Krawchuk, a seasoned Libertarian standard-bearer, brings decades of political experience to the ticket. A three-time Libertarian gubernatorial candidate — having run in 1998, 2002, and 2018 — he has shattered records with each successive campaign, earning 49,229 votes in his most recent bid, then a record for any Libertarian gubernatorial candidate in Pennsylvania history. Beyond politics, Krawchuk is the founder and president of Amendment 16 Ltd., a 35-year-old information technology consulting firm, and has been a professional computer programmer since 1970. He holds a B.S. in Physics from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia and is the lead inventor of three U.S. patents for a novel integrated database management system. He is also the author of Atlas Snubbed, a political satire sequel to Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, and hosted The Pennsylvania Project, a weekly talk radio program on WWDB in Philadelphia that aired 246 episodes.

John Thomas of Kittanning joins the ticket as the nominee for Lieutenant Governor, bringing his own record of civic engagement and public service to the Krawchuk campaign. A professional educator, Thomas has served his community as an elected constable and ran for the Armstrong School Board in 2023. In 2024, he was the Libertarian Party’s candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, carrying the party’s message of liberty and limited government to voters statewide. His background in education makes him a natural partner to Krawchuk on one of the ticket’s signature issues: liberating Pennsylvania’s children from a failing government school system.