Candidates

Question 1

Bob Barr

11/5/48.

Answer 1

Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Georgia’s 7th district
In office
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2003

Democratic (until 1970)
Republican (1970-2004, 2011–present)
Independent (2004–2006)
Libertarian (2006–2011)

He was the Libertarian Party’s nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election.

Question 2

Ron Paul.

8/20/1935

Answer 2

Republican Representative. Texas.
1997-2013. Two prior.
Libertarian presidential nominee 1988
Republican primaries 2008 & 2012.

A self-described constitutionalist, Paul is a critic of the federal government’s fiscal policies, especially the existence of the Federal Reserve and the tax policy, as well as the military–industrial complex, the war on drugs, and the war on terror. He has also been a vocal critic of mass surveillance policies such as the USA PATRIOT Act and the NSA surveillance programs. He was the first chairman of the conservative PAC Citizens for a Sound Economy, a free-market group focused on limited government,[3] and has been characterized as the “intellectual godfather” of the Tea Party movement, a fiscally conservative political movement that is largely against most matters of interventionism.

Flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force from 1963 to 1968. Obstetrician-gynecologist from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Question 3

Rand Paul.

1/7/1963.

Answer 3

Randal Howard Paul (born January 7, 1963)
United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011.

Ophthalmologist.

supporter of the Tea Party movement
Paul has described himself as a “constitutional conservative”. He is generally described as a libertarian, a term he both embraced and rejected.

Question 4

Bill Weld.

7/31/1945.

Answer 4

Republican (before 2016, 2019–present)
Libertarian (2016–2019)

Republican Governor Massachusetts. 1991-1997.

2016 running mate of Gary Johnson.
2020 Republican primary against Trump.

A Harvard and Oxford graduate.
Attorney.

Question 5

Gary Johnson

Answer 5

29th governor of New Mexico from 1995 to 2003 as a member of the Republican Party.
He was the Libertarian Party nominee for President of the United States in the 2012 (originally Republican) and 2016 elections.
He was also the Libertarian nominee for U.S. Senate in the 2018 New Mexico senate election.