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{{Infobox State
  party_name    = Alaska Libertarian Party |
|name = Alaska Libertarian Party
  party_logo    =   |
|logo =
  chairperson = [[Michael Chambers]] |
|logo-size =
  vicechair = [[Chuck Green]] |
|state = Alaska
  treasurer = [[Karen Robinette]] |
|chartered =
  secretary = [[Cean Stevens]] |
|region = [[LNC Region 1|1]]
  executive_director =   |
|chair = [[Nicholas Conrad]]
  region = [[LNC Region 1|1]] |
|vice-chair = [[Carolyn Clift]]
  foundation    =   |
|secretary = [[Devin Homan]]
  address   = 200 w 34th Ave # 543<BR/>Anchorage, AK 99503 |
|treasurer = [[Nicholas Conrad]]
  website = http://www.alaskalibertarian.com/
|phone =
|address = 200 W. 34th Ave # 543<BR/>Anchorage, AK 99503
|website = http://alaskalp.org/
|facebook = https://www.facebook.com/AlaskaLiberty
|twitter =
|meetup =
}}
}}
The '''Alaska''' '''Libertarian Party''' 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>


==Election History==
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.
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The Alaska Libertarian party has had some electoral success.  At the state level, [[Dick Randolph]] was elected to the House in 1978 and re-elected in 1980, [[Ken Fanning]] was also elected to the House in 1980, and [[Andre Marrou]] was elected to the House in 1984.  In the 2010 elections, [[Scott Kohlhaas]] received 30% of the vote in a two-way race for state House.  At the local level, [[Sara Chambers]] was elected to the Juneau city assembly in 2006, and [[Richard Robb]] currently serves on the Bethel City Council, winning his election in 2009.


==History==
{{main|History of the Alaska Libertarian Party}}


==Executive Committee==
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
'''Chair:''' [[Michael Chambers]]<BR/>
|publisher=Daily Sitka Sentinel|date=November 5, 1986|accessdate=June 26, 2019}}</ref>  
'''Vice Chair:''' [[Chuck Green]]<BR/>
'''Treasurer:''' [[Karen Robinette]]<BR/>
'''Secretary:''' [[Cean Stevens]]<BR/>
'''Communications Director:''' [[Terrence Shanigan]]<BR/>
'''Fundraising:''' [[Randy Stevens]]<BR/>


In 1988 the party was successful in placing three legislature candidates on the ballot after the state Supreme Court ruled the filing deadline to be unconstitutional.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626121403/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33258721/daily_sitka_sentinel/|title=Judge: Libertarians Should be on Ballot|publisher=Daily Sitka Sentinel|date=September 13, 1988|accessdate=June 26, 2019}}</ref>  In 1992 the Alaskan affiliate along with the state's [[Constitution Party]] affiliate won a lawsuit against the Alaskan state Elections Division after both of their presidential ballot petitions were rejected.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626120613/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33258649/daily_sitka_sentinel/|title=Libertarian, Taxpayers Parties to be on Ballot?
|publisher=Daily Sitka Sentinel|date=September 22, 1992|accessdate=June 26, 2019}}</ref>


==Past Officials and Staff==
In 2016, [[Cean Stevens]] withdrew after winning the state Libertarian primary to allow Republican Party member and Tea Party favorite nominee of the 2010 U.S. Senate election, [[Joe Miller]] her spot on the ticket in the 2016 Senate election and Miller was unanimously approved by the executive board to take Stevens' place.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923030904/http://www.adn.com/politics/2016/09/06/joe-miller-to-run-as-libertarian-in-hopes-of-unseating-us-sen-lisa-murkowski/|title=Joe Miller to run as Libertarian in hopes of unseating US Sen. Lisa Murkowski
[[Neal Boyd]], elections<BR/>
|publisher=Alaska Dispatch News|agency=Alaska Dispatch News|last=Herz|first=Nathaniel|date=September 6, 2016|accessdate=September 7, 2016}}</ref> Miller came in second place and garnered nearly 30% of the vote, the highest percentage ever received by a Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate, but did not beat the total vote record established in 2002 Massachusetts Senate election by [[Michael Cloud]].
[[Harley Brown]], vice chair (c.2011-2014)<BR/>
 
[[Alan Caruth]], webmaster<BR/>
==Historical Addresses==
[[Sara Chambers]], vice chair<BR/>
 
[[Carolyn Clift]], Communications Director (c. 2011), secretary (c. 2014)<BR/>
A stamp on a copy of the [[National Platform 1972]] contained within the [[Alaska Libertarian Party]]'s files has an address of PO Box 87026, College, Alaska, 99701.
[[Jason Dowell]], chair<BR/>
 
[[Mark Fish]], chair (2012-2014)<BR/>
In LP News for November 1972, the address is Box 726, College, AK 99701.
[[Chuck Green]], communications director (2012-2014)<BR/>
 
[[Ed Hoch]], platform<BR/>
In 1976, the address was Box 2458, Anchorage, Alaska 99501.
[[Lynn House]], executive director (1987-1997)<BR/>
 
[[Len Karpinski]], secretary, chair (c. 1996)<BR/>
March 1981 - Alaska Headquarters, P.O. Box 72874, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707
[[Scott Kohlhaas]], chair (c. 2011)<BR/>
 
[[Grant LaPoint|Grant C LaPoint]], chair (c. 1973)<BR/>
==Leadership==
[[July Leslie]], treasurer<BR/>
===Current===
[[Dave Lyle]], membership (c. 2014)
*[[Nicholas Conrad]], Chair (since 2024)
[[Andre Marrou]], elections (c. 1983)<BR/>
*[[Carolyn Clift|'Care' Carolyn Clift]], Vice-Chair (since 2024)
[[Erinn Marshburn]], membership<BR/>
*[[Devin Homan]], Secretary (since 2024)
[[Stephen Merrill]], secretary (2012-2014)<BR/>
*[[Nicholas Conrad]], Treasurer (since 2023)
[[Trenton Pool]], vice chair<BR/>
*[[Leighton Radner]], Communications Director (since 2023)
[[Logan Ray|Phillip “Logan” Ray]], membership<BR/>
*[[Chris Poirot]], Fundraising Chair (since 2024)
[[Chip Spangler]], secretary (c. 2011) constitution & bylaws<BR/>
*[[Meghan Trupp]], Membership Chair (since 2024)
[[Billy Toien]], nominations<BR/>
*[[Joshua McHoes]], IT Director (since at least 2022)
[[Ron Windeler]], constitution & bylaws<BR/>
 
[[John Wood]] platform committee (1982)
===Former===
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! 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====
;Newsletter Editor
*[[Susan Bickman]] (until 1981)
*[[Stan Scott]] (1981—1982)
*[[Peter Snaars]] (1982—?)
 
;Speaker's Bureau
*[[Judith Clarke]] (1981)
 
;Campaign Chair
*[[Bruce Boyd]] (1982)
 
;Executive Director
*[[Duncan Scott]] (1984—?)
*[[Carolee McClintock]] (1985—?)
*[[Anglo Artuso]] (1986—1987)
*[[Lynn House]] (1987-1997)
 
;Communications Director
*[[Carolyn Clift]] (c. 2011)
*[[Chuck Green]] (2012-2014)
*[[Terrence Shanigan]] (2015)
*[[Joel Hadley]], Communications Director (2017)
 
;Fundraising Chair
*[[Randy Stevens]] (2015)
*[[Joel Olsen]], Fundraising Chair (2022—2024)
 
;Membership Chair
*[[Steve Delisio]], Membership Chair (1984—1985)
*[[Dave Lyle]] (c. 2014)
*[[Stephanie Shaeffer]], Membership Director (2017)
*[[Nicholas Conrad]], Membership Chair (2022—2024)
 
;Unknown Officer Position
*[[Ed Hoch]] (1977—1978)
*[[Charlotte Kuhn]] (1977—1978)
 
;Other
*[[Neal Boyd]], elections
*[[Alan Caruth]], webmaster
*[[Ed Hoch]], platform
*[[Andre Marrou]], elections (c. 1983)
*[[Erinn Marshburn]], membership
*[[Logan Ray|Phillip “Logan” Ray]], membership
*[[Chip Spangler]], constitution & bylaws
*[[Billy Toien]], nominations
*[[Ron Windeler]], constitution & bylaws
*[[John Wood]] platform committee (1982)
 
==Affiliates==
*[[Anchorage Libertarian Party]]
*[[Dillingham Libertarian Party]]
*[[Matanuska-Susitna Libertarian Party]]
*[[Fairbanks North Star Libertarian Party]]
*[[Kenai Peninsula Libertarian Party]]
 
;Former
*[[Katchemak Libertarian Party]] (February 20, 1982)
*[[Sitka Libertarian Party]] (c 1982)
 
==Publications==
*[[ACTION]]
*[[Alaska Libertarian]]
 
==Conventions==
{{main|List of Alaska State Conventions}}
 
==National Delegations==
* [[Alaska Delegation to 2022 National Convention]]


==Elections==
==Elections==
''See: [[Alaska Libertarian Party Historical Election Results]]''
''See: [[Alaska Libertarian Party Historical Election Results]]''
==Governing Documents==
===Platform===
* [https://bookstack.aklp.org/books/foundational-documents/page/platform Platform Adopted 2018, as amended 2024]
*[[Index of Alaska Libertarian Party Platforms|Index of Historical Platforms]]
===Bylaws===
* [https://bookstack.aklp.org/books/foundational-documents/page/bylaws Bylaws Adopted 1989, as amended 2024]
*[[Index of Alaska Libertarian Party Bylaws|Index of Historical Bylaws]]
===Constitutions===
*[./Https://bookstack.aklp.org/books/foundational-documents/page/constitution Constitution Adopted 2018, as amended 2024]
*[[Index of Alaska Libertarian Party Constitutions|Index of Historical Constitutions]]
==Size and Influence==
{| class="wikitable" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
! Year
! [[Minimum Unique Voters|Minimum<br>Unique<br>Voters]]
! Minimum<br>Percent<br>Of Voters
! [[Libertarian Party#Party_Registration|Registered<br>Voters]]<br>(Oct/Nov)
! Percent<br>of<br>Registered<br>Voters
! Signature<br>Members<br>(Dec)
! Signature<br>Members<br>Per<br>Million<br>Population
! [[Libertarian National Committee#Donors|LNC<br>Total Donors<br>2004 - 2016<br>Or<br>Active Members<br>1972 - 2003]]<br>(Dec)
! LNC Donors<br>Per<br>Million<br>Population
! State Rank<br>Of Total LNC<br>Donors<br>(Of 51)
|-
| 2018
| align=right|5,402
| align=right|1.90%
| align=right|7,442
| align=right|1.30%
| align=right|680
| align=right|922
| align=right|77
| align=right|104.42
| align=right|41
|-
| 2017
|
|
| align=right|7,561
| align=right|1.44%
| align=right|710
| align=right|960
| align=right|91
| align=right|123.01
| align=right|39
|-
| 2016
| align=right|90,825
| align=right|28.27%
| align=right|7,557
| align=right|1.43%
| align=right|708
| align=right|954
| align=right|92
| align=right|124.01
| align=right|41
|-
| 2015
|
|
| align=right|7,461
| align=right|1.46%
| align=right|671
| align=right|909
| align=right|57
| align=right|77.19
| align=right|39
|-
| 2014
| align=right|21,290
| align=right|7.46%
| align=right|7,182
| align=right|1.41%
| align=right|666
| align=right|904
| align=right|66
| align=right|89.58
| align=right|39
|-
| 2013
|
|
| align=right|7,457
| align=right|1.51%
| align=right|650
| align=right|882
| align=right|66
| align=right|89.52
| align=right|41
|-
| 2012
| align=right|15,028
| align=right|4.98%
| align=right|7,719
| align=right|1.52%
| align=right|643
| align=right|880
| align=right|69
| align=right|94.38
| align=right|41
|-
| 2011
|
|
| align=right|8,093
| align=right|1.64%
| align=right|629
| align=right|871
| align=right|65
| align=right|89.96
| align=right|43
|-
| 2010
| align=right|2,682
| align=right|1.04%
| align=right|8,984
| align=right|1.81%
| align=right|628
| align=right|880
| align=right|63
| align=right|88.25
| align=right|42
|-
| 2009
|
|
| align=right|8,914
| align=right|1.83%
| align=right|624
| align=right|893
| align=right|61
| align=right|87.28
| align=right|42
|-
| 2008
| align=right|2,483
| align=right|0.76%
| align=right|6,926
| align=right|1.39%
| align=right|613
| align=right|892
| align=right|71
| align=right|103.28
| align=right|40
|-
| 2007
|
|
| align=right|8,209
| align=right|1.72%
| align=right|602
| align=right|885
| align=right|75
| align=right|110.25
| align=right|38
|-
| 2006
| align=right|4,029
| align=right|1.69%
| align=right|8,787
| align=right|1.88%
| align=right|596
| align=right|883
| align=right|55
| align=right|81.45
| align=right|38
|-
| 2005
|
|
| align=right|9,436
| align=right|2.05%
| align=right|573
| align=right|859
| align=right|100
| align=right|149.94
| align=right|36
|-
| 2004
| align=right|7,157
| align=right|2.28%
| align=right|7,258
| align=right|1.53%
|
|
| align=right|114
| align=right|172.91
| align=right|38
|-
| 2003
|
|
| align=right|7,409
| align=right|1.59%
|
|
| align=right|121
| align=right|186.61
| align=right|36
|-
| 2002
| align=right|3,797
| align=right|1.63%
| align=right|7,228
| align=right|1.57%
|
|
| align=right|115
| align=right|179.03
| align=right|39
|-
| 2001
|
|
| align=right|7,194
| align=right|1.57%
|
|
| align=right|137
| align=right|216.19
| align=right|37
|-
| 2000
| align=right|4,802
| align=right|1.67%
| align=right|6,871
| align=right|1.45%
|
|
| align=right|130
| align=right|207.02
| align=right|40
|-
| 1999
|
|
| align=right|6,752
| align=right|1.49%
|
|
| align=right|139
| align=right|224.37
| align=right|39
|-
| 1998
| align=right|5,046
| align=right|2.22%
| align=right|3,226
| align=right|0.71%
|
|
| align=right|127
| align=right|206.44
| align=right|43
|-
| 1997
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|109
| align=right|179.03
| align=right|40
|-
| 1996
| align=right|2,276
| align=right|0.93%
|
|
|
|
| align=right|89
| align=right|147.13
| align=right|42
|-
| 1995
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|57
| align=right|94.79
| align=right|40
|-
| 1994
| align=right|1,041
| align=right|0.48%
|
|
|
|
| align=right|62
| align=right|103.23
| align=right|35
|-
| 1993
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|50
| align=right|83.75
| align=right|35
|-
| 1992
| align=right|1,378
| align=right|0.53%
|
|
|
|
| align=right|59
| align=right|100.50
| align=right|37
|-
| 1991
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|70
| align=right|122.96
| align=right|32
|-
| 1990
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|91
| align=right|164.52
| align=right|29
|-
| 1989
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|61
| align=right|111.48
| align=right|33
|-
| 1988
| align=right|5,484
| align=right|2.70%
|
|
|
|
| align=right|63
| align=right|116.24
| align=right|26
|-
| 1987
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1986
| align=right|4,253
| align=right|2.33%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1985
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1984
| align=right|6,378
| align=right|2.99%
| align=right|1,282
| align=right|0.42%
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1983
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1982
| align=right|29,067
| align=right|14.58%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1981
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1980
| align=right|19,317
| align=right|11.88%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1979
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1978
| align=right|7,722
| align=right|5.95%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1977
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1976
| align=right|6,785
| align=right|5.31%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1975
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1974
| align=right|55
| align=right|0.06%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1973
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| 1972
| align=right|68
| align=right|0.07%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|}


==External Links==
==External Links==
*[http://www.alaskalibertarian.com/ Official Alaska Libertarian Party website]<BR/>
*[http://www.alaskalibertarian.com/ Old Alaska Libertarian Party website]<BR/>
*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alaska-Libertarian-Party/140355449350981 Alaska Libertarian Party on Facebook]
*[http://www.facebook.com/pages/Alaska-Libertarian-Party/140355449350981 Alaska Libertarian Party on Facebook]
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==References==
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Latest revision as of 03:03, 3 November 2024

Alaska Libertarian Party
Region: 1
Officers
Chair: Nicholas Conrad
Vice-Chair: Carolyn Clift
Secretary: Devin Homan
Treasurer: Nicholas Conrad
Contact
Address: 200 W. 34th Ave # 543
Anchorage, AK 99503
Website: Website
Social Media
Facebook: Facebook

The Alaska Libertarian Party 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.[1]

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

Main article: 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.[2][3] During the 1980 Presidential election Ed Clark and Eugene McCarthy both appeared and spoke at their state convention.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6][7] 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.[8] Also in 1986 Andre Marrou, the only sitting Libertarian in a state legislature at the time, lost reelection to the state house.[9]

In 1988 the party was successful in placing three legislature candidates on the ballot after the state Supreme Court ruled the filing deadline to be unconstitutional.[10] In 1992 the Alaskan affiliate along with the state's Constitution Party affiliate won a lawsuit against the Alaskan state Elections Division after both of their presidential ballot petitions were rejected.[11]

In 2016, Cean Stevens withdrew after winning the state Libertarian primary to allow Republican Party member and Tea Party favorite nominee of the 2010 U.S. Senate election, Joe Miller her spot on the ticket in the 2016 Senate election and Miller was unanimously approved by the executive board to take Stevens' place.[12] Miller came in second place and garnered nearly 30% of the vote, the highest percentage ever received by a Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate, but did not beat the total vote record established in 2002 Massachusetts Senate election by Michael Cloud.

Historical Addresses

A stamp on a copy of the National Platform 1972 contained within the Alaska Libertarian Party's files has an address of PO Box 87026, College, Alaska, 99701.

In LP News for November 1972, the address is Box 726, College, AK 99701.

In 1976, the address was Box 2458, Anchorage, Alaska 99501.

March 1981 - Alaska Headquarters, P.O. Box 72874, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707

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Main article: List of Alaska State Conventions

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See: Alaska Libertarian Party Historical Election Results

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Size and Influence

Year Minimum
Unique
Voters 		Minimum
Percent
Of Voters 		Registered
Voters
(Oct/Nov) 		Percent
of
Registered
Voters 		Signature
Members
(Dec) 		Signature
Members
Per
Million
Population 		LNC
Total Donors
2004 - 2016
Or
Active Members
1972 - 2003
(Dec) 		LNC Donors
Per
Million
Population 		State Rank
Of Total LNC
Donors
(Of 51)
2018 5,402 1.90% 7,442 1.30% 680 922 77 104.42 41
2017 7,561 1.44% 710 960 91 123.01 39
2016 90,825 28.27% 7,557 1.43% 708 954 92 124.01 41
2015 7,461 1.46% 671 909 57 77.19 39
2014 21,290 7.46% 7,182 1.41% 666 904 66 89.58 39
2013 7,457 1.51% 650 882 66 89.52 41
2012 15,028 4.98% 7,719 1.52% 643 880 69 94.38 41
2011 8,093 1.64% 629 871 65 89.96 43
2010 2,682 1.04% 8,984 1.81% 628 880 63 88.25 42
2009 8,914 1.83% 624 893 61 87.28 42
2008 2,483 0.76% 6,926 1.39% 613 892 71 103.28 40
2007 8,209 1.72% 602 885 75 110.25 38
2006 4,029 1.69% 8,787 1.88% 596 883 55 81.45 38
2005 9,436 2.05% 573 859 100 149.94 36
2004 7,157 2.28% 7,258 1.53% 114 172.91 38
2003 7,409 1.59% 121 186.61 36
2002 3,797 1.63% 7,228 1.57% 115 179.03 39
2001 7,194 1.57% 137 216.19 37
2000 4,802 1.67% 6,871 1.45% 130 207.02 40
1999 6,752 1.49% 139 224.37 39
1998 5,046 2.22% 3,226 0.71% 127 206.44 43
1997 109 179.03 40
1996 2,276 0.93% 89 147.13 42
1995 57 94.79 40
1994 1,041 0.48% 62 103.23 35
1993 50 83.75 35
1992 1,378 0.53% 59 100.50 37
1991 70 122.96 32
1990 91 164.52 29
1989 61 111.48 33
1988 5,484 2.70% 63 116.24 26
1987
1986 4,253 2.33%
1985
1984 6,378 2.99% 1,282 0.42%
1983
1982 29,067 14.58%
1981
1980 19,317 11.88%
1979
1978 7,722 5.95%
1977
1976 6,785 5.31%
1975
1974 55 0.06%
1973
1972 68 0.07%

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References

  1. ↑ Winger, Richard (September 6, 2016). "Colorado Libertarian Registration Exceeds 1%; First Time any Libertarian Registration That High in Any State, Except in Alaska". Ballot Access News. http://ballot-access.org/2016/09/06/colorado-libertarian-registration-exceeds-1-first-time-any-libertarian-party-registration-in-any-state-except-in-alaska/. Retrieved September 7, 2016. 
  2. ↑ "Hospers featured speaker for Libertarian meeting". https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31148439/fairbanks_daily_newsminer/. 
  3. ↑ "Libertarian leader explains difference at confab here". https://www.newspapers.com/clip/31148481/fairbanks_daily_newsminer/. 
  4. ↑ "Alaska Libertarian Party 1980 convention". https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2310894/alaska_libertarian_party_1980_convention/. 
  5. ↑ "Libertarian Leader Quits Party; Seeking GOP Nod For Governor in '86". https://apnews.com/d6550b0179ea3d33d2a2a1c53e80c90c. 
  6. ↑ "Alaska Libertarian Party launches write-in against Libertarian Party primary victor 1986". https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2312064/alaska_libertarian_party_launches/. 
  7. ↑ "Former Libertarian in Jail Over Ads". Daily Sitka Sentinel. March 17, 1986. https://web.archive.org/web/20190626121018/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33258687/daily_sitka_sentinel/. Retrieved June 26, 2019. 
  8. ↑ "1986 Gubernatorial General Election Results - Alaska". Alaska Division of Elections. Archived from the original on 2 September 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090902154442/http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/86GENR/86genr.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-31. 
  9. ↑ "Libertarians Lose". Daily Sitka Sentinel. November 5, 1986. https://web.archive.org/web/20190626115815/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33258499/daily_sitka_sentinel/. Retrieved June 26, 2019. 
  10. ↑ "Judge: Libertarians Should be on Ballot". Daily Sitka Sentinel. September 13, 1988. https://web.archive.org/web/20190626121403/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33258721/daily_sitka_sentinel/. Retrieved June 26, 2019. 
  11. ↑ "Libertarian, Taxpayers Parties to be on Ballot?". Daily Sitka Sentinel. September 22, 1992. https://web.archive.org/web/20190626120613/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33258649/daily_sitka_sentinel/. Retrieved June 26, 2019. 
  12. ↑ Herz, Nathaniel (September 6, 2016). "Joe Miller to run as Libertarian in hopes of unseating US Sen. Lisa Murkowski". Alaska Dispatch News. Alaska Dispatch News. https://web.archive.org/web/20160923030904/http://www.adn.com/politics/2016/09/06/joe-miller-to-run-as-libertarian-in-hopes-of-unseating-us-sen-lisa-murkowski/. Retrieved September 7, 2016. 


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