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=== 1986 election cycle === | === 1986 election cycle === | ||
Scott Kohlhaas was the Libertarian Party candidate for an at-large seat on the Council of the District of Columbia in 1986. Kolhaas had worked in DC on an early unsuccessful education choice tax credit initiative, before DC had its opportunity vouchers or charter schools. <ref> https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1981/07/19/2-challenges-to-dc-education-tax-credit-initiative-are-filed/4663f916-fdb6-4b43-b958-5b2589340c44/ </ref> | [[Scott Kohlhaas]] was the Libertarian Party candidate for an at-large seat on the Council of the District of Columbia in 1986. Kolhaas had worked in DC on an early unsuccessful education choice tax credit initiative, before DC had its opportunity vouchers or charter schools. <ref> https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1981/07/19/2-challenges-to-dc-education-tax-credit-initiative-are-filed/4663f916-fdb6-4b43-b958-5b2589340c44/ </ref> | ||
Kohlhaas came in fourth place with 2,261 votes, or one percent of the total vote. Kolhaas moved to Alaska, where he finished his undergraduate education and is active in the Alaska Libertarian Party as a candidate and activist. <ref> https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Kohlhaas </ref> | Kohlhaas came in fourth place with 2,261 votes, or one percent of the total vote. Kolhaas moved to Alaska, where he finished his undergraduate education and is active in the Alaska Libertarian Party as a candidate and activist. <ref> https://ballotpedia.org/Scott_Kohlhaas </ref> | ||
=== 1988 election cycle === | === 1988 election cycle === | ||
Dennis Sobin was the Libertarian Party candidate for an at-large seat on the Council of the District of Columbia in 1988. Sobin was an entrepreneur who published an adult magazine, an escort service, telephone party lines, and video stores. He campaigned to decriminalize prostitution and drugs. He said that drug addiction should be treated as a medical disease rather than as a crime. Sobin opposed a proposed law that would have prohibited minors from being inside certain clubs in late hours. | [[Dennis Sobin]] was the Libertarian Party candidate for an at-large seat on the Council of the District of Columbia in 1988. Sobin was an entrepreneur who published an adult magazine, an escort service, telephone party lines, and video stores. He campaigned to decriminalize prostitution and drugs. He said that drug addiction should be treated as a medical disease rather than as a crime. Sobin opposed a proposed law that would have prohibited minors from being inside certain clubs in late hours. | ||
Prissy Williams-Godfrey was the Libertarian Party candidate for the Ward 2 seat on the Council. Williams-Godfrey was a prostitute and managed a brothel. Police arrested her, saying her campaign offices were actually brothels. Her name did not appear on general election ballots. | [[Prissy Williams-Godfrey]] was the Libertarian Party candidate for the Ward 2 seat on the Council. Williams-Godfrey was a prostitute and managed a brothel. Police arrested her, saying her campaign offices were actually brothels. Her name did not appear on general election ballots. | ||
Sobin came in seventh place with 3,419 votes, or one percent of the total vote. | Sobin came in seventh place with 3,419 votes, or one percent of the total vote. | ||
=== 1990 election cycle === | === 1990 election cycle === | ||
Nancy Lord ran for Mayor of the District of Columbia as a Libertarian in 1990. Lord campaigned promising a ten-percent decrease in the number of employees of the Government of the District of Columbia. She wanted to end welfare payments within two years and she wanted to end rent control laws. She promised to end government regulations that she said strangle small businesses, such as the Boxing Commission and most of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. Lord advocated for increasing property taxes on undeveloped parcels of land, and | [[Nancy Lord]] ran for Mayor of the District of Columbia as a Libertarian in 1990. Lord campaigned promising a ten-percent decrease in the number of employees of the Government of the District of Columbia. She wanted to end welfare payments within two years and she wanted to end rent control laws. She promised to end government regulations that she said strangle small businesses, such as the Boxing Commission and most of the Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs. Lord advocated for increasing property taxes on undeveloped parcels of land, and | ||
Jacques Chevalier filed to run for chair of the District Council as a Libertarian, but he was not successful at securing a place on the general election ballot. | Jacques Chevalier filed to run for chair of the District Council as a Libertarian, but he was not successful at securing a place on the general election ballot. | ||
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=== 1994 election cycle === | === 1994 election cycle === | ||
David W. Morris was elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for Single Member District 2F04. Morris also served as the treasurer of the Libertarian Party of the District of Columbia. | [[David W. Morris]] was elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner for Single Member District 2F04. Morris also served as the treasurer of the Libertarian Party of the District of Columbia. | ||
=== 2000 election cycle === | === 2000 election cycle === | ||
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=== 2020 election cycle === | === 2020 election cycle === | ||
In 2020 the DC LP ran | In 2020 the DC LP ran [[Patrick Hynes]] for Delegate to Congress in a crowded field with several independent candidates. He earned over 9,000 votes, maintaining Libertarian ballot status. | ||
=== 2022 National Convention === | === 2022 National Convention === | ||
DC elected three delegates to attend the | DC elected three delegates to attend the national convention in Reno, NV May 26-29, [[Tom Fleming]], [[Bruce Majors]], and [[Pranav Badhwar]]. Majors and Badhwar were unable to attend the convention and the DC LP allowed them to be replaced with alternates who were not DC residents, [[Stephanie Berlin]] of Texas and [[Amy Lepore]] of Delaware. [[Tom Fleming]] was DC delegate chair. | ||
=== 2022 election cycle === | === 2022 election cycle === | ||
The Libertarians managed to get no candidates on the Libertarian primary ballot, due to signature challenges. However, Libertarian voters were mailed Libertarian primary ballots with spaces for write in votes. The party conducted a mailing to registered Libertarian voters asking them to write in their votes in the primary during the early voting period. Bruce Majors declared his candidacy for both Delegate to Congress and for Chair of the D.C. Libertarian Party. Dennis Sobin declared his candidacy for Mayor. | The Libertarians managed to get no candidates on the Libertarian primary ballot, due to signature challenges. However, Libertarian voters were mailed Libertarian primary ballots with spaces for write in votes. The party conducted a mailing to registered Libertarian voters asking them to write in their votes in the primary during the early voting period. [[Bruce Majors]] declared his candidacy for both Delegate to Congress and for Chair of the D.C. Libertarian Party. [[Dennis Sobin]] declared his candidacy for Mayor. The party announced a convention to be held June 26 at the Southeast Public Library. <ref> https://dc.libertarianparty.com/event/dc-mini-convention-2022-06-26/ </ref> | ||
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==Past Officials and Staff== | ==Past Officials and Staff== | ||
===Chair=== | |||
[[Alan Forschler]] (1994) | |||
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[[Bill Piper]], vice-chair <BR /> | [[Bill Piper]], vice-chair <BR /> | ||
[[Ryan Sabot]], chair (c. 2013)<BR /> | [[Ryan Sabot]], chair (c. 2013)<BR /> | ||
==Elections== | ==Elections== | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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