On October 19, the Maryland Libertarian Party held its state convention and nominated David Lashar for Governor. He is the former head of Information Technology for the Maryland Department of Health. See this story.

The Maryland Libertarian Party is ballot-qualified, because it successfully petitioned in 2020, and in Maryland, a party petition puts the party on the ballot for two elections. And even if that weren’t true, it would also be on in 2022 because it polled over 1% for president in 2020. If the party polls over 1% for Governor in 2022, then it will automatically be on in 2024.

The Green Party is also ballot-qualified in Maryland because it also petitioned successfully in 2020.

Dr. Ervin Yen, who was a Republican State Senator in Oklahoma 2014-2018, has changed his registration to “independent” and will run for Governor in 2022 as an independent candidate. See this story. He was the first, and so far the only, Oklahoma legislator of Asian descent.

The Christian Science Monitor has this story about negotiations between various political parties to form a new German government. The title of the story is “As German Coalition Starts to Gel, a libertarian Party Plays Kingmaker.” The reference is to the Free Democratic Party, which placed fourth and which is described as a libertarian party of sorts.