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The Liberation Party, was a political party in Virginia founded by Princess Blanding. The party has its roots in the George Floyd protests and the killing of Marcus-David Peters. According to the party publications, the idea to begin a third-party to contend against the Democratic Party (United States) and the Republican Party (United States) was conceived in response to multiple issues surrounding social justice, police brutality, as well as the "failures of the General Assembly of Virginia."

Blanding, the party's founder, ran for governor of Virginia in the 2021 Virginia gubernatorial election. Blanding was the only candidate the party endorsed as a candidate before it ceased to file financial reports to the Virginia Department of Elections in 2022.

Ideology
The Liberation Party centered police reform, racial justice, labor rights, and social welfare as key areas of their platform. Due to severity of the COVID-19 pandemic during the Liberation Party's time of operation, many of the policies championed by the party related to

Additionally, the Liberation Party supported "inclusive and safe" firearm ownership, the implementation of grants to LGBT small business owners, mandating non-binary bathrooms in all public schools and state-run government buildings, legalization of sex work, and the banning of police unions.

Election history
The Liberation Party ran only one candidate, its founder, Princess Blanding. Although listed on the ballot in the general election, Blanding was not permitted to debate with her Democratic opponent, Terry McAuliffe, and Republic opponent, Glenn Youngkin. During a debate between McAuliffe and Youngkin, Blanding was escorted from the audience of the debate after causing a disruption.

Blanding would receive 23,107 votes in the gubernatorial election, accounting for 0.7% of the total votes cast.