Chase Russell Oliver (born August 16, 1985) is an American political activist and politician who was the nominee of the Libertarian Party for the 2024 United States presidential election.

Supporters of both major parties characterized him as a spoiler candidate who forced Raphael Warnock into a run-off against Herschel Walker.

[10][11][12] On September 5, 2023, Oliver spoke at the Columbia, South Carolina City Council meeting in opposition to regulatory hurdles that prevent people from feeding the homeless.

[15][16] Oliver first ran for public office in 2020, as the Libertarian nominee for the 2020 Georgia's 5th congressional district special election to replace John Lewis, who had died from pancreatic cancer earlier that year.

[17] After becoming the Libertarian nominee for the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Georgia, Oliver faced off against the incumbent Democratic Raphael Warnock and Republican Party challenger Herschel Walker.

Opponents contended that he was a spoiler candidate and that his votes forced the Georgia senate race into a run-off.

[7] In the runoff election, he declined to endorse either Warnock or Walker, while offering to host an internet forum between the two candidates.

[26][27] On August 19, 2023, he spoke at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox, becoming the first-ever third-party presidential candidate to speak at the event.

[16][28] Oliver filed to run in Oklahoma's "first Libertarian presidential primary election since the party was formally recognized in 2016".

Alongside fellow Libertarian primary candidate Jacob Hornberger, Oliver achieved ballot access by collecting signatures from voters in each Congressional district.

[36][37] Oliver won the Libertarian nomination on the seventh ballot at the National Convention,[3] defeating Michael Rectenwald.

[40][41] Oliver is considered part of the traditional wing of the Libertarian Party, and is a member of the more left-leaning Classical Liberal Caucus.

[46] In the November 2024 issue of Reason magazine Chase Oliver said in an interview, "I would like to see [Trump], if he were elected, commute Ross Ulbricht's sentence.

He contends that if businesses are left alone, they will be incentivized to develop technologies that will eventually replace current carbon-based fuels.

[14] Oliver supports an "Ellis Island-style immigration" system, stating: "If you're coming here to work and be peaceful, it's not my business.

[55] Oliver opposes the government interfering with certain transgender health care decisions made by a parent, child and doctor.

He believes that existing obscenity laws, along with parental supervision, are sufficient to protect children from objectionable content.