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{{Infobox State
|name = Alaska Libertarian Party
|name = Alaska Libertarian Party
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|chartered =  
|chartered =  
|region = [[LNC Region 1|1]]
|region = [[LNC Region 1|1]]
|chair = [[Jon Watts]]
|chair = [[Nicholas Conrad]]
|vice-chair = [[Randy Stevens]]
|vice-chair = [[Carolyn Clift]]
|secretary = [[Cean Stevens]]
|secretary = [[Devin Homan]]
|treasurer = [[Cean Stevens]]
|treasurer = [[Nicholas Conrad]]
|phone =  
|phone =  
|address = 200 W. 34th Ave # 543<BR/>Anchorage, AK 99503
|address = 200 W. 34th Ave # 543<BR/>Anchorage, AK 99503
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|meetup =  
|meetup =  
}}
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The '''Alaska''' '''Libertarian Party''' is the affiliate of the [[Libertarian Party]] (LP) in Alaska, headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska.


The '''Libertarian Party of Alaska''' is the affiliate of the [[Libertarian Party]] (LP) in Alaska, headquartered in Anchorage, Alaska.
It is the fourth largest active party in Alaska and has the highest percentage of registered Libertarians of any U.S. state.<ref>{{cite web|last=Winger|first=Richard|url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/09/06/colorado-libertarian-registration-exceeds-1-first-time-any-libertarian-party-registration-in-any-state-except-in-alaska/|title=Colorado Libertarian Registration Exceeds 1%; First Time any Libertarian Registration That High in Any State, Except in Alaska|date=September 6, 2016|work=Ballot Access News|accessdate=September 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907152651/http://ballot-access.org/2016/09/06/colorado-libertarian-registration-exceeds-1-first-time-any-libertarian-party-registration-in-any-state-except-in-alaska/|archive-date=September 7, 2016|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
 
It is the third largest active party in Alaska and has the highest percentage of registered Libertarians of any U.S. state.<ref>{{cite web|last=Winger|first=Richard|url=http://ballot-access.org/2016/09/06/colorado-libertarian-registration-exceeds-1-first-time-any-libertarian-party-registration-in-any-state-except-in-alaska/|title=Colorado Libertarian Registration Exceeds 1%; First Time any Libertarian Registration That High in Any State, Except in Alaska|date=September 6, 2016|work=Ballot Access News|accessdate=September 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160907152651/http://ballot-access.org/2016/09/06/colorado-libertarian-registration-exceeds-1-first-time-any-libertarian-party-registration-in-any-state-except-in-alaska/|archive-date=September 7, 2016|dead-url=no|df=mdy-all}}</ref>


Since Libertarian presidential candidates were on the ballot in 1976 Alaska has been a stronghold for Libertarians with it being their best performing state in every election until 1992 and was in the top five except in 2004 and 2008 and many of the first offices held by Libertarians are in Alaska.
Since Libertarian presidential candidates were on the ballot in 1976 Alaska has been a stronghold for Libertarians with it being their best performing state in every election until 1992 and was in the top five except in 2004 and 2008 and many of the first offices held by Libertarians are in Alaska.


==History==
==History==
{{main|History of the Alaska Libertarian Party}}
The [[Alaska Libertarian Party]] was founded shortly after the national party and grew to become a stronghold for the new party in the late seventies and throughout the eighties. In 1973 [[John Hospers]] and [[Tonie Nathan]], the party's 1972 presidential and vice-presidential nominees, spoke at the party's first state convention in Fairbanks to fifty members of the party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hospers featured speaker for Libertarian meeting|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31148439/fairbanks_daily_newsminer/|3=|access-date=2019-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501222237/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31148439/fairbanks_daily_newsminer/|archive-date=2019-05-01|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Libertarian leader explains difference at confab here|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31148481/fairbanks_daily_newsminer/|3=|access-date=2019-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501222837/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31148481/fairbanks_daily_newsminer/|archive-date=2019-05-01|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref> During the 1980 Presidential election [[Ed Clark]] and [[Eugene McCarthy]] both appeared and spoke at their state convention.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alaska Libertarian Party 1980 convention|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2310894/alaska_libertarian_party_1980_convention/|}}</ref> Two years later the party gained the most votes for a non-write in third party candidate for governor with [[Dick Randolph]] receiving 14.91% of the vote and would maintain it until 1990. However, in 1985 Randolph left to run as a Republican in the 1986 gubernatorial election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Libertarian Leader Quits Party; Seeking GOP Nod For Governor in '86|url=https://apnews.com/d6550b0179ea3d33d2a2a1c53e80c90c|3=|access-date=2019-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410140300/https://apnews.com/d6550b0179ea3d33d2a2a1c53e80c90c|archive-date=2019-04-10|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref> Despite the success in 1982 the 1986 Alaska gubernatorial election proved to be a failure as the party leadership rejected the primary winner, [[Mary O'Brannon]], and after failing to remove her with a lawsuit due to her failing to meet the residency requirements they instead chose to launch a write-in campaign with the lieutenant governor candidate and runner up in the primary, [[Ed Hoch]], as their candidate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alaska Libertarian Party launches write-in against Libertarian Party primary victor 1986|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2312064/alaska_libertarian_party_launches/|}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626121018/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33258687/daily_sitka_sentinel/|title=Former Libertarian in Jail Over Ads|publisher=Daily Sitka Sentinel|date=March 17, 1986|accessdate=June 26, 2019}}</ref>  O'Brannon defeated Hoch in terms of popular vote with 1,050 against his 107 write-in votes, but she had lost over 14% and 28,000 votes from Randolph's 1982 campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.alaska.gov/returns/90genr.pdf |title=1986 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Alaska |accessdate=2009-08-31 |publisher=''Alaska Division of Elections'' |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902154442/http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/86GENR/86genr.pdf |archivedate=2 September 2009 |deadurl=yes }}</ref> Also in 1986 [[Andre Marrou]], the only sitting Libertarian in a state legislature at the time, lost reelection to the state house.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626115815/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33258499/daily_sitka_sentinel/|title=Libertarians Lose
The [[Alaska Libertarian Party]] was founded shortly after the national party and grew to become a stronghold for the new party in the late seventies and throughout the eighties. In 1973 [[John Hospers]] and [[Tonie Nathan]], the party's 1972 presidential and vice-presidential nominees, spoke at the party's first state convention in Fairbanks to fifty members of the party.<ref>{{cite web|title=Hospers featured speaker for Libertarian meeting|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31148439/fairbanks_daily_newsminer/|3=|access-date=2019-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501222237/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31148439/fairbanks_daily_newsminer/|archive-date=2019-05-01|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Libertarian leader explains difference at confab here|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31148481/fairbanks_daily_newsminer/|3=|access-date=2019-05-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501222837/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31148481/fairbanks_daily_newsminer/|archive-date=2019-05-01|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref> During the 1980 Presidential election [[Ed Clark]] and [[Eugene McCarthy]] both appeared and spoke at their state convention.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alaska Libertarian Party 1980 convention|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2310894/alaska_libertarian_party_1980_convention/|}}</ref> Two years later the party gained the most votes for a non-write in third party candidate for governor with [[Dick Randolph]] receiving 14.91% of the vote and would maintain it until 1990. However, in 1985 Randolph left to run as a Republican in the 1986 gubernatorial election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Libertarian Leader Quits Party; Seeking GOP Nod For Governor in '86|url=https://apnews.com/d6550b0179ea3d33d2a2a1c53e80c90c|3=|access-date=2019-04-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190410140300/https://apnews.com/d6550b0179ea3d33d2a2a1c53e80c90c|archive-date=2019-04-10|dead-url=no|df=}}</ref> Despite the success in 1982 the 1986 Alaska gubernatorial election proved to be a failure as the party leadership rejected the primary winner, [[Mary O'Brannon]], and after failing to remove her with a lawsuit due to her failing to meet the residency requirements they instead chose to launch a write-in campaign with the lieutenant governor candidate and runner up in the primary, [[Ed Hoch]], as their candidate.<ref>{{cite web|title=Alaska Libertarian Party launches write-in against Libertarian Party primary victor 1986|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2312064/alaska_libertarian_party_launches/|}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626121018/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33258687/daily_sitka_sentinel/|title=Former Libertarian in Jail Over Ads|publisher=Daily Sitka Sentinel|date=March 17, 1986|accessdate=June 26, 2019}}</ref>  O'Brannon defeated Hoch in terms of popular vote with 1,050 against his 107 write-in votes, but she had lost over 14% and 28,000 votes from Randolph's 1982 campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.alaska.gov/returns/90genr.pdf |title=1986 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Alaska |accessdate=2009-08-31 |publisher=''Alaska Division of Elections'' |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902154442/http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/86GENR/86genr.pdf |archivedate=2 September 2009 |deadurl=yes }}</ref> Also in 1986 [[Andre Marrou]], the only sitting Libertarian in a state legislature at the time, lost reelection to the state house.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626115815/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33258499/daily_sitka_sentinel/|title=Libertarians Lose
|publisher=Daily Sitka Sentinel|date=November 5, 1986|accessdate=June 26, 2019}}</ref>  
|publisher=Daily Sitka Sentinel|date=November 5, 1986|accessdate=June 26, 2019}}</ref>  
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In LP News for November 1972, the address is Box 726, College, AK 99701.
In LP News for November 1972, the address is Box 726, College, AK 99701.


==Executive Committee==
In 1976, the address was Box 2458, Anchorage, Alaska 99501.
 
March 1981 - Alaska Headquarters, P.O. Box 72874, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707
 
==Leadership==
===Current===
===Current===
*[[Alex Coker]], Chair (2024)
*[[Nicholas Conrad]], Chair (since 2024)
*[[Meghan Trupp]], Vice-Chair (2024)
*[[Carolyn Clift|'Care' Carolyn Clift]], Vice-Chair (since 2024)
*[[Joel Olsen]], Fundraising Chair (2024)
*[[Devin Homan]], Secretary (since 2024)
*[[Nicholas Conrad]], Membership Chair/Treasurer (2024)
*[[Nicholas Conrad]], Treasurer (since 2023)
*[[Joshua McHoes]], IT Director (2024)
*[[Leighton Radner]], Communications Director (since 2023)
*[[Chris Poirot]], Fundraising Chair (since 2024)
*[[Meghan Trupp]], Membership Chair (since 2024)
*[[Joshua McHoes]], IT Director (since at least 2022)


===Former===
===Former===
====Chair====
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
{{main|List of Alaska State Party Chairs}}
|-
! Office
! List
|-
| Chair
| [[List of Alaska State Party Chairs|List]]
|-
| Vice-Chair
| [[List of Alaska State Party Vice-Chairs|List]]
|-
| Secretary
| [[List of Alaska State Party Secretaries|List]]
|-
| Treasurer
| [[List of Alaska State Party Treasurers|List]]
|}


====Others====
====Others====
;Vice-Chair
;Newsletter Editor
*[[Chuck Green]], 2015
*[[Susan Bickman]] (until 1981)
*[[Harley Brown]], c. 2011-2014
*[[Stan Scott]] (1981—1982)
*[[Trenton Pool]]
*[[Peter Snaars]] (1982—?)
*[[Sara Chambers]]
*[[Randy Stevens]], Vice-Chair (2017)


;Secretary
;Speaker's Bureau
*[[Chip Spangler]], (c. 2011)
*[[Judith Clarke]] (1981)
*[[Stephen Merrill]] (2012-2014)
*[[Carolyn Clift]] (c. 2014)
*[[Cean Stevens]] (at least 2015-as of 2017)
*[[Len Karpinski]]


;Treasurer
;Campaign Chair
*[[Karen Robinette]] (2015)
*[[Bruce Boyd]] (1982)
*[[July Leslie]]


;Executive Director
;Executive Director
*[[Duncan Scott]] (1984—?)
*[[Carolee McClintock]] (1985—?)
*[[Anglo Artuso]] (1986—1987)
*[[Lynn House]] (1987-1997)
*[[Lynn House]] (1987-1997)


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*[[Joel Hadley]], Communications Director (2017)
*[[Joel Hadley]], Communications Director (2017)


;Fundraising Director
;Fundraising Chair
*[[Randy Stevens]] (2015)
*[[Randy Stevens]] (2015)
*[[Joel Olsen]], Fundraising Chair (2022—2024)


;Membership Director
;Membership Chair
*[[Steve Delisio]], Membership Chair (1984—1985)
*[[Dave Lyle]] (c. 2014)
*[[Dave Lyle]] (c. 2014)
*[[Stephanie Shaeffer]], Membership Director (2017)
*[[Stephanie Shaeffer]], Membership Director (2017)
*[[Nicholas Conrad]], Membership Chair (2022—2024)
;Unknown Officer Position
*[[Ed Hoch]] (1977—1978)
*[[Charlotte Kuhn]] (1977—1978)


;Other
;Other
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*[[Fairbanks North Star Libertarian Party]]
*[[Fairbanks North Star Libertarian Party]]
*[[Kenai Peninsula Libertarian Party]]
*[[Kenai Peninsula Libertarian Party]]
;Former
*[[Katchemak Libertarian Party]] (February 20, 1982)
*[[Sitka Libertarian Party]] (c 1982)


==Publications==
==Publications==
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==Conventions==
==Conventions==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
{{main|List of Alaska State Conventions}}
|-
! Year
! Notes
|-
| [[Alaska Convention 1973|1973]]
| held in Fairbanks on February 10th; speakers included [[John Hospers]]
|-
| [[Alaska Convention 1974|1974]]
| held in Anchorage on April 3rd
|-
| [[Alaska Convention 1975|1975]]
| held in April, [[Roger MacBride]] as speaker
|-
| [[Alaska Convention 1977|1977]]
| held April 29th - May 1st; speakers included [[Bill Rickenbacker]], son of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker
|-
| [[Alaska Convention 1980|1980]]
| held in Anchorage; speakers included [[Ed Clark]], [[Eugene McCarthy]]
|}


==National Delegations==
==National Delegations==
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==Governing Documents==
==Governing Documents==
===Platform===
===Platform===
* [[Media:AK-Platform 2022.pdf|Platform Adopted April 16, 2022]]
* {{MediaNewTab|AK Constitution 2024.pdf|Adopted 2024}}
*[[Index of Alaska Libertarian Party Platforms|Index of Historical Platforms]]
*[[Index of Alaska Libertarian Party Platforms|Index of Historical Platforms]]


===Bylaws===
===Bylaws===
* [[Media:AK-Bylaws 2022-04-16.pdf|Bylaws Adopted April 16, 2022]]
* {{MediaNewTab|AK Bylaws 2024.pdf|Adopted 2024}}
*[[Index of Alaska Libertarian Party Bylaws|Index of Historical Bylaws]]
*[[Index of Alaska Libertarian Party Bylaws|Index of Historical Bylaws]]


===Constitutions===
===Constitutions===
*[[Media:AK-CONSTITUTION_2018.pdf|Constituion Adopted 2018]]
* {{MediaNewTab|AK Platform 2024.pdf|Adopted 2024}}
*[[Index of Alaska Libertarian Party Constitutions|Index of Historical Constitutions]]
*[[Index of Alaska Libertarian Party Constitutions|Index of Historical Constitutions]]


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