Libertarian Party selects political activist Chase Oliver as presidential nominee

The Libertarian Party on Sunday selected political activist Chase Oliver as its nominee during the party's seventh round of voting. 

Oliver received almost 60% of all votes in the final round of voting, resulting in the party rejecting former President Donald Trump and Democrat-turned-independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s bids to win the nomination. 

"I will continue to bring a hopeful and positive message of liberty to both those who consider themselves libertarian and those who don't know they are libertarian yet," Oliver said after he won, according to Fox News. 

After former President Donald Trump spoke at the Libertarian National Convention over the weekend, Oliver referred to him as a "war criminal."

Oliver is an activist from Atlanta, Georgia, who has advocated for cutting taxes, abolishing the death penalty and ending military support for Israel and Ukraine.

He has previously run for Congress and was the candidate who forced Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock into a runoff in 2022.