23 Facts About Jo Jorgensen

Jo Jorgensen was born on May 1,1957 and is an American libertarian political activist and academic.

Jo Jorgensen was previously the party's nominee for vice president in the 1996 election, as Harry Browne's running mate.

Jo Jorgensen is a full-time lecturer of psychology at Clemson University.

Jo Jorgensen was born on May 1,1957, in Libertyville, Illinois, and raised in neighboring Grayslake.

Jo Jorgensen is an alumna of Grayslake Central High School.

Jo Jorgensen received a Bachelor of Science degree in psychology at Baylor University in 1979 and a master's degree in business administration at Southern Methodist University in 1980.

Jo Jorgensen began her career at IBM working with computer systems, leaving to become part owner and President of Digitech, Inc Jo Jorgensen received a Ph.

Jo Jorgensen first ran for office in the 1992 United States House of Representatives election.

Jo Jorgensen ran as a Libertarian to represent SC-04, in northwest South Carolina, against incumbent Democrat Liz J Patterson and Republican challenger Bob Inglis.

Jo Jorgensen formally launched her campaign at the November 2,2019, Libertarian Party of South Carolina convention before participating in the South Carolina Libertarian presidential debate the same day.

On May 23,2020, Jo Jorgensen became the Libertarian presidential nominee, making her the first woman to be the Libertarian nominee and the only female 2020 presidential candidate with ballot access to over 270 electoral votes.

Jo Jorgensen released a list of potential Supreme Court nominees in September 2020 in response to the vacancy on the Court created by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death.

Jo Jorgensen then expressed the desire to allow people to opt out of the program on her first day in office, while emphasizing the constitutional inability of a president to unilaterally end the program without Congress's support, as well as the need for the government to fulfill existing Social Security obligations.

Jo Jorgensen opposes the war on drugs and supports abolishing drug laws, promising to pardon all nonviolent drug offenders.

Jo Jorgensen opposes embargoes, economic sanctions, and foreign aid; she supports non-interventionism, armed neutrality, and the withdrawal of US troops from abroad.

Jo Jorgensen calls for deregulation, arguing that it would reduce poverty.

Jo Jorgensen argued that immigration helps the economy and that the blending of cultures is beneficial.

Jo Jorgensen has characterized the US government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic as overly bureaucratic and authoritarian, calling restrictions on individual behavior and corporate bailouts "the biggest assault on our liberties in our lifetime".

Jo Jorgensen opposes government mask mandates, considering mask-wearing a matter of personal choice.

Jo Jorgensen argues that mask-wearing would be widely adopted without government intervention because market competition would drive businesses to adopt either mask-required or mask-optional policies, allowing consumers the freedom to choose their preferred environment.

Jo Jorgensen has invoked the analogy of dollar voting to argue that consumer preferences would shape businesses' policies on face masks in the absence of a government mandate.

Jo Jorgensen is married and has two adult daughters and a grandson.

Jo Jorgensen briefly paused her presidential campaign after her mother's death on September 3,2020.