2028 Libertarian Presidential nominee
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NOV 7, 2028Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleFormer U.S. Representative
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyLibertarian
Age46 years old (Apr 18, 1980)
GenderMale
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LocationMichigan
BackgroundLawyer
Notable personal detailsJustin A. Amash is an American lawyer and politician who represented Michigan's 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2011 to 2021. Originally elected as a Republican, he became an independent in 2019 and joined the Libertarian Party in 2020 before leaving Congress in January 2021. He later returned to the Republican Party and ran in the 2024 Michigan U.S. Senate Republican primary. He has described himself as a libertarian and has emphasized constitutional limits, civil liberties, and restraining federal spending.
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Economy & Taxes
The candidate supports substantially smaller federal spending through constitutional fiscal limits and advocates cutting both corporate and individual taxes while reducing government intervention in the economy. He has proposed measures to constrain spending and favors lowering tax burdens to promote a smaller federal government and freer markets.
Healthcare
Justin Amash has supported repeal of the Affordable Care Act and has criticized replacement proposals that he viewed as insufficiently reducing federal involvement in health care. His congressional votes and public statements favor rolling back ACA-era mandates and limiting the federal role in health programs.
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Immigration & Border
Supports expanding legal immigration and reforming the immigration system while also endorsing targeted border security and visa/enforcement measures; has opposed large-scale emergency funding for a border wall and emphasized addressing visa overstays and legal pathways rather than mass deportation. His public statements describe immigration reform as a three-legged approach combining legal pathways, physical border security, and visa enforcement.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Justin Amash has described himself as pro‑life and opposes federal funding for abortion providers while supporting restrictions on abortion; he has indicated limited exceptions (such as to protect the mother's life and in some accounts rape/incest). His public statements emphasize ending federal funding and opposing broad legal access to abortion rather than supporting unrestricted access.
Climate & Energy
Justin Amash accepts that climate change is real and has said humans affect it, but he opposes federal regulations and subsidies to address it and favors market-driven technological solutions. He has criticized some environmental regulations as too strict, opposed the Obama administration’s entry into the Paris Agreement on procedural grounds, and has voted against legislation that would enable EPA regulation of greenhouse gases.
Public Safety & Guns
Supports strong protection of the Second Amendment and has expressed skepticism about broad new gun restrictions such as assault-weapons bans and red-flag laws on due-process grounds. Has sponsored legislation to block federal gun-tracking/listing efforts and emphasized individual gun rights while raising concerns about many post-shooting policy proposals.
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