Libertarian Party of Miami-Dade County

Libertarian Party of Miami-Dade County
General Information
Jurisdiction:	Miami-Dade County, Florida
Established:	October 27, 2012
Status:	Active
Officers
Chair:	Marialexandra Garcia
Vice-Chair:	Martha Bueno
Secretary:	Christian Sweeny
Treasurer:	Dennis Misigoy
Executive Director:	Pierre-Alexandre Crevaux
Media
Website:	Website
Facebook:	Facebook
Twitter:	Twitter

Libertarian Party of Miami-Dade County (or LPMDC) is an affiliate of the Libertarian Party of Florida. Created in 2012, the affiliate now counts over 1,500 voters.

The LPMDC, which covers the largest county in Florida, has elected 5 Libertarians in local offices and is one of the few affiliates in the state to operate out of a physical office, located in Miami, FL. Since April 2017, its Chair is Marialexandra Garcia, who also serves as an elected official on a local board.

Background

The Libertarian Party of Miami-Dade County (LPMDC) is a county affiliate of the Libertarian Party of Florida, which itself serves as a state arm for the Libertarian National Committee. The LPMDC serves the most populated county in Florida, Miami-Dade County, and attempts to influence local governments toward policies matching its platform.

Miami-Dade County is a large urban county with its government seat present in the City of Miami. As of 14 May 2018, it has 1,383,387 registered voters, including 580,453 Democrats, 367,140 Republicans, 1,599 Libertarians, and 430,822 voters with no party affiliation, setting the county as a solid Democratic stronghold during general elections.

Miami-Dade County has a central government led by a strong mayor elected on an at-large basis, and 13 County Commissioners, each elected in nonpartisan elections for four-year terms. The county is made of 34 municipalities with their own local governments, and 10 unincorporated areas with their own elected zoning boards.

Organization

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee of the Libertarian Party of Miami-Dade County is made of Precinct Delegates, who are elected every year in April by Libertarians living in individual precincts. Any individual registered to vote with the Libertarian Party of Florida according to state laws may run to be a Precinct Delegate. Among themselves, the Precinct Delegates elect the Officers, which are the Chair, Vice-Chair, Executive Director, Secretary, and Treasurer.

The Chair of the affiliate appoints each Committee Director. Precinct Delegates that do not serve as Officers join a Committee of their choice.

• Marialexandra Garcia, Chairwoman
• Martha Bueno, Vice-Chairwoman
• Pierre-Alexandre Crevaux, Executive Director
• Lisa Crosby, Treasurer

• Keon Grayson, Secretary

Communications Committee	Elections Committee	Finance Committee	Lobbying Committee	Outreach Committee	Rules Committee
Jonathan McCue	Daniel Medina	Marcos Miralles	Shalom Holzer	Joshua Curtis	Vince Garcia
Michel Ibarra	Gustavo Lisogorsky		Brocha Tarshish	Milton Gonzalez	Zachary Elliott
Phil Santa-Maria			Christopher Martin	Riquet Caballero	Michael Sperber
Dennis Misigoy				Lucia Lietsch
Andrew Goldsberry				Phil Farinacci
Matthew Reibel				Marc Golob
Christian Sweeny
Maxwell Getz

List of Past Officers

Chair

• Dianne Thorne (2012—2014)
• Anthony Sellers (2014—2015)
• Robert Fernandez (2015—2016)
• Maxwell Getz (2016—2017)
• Marialexandra Garcia (2017—present)

Vice Chair

• Eric Faden (2012—2014)
• Pierre-Alexandre Crevaux (2014)
• Vacant (2014—2015)
• Anthony Sellers (2015)
• Marcos Miralles (2015—2017)
• Martha Bueno (2017—present)

Secretary

• Abigail DuBearn (2012—2014)
• Christina Cardenas (2014)
• Suzanne Gilmore (2014—2015)
• Michael Williams (2015)
• Joshua Curtis (2015—2017)
• Keon Grayson (2017—2018)
• Christian Sweeny (2018—present)

Treasurer

• Suzanne Gilmore (2012—2015)
• Nathan Waddell (2015—2016)
• Luis Rivera (2016)
• Lisa Crosby (2016—2018)
• Dennis Misigoy (2018—present)