John Beauchemin

Jonathan Maurice Beauchemin (born September 22, 1954) is an American entrepreneur, media industry executive and political candidate. He is a candidate in the 2024 United States presidential election.

Born in, Beauchemin mortgaged his home after graduating from college to acquire -based jazz and blues label Rue Bourbon Records, and soon incorporated it into Songbird Holdings, which he grew into one of the most successful independent record label holding companies in the world before selling it to Everest Music Group for $20.2 million in 1996. In 1999, he became President of RKO Media and supervised the company's film and TV holdings for several years before leaving in 2010.

After leaving RKO, he went into politics. Beauchemin rose to prominence as an avowed libertarian-socialist and "libertarian utopianist", and a frequent critic of the actions of politicians and activists from both sides of the aisle. A lifelong resident, he unsuccessfully ran as a Libertarian for  in 2012, and in the. In 2022, he switched to the Democratic Party, referring to himself as a "Libertarian Democrat" and a "logic-first liberal".