Joanne Marie Jorgensen famed as Jo Jorgensen is an American academic as well as a libertarian political activist. She is the Libertarian Party's nominee for president of the United States in the 2020 election. Prior to this, she was previously the party's nominee for vice president in the 1996 U.S. presidential election as the running mate of Harry Browne. Furthermore, she was also the Libertarian nominee for South Carolina's 4th congressional district in 1992, receiving 4,286 votes, for 2.2% of the popular vote. She filed for the Libertarian Presidential nomination for the 2020 election on 13th August 2019. Also, she formally launched her campaign on 2nd November 2019, Libertarian Party of South Carolina convention, before participating in the official South Carolina Libertarian presidential debate the same day. Additionally, she has appeared on a podcast associated with the anti-government "boogaloo" movement just days after an adherent of the movement was arrested for allegedly murdering two law enforcement officers.