Jo Jorgensen

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.

On August 13, 2019, Jorgensen filed with the FEC to run for the Libertarian presidential nomination in the 2020 election. 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.

Prior to the 1996 United States presidential election, the Libertarian Party nominated Jorgensen to be the vice-presidential running mate of Harry Browne. Jorgensen was nominated on the first ballot with 92 percent of the vote. She participated in a vice-presidential debate televised nationwide by C-SPAN on October 22. Browne and Jorgensen received more than 485,000 votes, which at that time was the Libertarian Party's best performance since 1980.

Jorgensen received a BS in Psychology at Baylor University in 1979 followed by a Master's 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. She received a Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Clemson University in 2002.

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