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On August 13, 2019, Jorgensen filed with the [[Federal Election Commission|FEC]] to run for the [[2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries|Libertarian presidential nomination]] in the 2020 election.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/P00013524/ |title=Jorgensen, Jo – Candidate for President ID: P00013524 |website=FEC.gov |date=August 13, 2019 |access-date=September 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019043414/https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/P00013524/ |archive-date=October 19, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> She formally launched her campaign at the November 2, 2019 [[Libertarian Party of South Carolina]] convention, before participating in the official South Carolina Libertarian presidential debate]] the same day.<ref name="CarolinaDebate">{{cite web |url=https://reason.com/2019/11/07/candidates-vie-to-represent-the-libertarian-wing-of-the-libertarian-party/ |title=Candidates Vie to Represent the Libertarian Wing of the Libertarian Party |author=Welch, Matt |date=November 7, 2019 |access-date=February 12, 2020 |work=[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]] |author-link=Matt Welch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214045247/https://reason.com/2019/11/07/candidates-vie-to-represent-the-libertarian-wing-of-the-libertarian-party/ |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
On August 13, 2019, Jorgensen filed with the [[Federal Election Commission|FEC]] to run for the [[2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries|Libertarian presidential nomination]] in the 2020 election.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/P00013524/ |title=Jorgensen, Jo – Candidate for President ID: P00013524 |website=FEC.gov |date=August 13, 2019 |access-date=September 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019043414/https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/P00013524/ |archive-date=October 19, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> She formally launched her campaign at the November 2, 2019 [[Libertarian Party of South Carolina]] convention, before participating in the official South Carolina Libertarian presidential debate the same day.<ref name="CarolinaDebate">{{cite web |url=https://reason.com/2019/11/07/candidates-vie-to-represent-the-libertarian-wing-of-the-libertarian-party/ |title=Candidates Vie to Represent the Libertarian Wing of the Libertarian Party |author=Welch, Matt |date=November 7, 2019 |access-date=February 12, 2020 |work=[[Reason (magazine)|Reason]] |author-link=Matt Welch |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214045247/https://reason.com/2019/11/07/candidates-vie-to-represent-the-libertarian-wing-of-the-libertarian-party/ |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>


In the non-binding Libertarian primaries, Jorgensen was second in the cumulative popular vote, winning two of the 12 primaries.
In the non-binding Libertarian primaries, Jorgensen was second in the cumulative popular vote, winning two of the 12 primaries.

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Jo Jorgensen
Jorgensen campaigning in 2020
Born
Joanne Marie Jorgensen

(1957-05-01) May 1, 1957 (age 67)
Libertyville, Illinois, U.S.
EducationBaylor University (BS)
Southern Methodist University (MBA)
Clemson University (PhD)
Political partyLibertarian
WebsiteCampaign website

Jo Jorgensen[1] (born Joanne Marie Jorgensen; May 1, 1957)[2] is an American academic and libertarian political activist. Jorgensen is the Libertarian Party's nominee for president of the United States in the 2020 election.[3] She was previously the party's nominee for vice president in the 1996 U.S. presidential election as the running mate of author Harry Browne.[4] She was also the Libertarian nominee for South Carolina's 4th congressional district in 1992, receiving 4,286 votes, for 2.2% of the popular vote.

Early life and career

Jorgensen was born on May 1, 1957, in Libertyville, Illinois, and raised in neighboring Grayslake. She is an alumna of Grayslake Central High School.[5] Her grandparents were Danish immigrants.[citation needed]

Jorgensen received a bachelor of science degree in Psychology at Baylor University in 1979, and then a master's degree in business administration from Southern Methodist University in 1980. She began her career at IBM working with computer systems, leaving there to become part owner and President of Digitech, Inc.[6] She received a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Clemson University in 2002.[7] She has taught full-time since 2006 as a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at Clemson.[8][9]

Electoral history

1992 U.S. House of Representatives campaign

The first office for which Jorgensen ran was the 1992 United States House of Representatives election. She ran as a Libertarian to represent SC-04, in northwest South Carolina, against incumbent Democrat Liz J. Patterson and Republican challenger Bob Inglis. Jorgensen placed third with 2.2% of the total vote.[10]

#E81B23
South Carolina's 4th Congressional District Election Results, 1992
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Bob Inglis 99,879 50.3 +11.9
Democratic Liz J. Patterson (incumbent) 94,182 47.5 −13.9
Libertarian Jo Jorgensen 4,286 2.2 +2.2
Majority 5,697 2.8 −20.2
Turnout 198,410
Republican gain from Democratic

1996 vice-presidential campaign

See also: 1996 Libertarian National Convention

Prior to the 1996 United States presidential election, the Libertarian Party nominated Jorgensen to be the vice-presidential running mate of author Harry Browne. Jorgensen was nominated on the first ballot with 92 percent of the vote.[11][12] She participated in a vice-presidential debate televised nationwide by C-SPAN on October 22, along with Herbert Titus of the Taxpayers Party and Mike Tompkins of the Natural Law Party.[13]

Browne and Jorgensen, who were on the ballot in all 50 states and D.C., received 485,759 total votes, which placed them in fifth place with 0.5% of the popular vote. At the time, this was the Libertarian Party's best performance since 1980.

2020 presidential campaign

Main article: Jo Jorgensen 2020 presidential campaign
Further information: 2020 United States presidential election § Libertarian Party nomination, 2020 Libertarian Party presidential primaries, and 2020 Libertarian National Convention

On August 13, 2019, Jorgensen filed with the FEC to run for the Libertarian presidential nomination in the 2020 election.[14] She formally launched her campaign at the November 2, 2019 Libertarian Party of South Carolina convention, before participating in the official South Carolina Libertarian presidential debate the same day.[15]

In the non-binding Libertarian primaries, Jorgensen was second in the cumulative popular vote, winning two of the 12 primaries.

On May 23, 2020, Jorgensen became the official Libertarian presidential nominee, making her the first woman to become the Libertarian nominee and the only female 2020 presidential candidate with ballot access to over 270 electoral votes. Spike Cohen was nominated to be Jorgensen's vice president; Cohen is a mostly unknown figure in mainstream politics.[16][17] That same day, Jorgensen's supporters repurposed Hillary Clinton's unofficial 2016 campaign slogan, "I'm With Her". The slogan trended on Twitter that night and made national headlines.[18] She has registered minimal support in opinion polling.[19]

Jorgensen released a list of potential Supreme Court nominees in September 2020 in response to the vacancy on the Court created by the passing of Justice Ginsburg.[20]

Political positions

Jorgensen speaking at a rally in Scottsdale, Arizona, October 10, 2020

Healthcare and social security

Jorgensen supports a free-market healthcare system financed by providing individuals with a spending account and allowing individuals to keep any savings, which she believes would create an increased incentive for healthcare providers to compete by meeting consumer demand for low cost services.[21][22][23] She opposes single-payer healthcare, calling it "disastrous".[23]

Jorgensen supports replacing the Social Security system with individual retirement accounts.[24] In the final debate of the primaries, candidate Jacob Hornberger accused Jorgensen of "support[ing] the welfare state through Social Security and Medicare". In response, Jorgensen called Social Security a "Ponzi scheme" and said that she would allow people to opt out of the program on her first day in office. However, she emphasized the constitutional inability of a president to unilaterally end the program without the support of Congress, as well as the need for the government to fulfill existing Social Security obligations.[25][26] Under Jorgensen's plan, those who opt out would direct 6.2% of their future payroll taxes in individual retirement accounts and receive prorated Social Security benefits for existing contributions as zero-coupon bonds for retirement.[27]

Criminal justice and drug policy

Jorgensen opposes federal civil asset forfeiture and qualified immunity.[28] Jorgensen opposes the war on drugs and supports abolishing drug laws, promising to pardon all nonviolent drug offenders.[29] She has urged the de-militarization of police.[30]

Foreign policy and defense

Jorgensen opposes embargoes, economic sanctions, and foreign aid; she supports non-interventionism, armed neutrality, and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from abroad.[31][32][28][33]

Immigration, economics, and trade

Jorgensen calls for deregulation, arguing that it would reduce poverty.[34] She supports cutting government spending to reduce taxes.[35]

Jorgensen supports the freedom of American citizens to travel and trade, calls for the elimination of trade barriers and tariffs, and supports the repeal of quotas on the number of people who can legally enter the United States to work, visit, or reside.[36] In a Libertarian presidential primary debate, Jorgensen said she would immediately stop construction on President Donald Trump's border wall. During another primary debate she blamed anti-immigration sentiment on disproportionate media coverage of crimes by immigrants. She argued that immigration helps the economy and that the blending of cultures is beneficial.[37][38][39][40]

COVID-19

Jorgensen has characterized the U.S. government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic as overly bureaucratic and authoritarian, calling restrictions on individual behavior (such as stay-at-home orders) and corporate bailouts "the biggest assault on our liberties in our lifetime".[22][37][41]

Jorgensen opposes government mask mandates, considering wearing a face mask to be a matter of personal choice. She argues that mask-wearing would be widely adopted without government intervention because market competition would drive businesses to adopt either mask-required or mask-optional policies, allowing consumers the freedom to choose their preferred environment. Jorgensen has invoked the analogy of dollar voting to explain how consumer preferences would shape businesses' policies on face masks in the absence of a government mandate.[42]

Personal life

Jorgensen is married and has two adult daughters and a grandson.[43] She briefly paused her presidential campaign following her mother's death on September 3, 2020.[44]

See also

References

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  9. ^ "Faculty – Department of Psychology". Clemson University. Archived from the original on June 10, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2019.
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