before retiring in 2021 to run for Congress in Florida.
The 38-year-old Oliver was nominated on the 7th ballot at the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, D.C., over the Memorial Day weekend. Every other presidential candidate of note is at least 70 years of age, including Donald Trump who will be 78 this month and Joe Biden who is 81. Oliver is campaigning against US involvement in foreign wars, justice reform to protect individual rights including the 2nd Amendment right to bear arms, and implementing an “Ellis Island” style immigration policy that will create a controllable border.
The Libertarian Party, founded in 1971, prioritizes individual liberty and limited government. In Oklahoma the LP has had a presidential candidate on the ballot in eight elections and has been recognized continuously since 2016. There are or have been Libertarians holding nonpartisan elected office in over a dozen cities around the state. Other Libertarians running in Oklahoma this year are Chad Williams for Corporation Commission along with Victoria Lawhorn, Richard Prawdzienski, Robert Murphy, and Kenneth Blevins who are candidates for State House.
