Why Howard Schultz could go Libertarian

By Steven Nelson

Published February 12, 2019 5:13am ET

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Why Howard Schultz could go Libertarian — Howard Schultz smiles during a conference at the Economic Club of New York on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. | (Michael Nagle/Bloomberg)

Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz may be able to avoid a 50-state scramble for presidential ballot access by seeking the Libertarian Party’s support.

Members of the large national third party, which took more than 3 percent of the vote in 2016, are intrigued by Schultz and might be willing to give him the party nomination in 2020, meaning he would not have to gather hundreds of thousands of signatures as an independent.

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