It is a recognized affiliate of the national Libertarian Party of the United States.

[3] Following the 2024 Libertarian National Convention and the subsequent naming of Chase Oliver and Mike ter Maat to be the libertarian nominees, the Libertarian Party of Tennessee protested, stating that Oliver was too divisive within the party, and opposed to Libertarian orthodoxy, with state chairman Josiah Baker announcing that the Tennessee party would nominate an alternate ticket of Clint Russell and Josie Glabach.

The law had required a petition with signatures amounting to 2.5% of the most recent gubernatorial votes be submitted to the State Board of Elections 120 days before the election in which parties wished to have their party listed on the state ballot.

[6] In the September 20, 2010 ruling, U.S. District Court Judge William Joseph Haynes struck down the petition deadline, the precise wording of the petition requirements and the volume of signatures required.

[7] College Libertarians of UT-Martin (University of Tennessee – Martin)[9]