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|chartered = December 11, 1971
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|chair = [[Angela McArdle]]
|vice-chair = [[Andrew Watkins]]
|secretary = [[Caryn Ann Harlos]]
|treasurer = [[Todd Hagopian]]
|phone =
|address = 1444 Duke St. Alexandria, Virginia 22314
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|twitter = https://twitter.com/LPNational
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The '''Libertarian Party''' is a United States political party founded in {{Event|year=1971|event=Founding}}. The LP is the largest third party in the United States.
The '''Libertarian Party''' is a United States political party founded in {{Event|year=1971|event=Founding}}. The LP is the largest third party in the United States.


The Libertarian Party was founded on the basic ideas of [[Libertarianism]]. This philosophy is rooted in the [[Non-Aggression Principle]] and ideas such as Self-Ownership, The Ownership of Property, and the [[Objectivism|Objectivist]] notion of man as a heroic being.


The Libertarian Party was founded on the basic ideas of [[Libertarianism]].  This philosophy is rooted in ideas such as Self-Ownership, The Ownership of Property, and the [[Objectivism|Objectivist]] notion of man as a heroic being.
Founded by [[David Nolan]] and several of his colleagues, the LP has grown to considerable size, reaching more than 4 million votes in the 2016 presidential election, and is the first party to have a female candidate on its presidential ticket receive an electoral vote. In [[2006]], over 13,400,000 votes were cast for Libertarian candidates.


Founded in one man's house among friends, the LP has grown to considerable size, reaching almost 1 million voters in a presidential election, and is the first party ever to have run a woman who has gotten an electoral vote. In [[2006]], over 13,400,000 votes were cast for Libertarian candidates.
The LP runs on a grassroots Jeffersonian ideal where individuals take the stand. The party has people from all political breeds, and has many variations on it's main ideas, yet the major ideas hold true.
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It is the third party with the most elected officials in the United States with some 300 elected, and 300 appointed, these officials stand for Liberty even on the smallest level. Most of these positions include, School Boards, City Council, Water control, Park Control, Selectman, Mayors and one Sheriff, [[Bill Masters]] the highest position holding Libertarian. -->


The LP runs on a grassroots Jeffersonian ideal where individuals take the stand.  The party has people from all political breeds, and has many variations on it's main ideas, yet the major ideas hold true.
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It is the third party with the most elected officials in the United States with some 300 elected, and 300 appointed, these officials stand for Liberty even on the smallest level.  Most of these positions include, School Boards, City Council, Water control, Park Control, Selectman, Mayors and one Sheriff, [[Bill Masters]] the highest position holding Libertarian. -->


==Founding and Early Years==
In 1971, the [[Committee to Organize a Libertarian Party]] was established to determine if a new political party was needed, or if one of the existing political parties was suitable. It has been documented that [[Richard Nixon]]'s 90 day price and wage freeze in August of that year was a deciding factor in the decision to form the LP.


==History==
On 11 December, the committee pulled the trigger, and the committee was replaced by the Libertarian Party. Notice was published in [[Reason Magazine]]<ref>http://lpedia.org/Mickey%2C_Me_and_the_LP</ref> and possibly other places, which helped efforts to bootstrap the party going into its [[1972 Libertarian National Convention|First National Convention]].
In 1971, the [[Committee to Form a Libertarian Party]] was established to determine if a new political party was needed, or if one of the existing political parties was a suitable.  It has been documented that [[Richard Nixon]]'s 90 day price and wage freeze in August of that year was a deciding factor in the decision to form the LP. 
 
On 11 December, the committee pulled the trigger, and the committee was replaced by the Libertarian Party. Notice was published in [[Reason Magazine]]<ref>http://lpedia.org/Mickey%2C_Me_and_the_LP</ref> and possibly other places, which helped efforts to bootstrap the party going into its [[1972 Libertarian National Convention|First National Convention]].


At the Denver convention, [[Ed Carlson]] proposed a [[Statement of Principles]], and the final draft was a minor variation of one proposed by [[John Hospers]]. It was expected that other planks would be routinely removed from the platform as they ceased to be timely or relevant. The [[Libertarian National Committee]] was set up, [[Susan Nolan]] was elected national chair, and the first national ticket was [[John Hospers]] for President and [[Tonie Nathan]] for Vice President.
At the Denver convention, [[Ed Carlson]] proposed a [[Statement of Principles]], and the final draft was a minor variation of one proposed by [[John Hospers]]. It was expected that other planks would be routinely removed from the platform as they ceased to be timely or relevant. The [[Libertarian National Committee]] was set up, [[Susan Nolan]] was elected national chair, and the first national ticket was [[John Hospers]] for President and [[Tonie Nathan]] for Vice President.


While the Libertarian Party soon discovered the hard way how difficult it was to get on ballots, its presence on two states was adequate to attract the attention of an unhappy Republican elector, [[Roger MacBride]], who gave the Hospers/Nathan ticket his vote, making [[Tonie Nathan]] the first woman and the first ethnic Jew to receive an electoral vote.
While the Libertarian Party soon discovered the hard way how difficult it was to get on ballots, its presence on two states was adequate to attract the attention of an unhappy Republican elector, [[Roger MacBride]], who gave the Hospers/Nathan ticket his vote, making [[Tonie Nathan]] the first woman and the first ethnic Jew to receive an electoral vote.


==History==
''Main Article: [[Libertarian Party History|History of the Libertarian Party]]''


==Timeline==
==Current LNC Officers==
;'''[[1971]]'''
''Main Article: [[Libertarian National Committee]]''
:Libertarian Party is founded December 11th, in the home of [[David Nolan]]. Disillusioned Republicans, Democrats and political newcomers hope to create an alternative to the old parties.
 
;'''[[1972]]'''
:First national convention held in June in Denver, Colorado. [[John Hospers]], a philosophy professor at the University of Southern California, is nominated as presidential candidate. LP vice presidential candidate [[Tonie Nathan]] becomes the first woman in U.S. history to receive an electoral vote.
 
;'''[[1975]]'''
:National convention in New York City. [[Roger MacBride]] is nominated as the LP's presidential candidate, [[David Bergland]] as his running mate.
 
;'''[[1976]]'''
:MacBride achieves ballot status in 32 states, and receives over 170,000 votes.
 
;'''[[1978]]'''
:[[Ed Clark]] receives 5% of the vote in his race for Governor of California.
 
:[[Dick Randolph]] of Alaska becomes the first elected Libertarian state legislator.
 
;'''[[1979]]'''
:Presidential nominating convention held in Los Angeles. Ed Clark and [[David Koch]] named as presidential and vice presidential candidates.
:Permanent ballot status achieved in California as more than 80,000 voters register Libertarian.
 
;'''[[1980]]'''
:Ed Clark appears on the ballot in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam, and receives almost one million votes. His campaign runs extensive national television ads and offers many Americans their first look at what the LP has to offer. Many in the media recognize the LP for the first time as a serious political force.
 
:Dick Randolph is re-elected to Alaska state legislature. Ken Fanning, also running as a Libertarian, is elected to Alaska legislature.
 
;'''[[1982]]'''
:Louisiana congressional candidate [[James Agnew]] receives 23% of the vote. Alaska gubernatorial candidate [[Dick Randolph]] receives 15% of the vote. Arizona gubernatorial candidate [[Sam Steiger]] receives 5% of the vote.
 
;'''[[1983]]'''
: David Bergland is nominated in New York City as the LP's presidential candidate. [[Jim Lewis]] is his running mate.
 
;'''[[1984]]'''
:On the ballot in 39 states, David Bergland and Jim Lewis come in third in the race for President for the first time in the LP's history. Bergland publishes Libertarianism in One Lesson, a campaign book that eventually sells over 75,000 copies, and is still used by the LP today as an introductory text.
 
:[[Andre Marrou]] becomes the third Libertarian elected to the Alaska legislature.
 
:Libertarians are elected to 11 more local offices around the country.
 
;'''[[1986]]'''
:More than 200 candidates across the United States receive 2.9 million votes. [[Ray Cullen]], candidate for Treasurer in California, gets 570,000 votes, largest vote total ever for a third party candidate in California.
 
;'''[[1987]]'''
:Doug Anderson is elected Elections Commissioner in Denver. Libertarians are elected to every seat on the city council in Big Water, Utah.
 
:Former U.S. Congressman [[Ron Paul]] resigns from the [[Republican Party]] and joins the LP.
 
:Seattle convention nominates Ron Paul for President and Andre Marrou for Vice President.
;'''[[1988]]'''
 
:Ron Paul, on the ballot in 46 states and the District of Columbia, comes in third, receiving more than 430,000 votes nationwide -- almost twice the total of any other "third" party.
 
;'''[[1990]]'''
:Approximately two million people vote for LP candidates.
 
:Election Day is "Double Digit Day," as numerous LP candidates for U.S. Congress and state house draw percentage numbers in teens, twenties, and thirties.
 
:New Mexico state legislature candidate [[Illa Mae Bolton]] gets 31% of the vote. California congressional candidate [[Joe Shea]] receives 27% of the vote.
 
:A 5% vote for New Hampshire gubernatorial candidate [[Miriam Luce]] qualifies LP of New Hampshire as an official party with ballot status.
 
:More than 440,000 Texans vote for Court of Criminal Appeals candidate [[Carol Caul]].
 
:More Libertarian candidates win election in local races -- city council, school board, etc.
 
;'''1991'''
:New Hampshire state legislators [[Calvin Warburton]] and [[Finlay Rothhaus]] resign from the Republican Party and join the LP.
 
:Chicago nominating convention names Andre Marrou and [[Nancy Lord]] as presidential/vice presidential ticket.
 
;'''[[1992]]'''
:In New Hampshire's presidential primary election Andre Marrou beats incumbent President George Bush 11 votes to 9 in [[Dixville Notch]], the town whose voters always vote first in the nation.
 
:In the general election, four Libertarian state legislators are elected in New Hampshire, with [[Don Gorman]] and [[Andy Borsa]] joining Warburton and Rothhaus who were re-elected.
 
:Once again the LP's presidential ticket is on the ballot in all 50 states, D.C., and Guam, the only party other than the Democrats and Republicans to achieve this goal.
 
:The more than 700 LP candidates nationwide receive more than 3,700,000 votes for state and federal offices alone. The 23 Libertarian candidates for U.S. Senate receive over 1,000,000 votes, the highest total for a nationally organized third party since [[1914]].
 
:The LP retains ballot status in 16 states following the 1992 election, two more than it had after the 1988 election.
 
;'''[[1993]]'''
:National Director [[Stuart Reges]] testifies before Congress, endorsing legislation to make it easier for third party candidates to participate in presidential debates.
 
:In "off-year" elections, 15 Libertarians win public office, scoring victories in local and county races across the country from Alabama to New York, from Pennsylvania to Minnesota.
 
:Miriam Luce is appointed to the New Hampshire State Liquor Commission, [[Bonnie Flickinger]] wins election as Mayor of Moreno Valley, California, and [[Jimmy Blake|Dr. Jimmy Blake]] wins a seat on the City Council in Birmingham, Alabama.
 
;'''[[1994]]'''
:In New Hampshire, [[Jim McClarin]] becomes the most recent Libertarian elected to a state legislative slot; incumbent Don Gorman is re-elected. Elsewhere, Libertarians are elected to city council positions and local boards. Montana Libertarian candidate receives more than 30% for a statewide office.
 
:Libertarians win ballot status for 1996 in Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, and Wyoming. Coming out of this election, the LP is now automatically qualified to nominate a presidential candidate in 23 states, the most ever.
 
;'''[[1995]]'''
:Membership and voter registrations soar to record levels. The LP moves its national headquarters into the prestigious Watergate Office Building, which the Wall Street Journal dubs "a sign of the times" of the party's growing stature.
 
:In November, three more Libertarians are elected to city councils: [[Bruce Van Buren]] (Avondale Estates, Georgia), [[Dewayne Methaney]] (Auburn, Georgia), and [[Doug Carlsten]] (Brighton, Colorado.)
 
;'''[[1996]]'''
:The Libertarian Party becomes the first third party in American history to earn ballot status in all 50 states two presidential elections in a row. At the nominating convention in Washington, DC, best-selling author [[Harry Browne]] gets the party's nomination. He goes on to win 485,759 votes in the general election, the second-best showing in party history.
 
:The party runs almost 800 candidates for office, and 10 of them break the 100,000-vote barrier. LP candidates for statewide and federal office alone win 5.4 million votes, and seven Libertarians are elected or re-elected to office.
 
;'''[[1997]]'''
:Another record-setting "off-year" election for the Libertarian Party, with 39 Libertarians elected to office in November -- including four city council winners: [[Fred Collins]] (Berkley, Michigan); [[Ron Wittig]] (New Meadows, Idaho); [[Bob DeBrosse]] (Piqua, Ohio); and [[John Gearhart]] (Palous, Washington). In all, 64 party members join the ranks of Libertarian office-holders during the course of the year.
 
;'''[[1998]]'''
:African-American civil rights leader [[Roy Innis]] and talk radio powerhouse [[Art Bell]] join the party. In California, [[Art Olivier]] becomes mayor of Bellflower, while in Georgia, [[Dewayne Metheny]] is elevated to acting mayor of Auburn.
 
:In November, the party sets a new record by running 853 candidates in 44 states. [[Neil Randall]] wins election as a State Rep. in Vermont, while [[Zenneth Caudill]] and [[Mary Dufour]] win partisan office as Jefferson Township Trustees in Indiana. In all, 19 LP candidates are elected.
 
;'''[[1999]]'''
:The party breaks new ground in political activism with its Internet-based campaign against the FDIC's "Know Your Customer" bank spying regulation. After being flooded by 250,000 complaints, the FDIC withdraws the plan.
 
:Party founder David Nolan is named one of the "2,000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 20th Century" by the International Biographical Centre in England. Fourteen Libertarians are elected to office in local Spring elections, and more than 200 Libertarian candidates are on the ballot in state and local elections in November.
 
;'''[[2000]]'''
:A "Boycott Nosy Census Questions" campaign during the spring generates national newspaper, radio, and TV publicity for the party.
 
:The number of registered Libertarian voters passes 224,000, a 10% increase in less than a year. Folksinger [[Melanie]] joins the party. A Rasmussen Research poll reveals that 16% of Americans are ideologically libertarian.
 
:During the year, Libertarians win two Supreme Court cases: Striking down California's "blanket primary" and ending Indiana's random drug-search roadblocks.
 
:The Anaheim, California convention nominates Harry Browne for president and former Bellflower, CA mayor Art Olivier for VP. They head a ticket of 1,436 LP candidates, including 256 candidates for U.S. House -- the first time in 80 years a third party has contested a majority of Congressional seats.


:In one of the closest elections in American history, the LP presidential ticket gets 382,892 votes. However, 34 Libertarians are elected to office, Massachusetts U.S. Senate candidate [[Carla Howell]] wins a record 11.9% of the vote, and the LP's candidates for U.S. House win 1.6 million votes -- a new record for any third party.


;'''[[2001]]'''
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Position !! Name
|-
| Chair|| [[Angela McArdle]]
|-
| Vice-Chair || [[Joshua Smith]]
|-
| Secretary || [[Caryn Ann Harlos]]
|-
| Treasurer || [[Todd Hagopian]]
|-
| Regions || ''(see below)''
|}


:It was the most successful year ever for Libertarians as they elected 96 people to public office. The number of Libertarians in elective office increased to 301, a jump of 45% in a single year; and the total number of Libertarians in public office rose to 522.
===Regional Representatives===
{| class="wikitable" border="1" style="text-align: center;"
|-
! Region !! Representative !! Alternate !! States/Areas
|-
| '''[[LNC Region 1_(2022-2024)|1]]''' || [[Miguel Duque]] || [[Kathy Yeniscavich]] || [[Libertarian Party of Arizona|Arizona]], [[Libertarian Party of Colorado|Colorado]], [[Libertarian Party of Kansas|Kansas]], [[Libertarian Party of Nebraska|Nebraska]], [[Libertarian Party of Nevada|Nevada]], [[Libertarian Party of Oregon|Oregon]], [[Libertarian Party of Washington|Washington]]
|-
| '''[[LNC Region 2_(2022-2024)|2]]''' || [[Dave Benner]] || [[Martin Cowen]] || [[Libertarian Party of Alabama|Alabama]], [[Libertarian Party of Florida|Florida]], [[Libertarian Party of Georgia|Georgia]], [[Libertarian Party of Mississippi|Mississippi]], [[Libertarian Party of Tennessee|Tennessee]]
|-
| '''[[LNC Region 3_(2022-2024)|3]]''' || [[Dustin Nanna]] || [[Connor Nepomuceno]] || [[Libertarian Party of Indiana|Indiana]], [[Libertarian Party of Kentucky|Kentucky]], [[Libertarian Party of Michigan|Michigan]], [[Libertarian Party of Ohio|Ohio]]
|-
| '''[[LNC Region 4_(2022-2024)|4]]''' || [[Adrian F Malagon]] ||[[Joshua Clark]] || [[Libertarian Party of California|California]]
|-
| '''[[LNC Region 5_(2022-2024)|5]]''' || [[Andrew Watkins]] || [[Otto Dassing]] || [[Libertarian Party of the District of Columbia|Washington DC]], [[Libertarian Party of Delaware|Delaware]], [[Libertarian Party of Maryland|Maryland]], [[Libertarian Party of North Carolina|North Carolina]], [[Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], [[Libertarian Party of Virginia|Virginia]], [[Libertarian Party of West Virginia|West Virginia]]
|-
| '''[[LNC_Region_6_(2022-2024)|6]]''' || [[Joseph Ecklund]] || [[Mark Tuniewicz]] || [[Libertarian Party of Illinois|Illinois]], [[Libertarian Party of Iowa|Iowa]], [[Libertarian Party of Minnesota|Minnesota]], [[Libertarian Party of Montana|Montana]], [[Libertarian Party of New Mexico|New Mexico]], [[Libertarian Party of North Dakota|North Dakota]], [[Libertarian Party of South Dakota|South Dakota]], [[Libertarian Party of South Carolina|South Carolina]], [[Libertarian Party of Utah|Utah]], [[Libertarian Party of Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]
|-
| '''[[LNC_Region_7_(2022-2024)|7]]''' || [[Beth Vest]] || [[Paul Darr]] ||[[Libertarian Party of Arkansas|Arkansas]], [[Libertarian Party of Louisiana|Louisiana]], [[Libertarian Party of Missouri|Missouri]], [[Libertarian Party of Oklahoma|Oklahoma]], [[Libertarian Party of Texas|Texas]]
|-
| '''[[LNC_Region_8_(2022-2024)|8]]''' || [[Pat Ford]] || [[Robley Hall]] || [[Libertarian Party of Connecticut|Connecticut]], [[Libertarian Party of Maine|Maine]], [[Libertarian Party of Massachusetts|Massachusetts]], [[Libertarian Party of New Hampshire|New Hampshire]], [[Libertarian Party of New Jersey|New Jersey]], [[Libertarian Party of New York|New York]], [[Libertarian Party of Rhode Island|Rhode Island]], [[Libertarian Party of Vermont|Vermont]]
|-
|}


:Newspapers and political websites published a whopping 141 Libertarian opinion pieces during the year –- an increase of 200% over the previous year’s 46 publications.
==Party Logos==
<gallery>
File:TANSTAAFL Libersign Logo.svg|"Libersign" Logo, adopted at the 1972 Convention: seldom used after 1980
File:Classical Statue Logo Bergland Variant.svg| [[Classical Statue Logo]], used by the LNC from 1980 to 2007
File:LPLogoClassic.jpg|Circled Statue of Liberty, used by the LNC circa 2007 to 2015
File:LPLogoC2015.png|"Torch Eagle" logo used by the LNC since 2015<ref>Often referred to as the "Chicken on a Stick" or "Flaming Chicken"</ref>
</gallery>


:On December 11 the Libertarian Party celebrated its 30th anniversary. The Party has grown from a handful of people meeting in David Nolan’s living room to hundreds of elected officials, thousands of candidates, tens of thousands of contributors, hundreds of thousands of registered voters –- millions of Libertarian voters.
==Party Registration==
Voter registration statistics as reported by various state government web sites, Ballot Access News, and dehnbase.org/lpus/library/registration.html


;'''[[2002]]'''
These voter registration statistics are not year end numbers. Although some states report statistics monthly, others only report them in even years, in the three week period between mid October and the November general election. In order to create the most accurate snapshot of the number registered Libertarians nationally, all numbers come from within that three week period. If more than one number was reported within that period, the number closest to the general election was used.
:The Libertarian Party ran more than 1,642 candidates – the largest slate of candidates ever for the Libertarian Party and the largest for any third party since World War II. That’s almost twice as many as the 845 candidates the Party ran in 1998.


:US House candidates polled over 1 million votes for the second time in two election cycles making the Libertarian Party the only other party in history to do so other than Democrats and Republicans.
Some states report both active voters and inactive voters. The numbers below only include active voters, when that number is known.


:The “Incumbent Killer” strategy was used to control elections the LP could not yet win. It led to the defeat of Republican Congressman [[Bob Barr]] and Democratic Senator [[Max Cleland]]. It was also credited with controlling the outcome of the governor’s races in Alabama, Wisconsin, and Oregon, and the US Senate race in South Dakota.
There are 32 jurisdictions that allow registration by party. Rhode Island is the only state to allow voter registration by party, but has never allowed Libertarian registration.


:Massachusetts Libertarians gathered 101,000 signatures to put a measure eliminating the state income tax on the ballot. On Election Day voters sent shock waves through the media-political establishment when, even with heavy opposition from Democrats and Republicans, 45 percent of the electorate supported it.
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0"
|-
!colspan="23"| Party Registration by Year
|-
!
! 1980
! 1982
! 1984
! 1986
! 1988
! 1990
! 1992
! 1994
! 1996
! 1998
! 2000
! 2002
! 2004
! 2006
! 2008
! 2010
! 2012
! 2014
! 2016
! 2018
! 2020
! 2022
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Alabama|Alabama]]
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| [[Alaska Libertarian Party|Alaska]]
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|
| align=right|1,282
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|
|
|
| align=right|3,226
| align=right|6,871
| align=right|7,228
| align=right|7,258
| align=right|8,787
| align=right|6,926
| align=right|8,984
| align=right|7,719
| align=right|7,182
| align=right|7,557
| align=right|7,442
| align=right|6,958
| align=right|7,009
|-
| [[Arizona Libertarian Party|Arizona]]
| align=right|2,839
| align=right|3,721
| align=right|3,965
|
| align=right|4,937
| align=right|4,632
| align=right|5,299
| align=right|7,574
| align=right|18,418
| align=right|17,466
| align=right|12,576
| align=right|14,259
| align=right|18,261
| align=right|17,446
| align=right|18,153
| align=right|24,382
| align=right|22,086
| align=right|26,589
| align=right|31,358
| align=right|31,583
| align=right|38,385
| align=right|32,148
|-
| [[Arkansas Libertarian Party|Arkansas]]
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| align=right|322
| align=right|403
| align=right|618
| align=right|725
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of California|California]]
| align=right|86,193
| align=right|73,434
| align=right|64,297
| align=right|53,267
| align=right|49,075
| align=right|50,782
| align=right|71,148
| align=right|69,951
| align=right|77,675
| align=right|82,079
| align=right|94,937
| align=right|90,495
| align=right|89,617
| align=right|84,093
| align=right|83,574
| align=right|91,111
| align=right|108,736
| align=right|120,804
| align=right|139,805
| align=right|149,095
| align=right|196,108
| align=right|231,459
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Colorado|Colorado]]
|
|
| align=right|576
| align=right|753
| align=right|1,033
| align=right|1,258
| align=right|1,660
| align=right|1,942
| align=right|2,420
| align=right|3,201
| align=right|4,259
| align=right|5,543
| align=right|6,078
| align=right|6,555
| align=right|11,075
| align=right|10,549
| align=right|19,585
| align=right|26,746
| align=right|37,880
| align=right|39,979
| align=right|41,803
| align=right|41,052
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Connecticut|Connecticut]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|29
|
| align=right|70
| align=right|149
| align=right|653
| align=right|741
| align=right|789
| align=right|840
| align=right|987
| align=right|1,295
| align=right|1,603
| align=right|1,780
| align=right|2,561
| align=right|2,980
| align=right|3,270
| align=right|3,351
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Delaware|Delaware]]
| align=right|198
|
| align=right|227
|
|
| align=right|166
| align=right|344
| align=right|466
| align=right|566
| align=right|648
| align=right|738
| align=right|762
| align=right|776
| align=right|756
| align=right|756
| align=right|858
| align=right|908
| align=right|1,116
| align=right|1,519
| align=right|1,716
| align=right|1,977
| align=right|2,211
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of the District of Columbia|D. C.]]
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| align=right|510
| align=right|918
| align=right|1,374
| align=right|2,079
| align=right|2,406
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Florida|Florida]]
| align=right|650
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|
|
| align=right|1,336
| align=right|1,516
| align=right|2,909
| align=right|3,585
| align=right|5,509
| align=right|7,037
| align=right|9,462
| align=right|11,852
| align=right|13,806
| align=right|15,533
| align=right|16,883
| align=right|17,888
| align=right|19,892
| align=right|23,665
| align=right|28,287
| align=right|32,843
| align=right|39,538
| align=right|39,451
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Georgia|Georgia]]
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| [[Libertarian Party of Hawaii|Hawaii]]
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| [[Libertarian Party of Idaho|Idaho]]
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| align=right|1,312
| align=right|3,856
| align=right|5,229
| align=right|7,425
| align=right|10,450
| align=right|11,356
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Illinois|Illinois]]
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| [[Libertarian Party of Indiana|Indiana]]
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| [[Libertarian Party of Iowa|Iowa]]
|
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|
|
| align=right|762
| align=right|1,416
| align=right|2,203
| align=right|4,632
| align=right|8,366
| align=right|13,018
| align=right|13,013
| align=right|12,100
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Kansas|Kansas]]
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|531
| align=right|4,204
| align=right|5,508
| align=right|9,829
| align=right|9,773
| align=right|9,973
| align=right|9,416
| align=right|9,432
| align=right|9,038
| align=right|9,786
| align=right|10,088
| align=right|11,373
| align=right|12,993
| align=right|15,556
| align=right|17,618
| align=right|20,353
| align=right|24,230
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Kentucky|Kentucky]]
|
|
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|
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|
| align=right|341
| align=right|997
| align=right|1,661
| align=right|2,615
| align=right|4,418
| align=right|7,456
| align=right|9,099
| align=right|13,511
| align=right|15,572
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Louisiana|Louisiana]]
| align=right|175
|
| align=right|219
|
|
|
| align=right|325
| align=right|360
|
| align=right|691
| align=right|1,016
| align=right|1,170
| align=right|1,432
| align=right|2,541
| align=right|2,669
| align=right|3,877
| align=right|6,889
| align=right|10,478
| align=right|14,088
| align=right|14,730
| align=right|15,000<br><small>estimate</small>
| align=right|16,180
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Maine|Maine]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|1,048
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|5,616
| align=right|6,255
|
| align=right|1,227
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Maryland|Maryland]]
| align=right|328
|
| align=right|350
|
|
|
| align=right|2,692
|
| align=right|3,785
|
| align=right|4,021
| align=right|6,578
| align=right|2,626
| align=right|4,390
| align=right|7,058
| align=right|8,996
| align=right|11,289
| align=right|14,771
| align=right|19,343
| align=right|22,190
| align=right|14,848
| align=right|17,712
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Massachusetts|Massachusetts]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|204
| align=right|333
| align=right|8,157
| align=right|7,610
| align=right|16,071
| align=right|20,578
| align=right|23,900
| align=right|19,253
| align=right|12,534
| align=right|15,857
| align=right|13,336
| align=right|10,920
| align=right|8,846
| align=right|15,787
| align=right|19,097
| align=right|17,493
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Michigan|Michigan]]
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| [[Libertarian Party of Minnesota|Minnesota]]
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| [[Libertarian Party of Mississippi|Mississippi]]
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| [[Missouri Libertarian Party|Missouri]]
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| [[Montana Libertarian Party|Montana]]
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|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Nebraska|Nebraska]]
| align=right|214
|
| align=right|91
|
| align=right|52
|
| align=right|194
|
| align=right|234
| align=right|70
| align=right|1,790
| align=right|3,402
| align=right|4,716
|
| align=right|472
| align=right|333
| align=right|3,164
| align=right|5,719
| align=right|11,214
| align=right|14,707
| align=right|17,882
| align=right|18,370
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Nevada|Nevada]]
| align=right|676
| align=right|1,003
| align=right|911
| align=right|692
| align=right|739
| align=right|1,125
| align=right|2,315
| align=right|2,847
| align=right|3,833
| align=right|4,819
| align=right|4,715
| align=right|4,891
| align=right|6,240
| align=right|6,088
| align=right|6,776
| align=right|6,807
| align=right|8,448
| align=right|9,739
| align=right|13,381
| align=right|15,588
| align=right|17,833
| align=right|16,330
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of New Hampshire|New Hampshire]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|3,289
| align=right|3,330
| align=right|3,207
| align=right|3,207
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|689
|
|
|-
| [[New Jersey Libertarian Party|New Jersey]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|208
| align=right|448
| align=right|543
| align=right|1,023
| align=right|1,387
| align=right|1,899
| align=right|2,490
| align=right|5,405
| align=right|11,040
| align=right|18,709
| align=right|23,522
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of New Mexico|New Mexico]]
| align=right|123
|
| align=right|190
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|1,407
| align=right|1,183
| align=right|3,787
| align=right|4,974
| align=right|2,805
| align=right|2,172
| align=right|2,240
| align=right|3,541
| align=right|3,129
| align=right|5,714
| align=right|9,440
| align=right|12,390
| align=right|14,828
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of New York|New York]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|362
| align=right|941
| align=right|1,395
| align=right|2,419
| align=right|3,874
| align=right|5,376
| align=right|7,128
| align=right|7,675
| align=right|20,298
| align=right|19,420
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of North Carolina|North Carolina]]
| align=right|489
|
| align=right|560
|
|
|
| align=right|677
| align=right|1,472
| align=right|2,585
| align=right|4,740
| align=right|6,909
| align=right|8,912
| align=right|12,831
|
| align=right|3,637
| align=right|9,254
| align=right|19,321
| align=right|25,650
| align=right|32,333
| align=right|37,431
| align=right|46,363
| align=right|50,205
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of North Dakota|North Dakota]]
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| [[Libertarian Party of Ohio|Ohio]]
|
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|-
| [[Oklahoma Libertarian Party|Oklahoma]]
| align=right|875
|
| align=right|444
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|141
|
| align=right|703
| align=right|286
| align=right|689
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|3,599
| align=right|8,675
| align=right|14,902
| align=right|19,780
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Oregon|Oregon]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|3,800
|
| align=right|10,102
| align=right|11,946
| align=right|13,663
| align=right|12,929
| align=right|16,971
| align=right|15,306
| align=right|13,736
| align=right|13,469
| align=right|15,157
| align=right|17,460
| align=right|18,432
| align=right|19,944
| align=right|21,932
| align=right|21,021
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|4,408
| align=right|13,770
| align=right|23,095
| align=right|30,248
|
| align=right|34,258
| align=right|36,070
| align=right|36,509
| align=right|38,031
| align=right|36,353
| align=right|47,501
| align=right|48,966
| align=right|44,848
| align=right|40,324
| align=right|44,915
|-
| [[Rhode Island Libertarian Party|Rhode Island]]
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| [[South Carolina Libertarian Party|South Carolina]]
|
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| [[South Dakota Libertarian Party|South Dakota]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|346
| align=right|469
| align=right|656
| align=right|924
| align=right|1,074
| align=right|1,148
| align=right|1,091
| align=right|1,168
| align=right|1,059
| align=right|1,080
| align=right|1,126
| align=right|1,377
| align=right|1,620
| align=right|1,835
| align=right|2,324
| align=right|2,801
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Tennessee|Tennessee]]
|
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|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Texas|Texas]]
|
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|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Utah|Utah]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|1,836
| align=right|2,556
| align=right|2,904
| align=right|2,639
| align=right|4,110
| align=right|5,494
| align=right|7,226
| align=right|11,728
| align=right|13,815
| align=right|18,445
| align=right|20,433
|-
| [[Vermont Libertarian Party|Vermont]]
|
|
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|
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| [[Libertarian Party of Virginia|Virginia]]
|
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| [[Libertarian Party of Washington State|Washington]]
|
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|-
| [[Libertarian Party of West Virginia|West Virginia]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=right|420
| align=right|964
|
|
|
|
| align=right|1,360
| align=right|1,448
| align=right|1,854
| align=right|4,679
| align=right|6,431
| align=right|8,797
| align=right|10,026
|-
| [[Libertarian Party of Wisconsin|Wisconsin]]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|-
| [[Wyoming Libertarian Party|Wyoming]]
|
|
| align=right|54
|
| align=right|75
|
| align=right|78
| align=right|53
| align=right|181
| align=right|229
| align=right|246
| align=right|281
| align=right|328
| align=right|452
| align=right|878
| align=right|1,288
| align=right|1,139
| align=right|1,862
| align=right|1,615
| align=right|2,183
| align=right|2,012
| align=right|2,228
|-
| '''Total'''
| align=right|'''92,760'''
| align=right|'''78,158'''
| align=right|'''73,166'''
| align=right|'''54,712'''
| align=right|'''57,247'''
| align=right|'''60,010'''
| align=right|'''100,561'''
| align=right|'''102,298'''
| align=right|'''162,545'''
| align=right|'''182,513'''
| align=right|'''224,676'''
| align=right|'''207,489'''
| align=right|'''259,439'''
| align=right|'''235,850'''
| align=right|'''242,456'''
| align=right|'''278,740'''
| align=right|'''330,510'''
| align=right|'''399,843'''
| align=right|'''500,521'''
| align=right|'''567,838'''
| align=right|'''679,219'''
| align=right|'''739,561'''
|-
| Change From Preceding Period
|
| align=right|<span style="color:#FF0000">-14,602
| align=right|<span style="color:#FF0000">-4,992
| align=right|<span style="color:#FF0000">-18,454
| align=right|2,535
| align=right|2,763
| align=right|40,551
| align=right|1,737
| align=right|60,247
| align=right|19,968
| align=right|42,163
| align=right|<span style="color:#FF0000">-17,187
| align=right|51,950
| align=right|<span style="color:#FF0000">-23,589
| align=right|6,606
| align=right|36,284
| align=right|51,770
| align=right|69,333
| align=right|100,678
| align=right|67,317
| align=right|111,381
| align=right|60,342
|-
| % In Reporting Jurisdictions
|
|
|
|
|
|
| align=center|0.21%
| align=center|0.23%
| align=center|0.28%
| align=center|0.32%
| align=center|0.34%
| align=center|0.34%
| align=center|0.30%
| align=center|0.30%
| align=center|0.26%
| align=center|0.30%
| align=center|0.33%
| align=center|0.40%
| align=center|0.45%
| align=center|0.50%
| align=center|0.57%
| align=center|0.62%
|-
| Jurisdictions Reporting
| align=center|11
| align=center|3
| align=center|13
| align=center|3
| align=center|7
| align=center|7
| align=center|18
| align=center|14
| align=center|19
| align=center|20
| align=center|21
| align=center|21
| align=center|23
| align=center|21
| align=center|24
| align=center|25
| align=center|26
| align=center|27
| align=center|30
| align=center|31
| align=center|29
| align=center|30
|-
!
| align=center|'''1980'''
| align=center|'''1982'''
| align=center|'''1984'''
| align=center|'''1986'''
| align=center|'''1988'''
| align=center|'''1990'''
| align=center|'''1992'''
| align=center|'''1994'''
| align=center|'''1996'''
| align=center|'''1998'''
| align=center|'''2000'''
| align=center|'''2002'''
| align=center|'''2004'''
| align=center|'''2006'''
| align=center|'''2008'''
| align=center|'''2010'''
| align=center|'''2012'''
| align=center|'''2014'''
| align=center|'''2016'''
| align=center|'''2018'''
| align=center|'''2020'''
| align=center|'''2022'''
|-
|}


;'''[[2003]]'''
==Incorporation==
:The Libertarian Party clawed its way out of a $400,000 debt helped along by the recession and the aftermath of the September 11 terror attacks and into financial solvency.
The [[Libertarian National Committee]] which is the current governing arm of the Party (preceded by the [[Libertarian Party Executive Committee]]) was incorporated in {{MediaNewTab|AOI_1995_LNCINC.pdf|1995}}.


:Even though it was an off-year election, the LP racked up 46 victories –- over half of them coming in higher level offices such as city and county council, increasing the upward march of Libertarian office-holders. In Michigan, Libertarians were re-elected to city council seats and in 5 states Republican and Democrat incumbents were booted from theirs. As 2003 drew to a close, over 600 Libertarians were serving in public office nationwide.
==Trademark==


:The LP also saved taxpayers more than $2.1 billion in a single day, defeating: a $1.3 billion sales tax hike in Florida, a proposal to finance a light-rail system and other transportation boondoggles in Arizona, a grocery tax in Colorado, and a property tax hike in Santa Clara County, California.
The party hold multiple trademarks as follows:
* TANSTAAFL logo (trademark registration not found-mentioned in early [[LP News]] issues)
* {{MediaNewTab|Libertarian Party Trademark.pdf|Libertarian Party}}
* {{MediaNewTab|Party of Principle TM.pdf|Party of Principle}}
* {{MediaNewTab|Torch Eagle Trademark.pdf|Torch Eagle Logo}}


;'''[[2004]]'''
==National Conventions==
:Party membership rebounded with an increase of 4.5 percent over 2003.
{| class="wikitable"
 
!colspan=4|Yearly Conventions (1972-1979)
:The Libertarian Party nominated [[Michael Badnarik]] as their 2004 presidential nominee during the national convention in Atlanta. The LP presidential campaign unveiled Project New Mexico, where they would find a swing state with an inexpensive media market and saturated it with a 10-day ad blitz. After the completion of Project New Mexico, Badnarik's poll numbers quickly rose 5 percent.
|-
 
! Year !! Date(s) !! Venue !! City
:American voters were able to vote for the Libertarian Party candidate in 48 states. This led all third parties: [[Ralph Nader]] got on only 39 ballots, the Constitution Party got on 35 and the Greens, just 27.
|-
 
| [[National Convention 1972|1972]] || June 15-18 ||  || Denver, Colorado
:The Libertarian Party generated considerable media attention. In an October 24th New York Times column, John Tierney gave a lengthy mention of Michael Badnarik's campaign.
|-
 
| [[National Convention 1973|1973]] || June 8-10 ||  || Strongsville, Ohio
:Four days later, Badnarik appeared on MSNBC's "Countdown" show, where he reached a national audience to push the libertarian message.
|-
 
| [[National Convention 1974|1974]] || June ||  || Irving, Texas
;'''[[2005]]'''
|-
:In June the Libertarian Party released the "Iraq Exit Strategy: America's Path Forward", a comprehensive plan to withdraw American troops from Iraqi soil, while empowering the Iraqi people with the ability to rule their own nation.
| [[National Convention 1975|1975]] || August || Statler-Hilton Hotel || New York, New York
   
|-
:In August the LP transitioned from a members-based organization to a donors-based organization with the passage of the Zero Dues Resolution. The party's new focus will be electing Libertarians to office. This move proved to be highly controversial within the party.
| [[National Convention 1976|1976]] || September 23-26 ||  || Washington DC
 
|-
:In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the Libertarian Party did its part to help out the relief effort by "adopting" the town of Franklin, Louisiana. The LP national office was in contact with Franklin's community leaders to determine their specific needs. A call was put out to members across the country who responded with their own aid.
| [[National Convention 1977|1977]] || July 12-17 || Palace Hotel || San Francisco
 
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| [[National Convention 1996|1996]] || July 3-7 || Hyatt Regency || Washington DC
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| [[National Convention 2000|2000]] || June 30-July 4 ||  || Anaheim, California
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| [[National Convention 2002|2002]] || July 3-7 ||  || Indianapolis, Indiana
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| [[National Convention 2004|2004]] || May 27-31 || Mariott Marquis Hotel || Atlanta, Georgia
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| [[National Convention 2006|2006]] || July 1-2 || Hilton Portland & Executive Tower || Portland, Oregon
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| [[National Convention 2008|2008]] || May 22-26 || Sheraton Denver || Denver, Colorado
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| [[National Convention 2010|2010]] || May 28-31 || Renaissance Hotel || St. Louis, Missouri
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| [[National Convention 2012|2012]] || May 4-6 || Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino || Las Vegas, Nevada
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| [[National Convention 2014|2014]] || June 26-29 || Hyatt Regency || Cleveland, Ohio
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| [[National Convention 2016|2016]] || May 26-30 || Rosen Centre Hotel & Resort || Orlando, Florida
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| [[National Convention 2018|2018]] || June 30-July 3 || Hyatt Regency || New Orleans, Louisiana
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| [[National Convention 2020|2020]] || May 22; July 8-12 || Orange County Convention Center || Orlando, Florida
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| [[National Convention 2022|2022]] || May 26-29 || Nugget Casino Resort || Reno/Sparks, Nevada
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==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Libertarians Stance on Issues]]
*[[Libertarians Stance on Issues]]
*[[LP Color and Logo History]]
*[[Memoir Mickey, Me and the LP by D. Frank Robinson]], regarding early formation of the party.
*[[Mickey, Me and the LP]]
 


==Notes==
==Notes==
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Latest revision as of 15:22, 23 January 2024

Libertarian Party
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General Information
Chartered: December 11, 1971
Officers
Chair: Angela McArdle
Vice-Chair: Andrew Watkins
Secretary: Caryn Ann Harlos
Treasurer: Todd Hagopian
Contact
Address: 1444 Duke St. Alexandria, Virginia 22314
Website: Website
Social Media
Facebook: Facebook
Twitter: Twitter
Instagram: Instagram

The Libertarian Party is a United States political party founded in 1971. The LP is the largest third party in the United States.

The Libertarian Party was founded on the basic ideas of Libertarianism. This philosophy is rooted in the Non-Aggression Principle and ideas such as Self-Ownership, The Ownership of Property, and the Objectivist notion of man as a heroic being.

Founded by David Nolan and several of his colleagues, the LP has grown to considerable size, reaching more than 4 million votes in the 2016 presidential election, and is the first party to have a female candidate on its presidential ticket receive an electoral vote. In 2006, over 13,400,000 votes were cast for Libertarian candidates.

The LP runs on a grassroots Jeffersonian ideal where individuals take the stand. The party has people from all political breeds, and has many variations on it's main ideas, yet the major ideas hold true.


Founding and Early Years

In 1971, the Committee to Organize a Libertarian Party was established to determine if a new political party was needed, or if one of the existing political parties was suitable. It has been documented that Richard Nixon's 90 day price and wage freeze in August of that year was a deciding factor in the decision to form the LP.

On 11 December, the committee pulled the trigger, and the committee was replaced by the Libertarian Party. Notice was published in Reason Magazine[1] and possibly other places, which helped efforts to bootstrap the party going into its First National Convention.

At the Denver convention, Ed Carlson proposed a Statement of Principles, and the final draft was a minor variation of one proposed by John Hospers. It was expected that other planks would be routinely removed from the platform as they ceased to be timely or relevant. The Libertarian National Committee was set up, Susan Nolan was elected national chair, and the first national ticket was John Hospers for President and Tonie Nathan for Vice President.

While the Libertarian Party soon discovered the hard way how difficult it was to get on ballots, its presence on two states was adequate to attract the attention of an unhappy Republican elector, Roger MacBride, who gave the Hospers/Nathan ticket his vote, making Tonie Nathan the first woman and the first ethnic Jew to receive an electoral vote.

History

Main Article: History of the Libertarian Party

Current LNC Officers

Main Article: Libertarian National Committee


Position Name
Chair Angela McArdle
Vice-Chair Joshua Smith
Secretary Caryn Ann Harlos
Treasurer Todd Hagopian
Regions (see below)

Regional Representatives

Region Representative Alternate States/Areas
1 Miguel Duque Kathy Yeniscavich Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Washington
2 Dave Benner Martin Cowen Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee
3 Dustin Nanna Connor Nepomuceno Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio
4 Adrian F Malagon Joshua Clark California
5 Andrew Watkins Otto Dassing Washington DC, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia
6 Joseph Ecklund Mark Tuniewicz Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, South Carolina, Utah, Wisconsin
7 Beth Vest Paul Darr Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas
8 Pat Ford Robley Hall Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont

Party Logos

  • "Libersign" Logo, adopted at the 1972 Convention: seldom used after 1980

    "Libersign" Logo, adopted at the 1972 Convention: seldom used after 1980

  • Classical Statue Logo, used by the LNC from 1980 to 2007

    Classical Statue Logo, used by the LNC from 1980 to 2007

  • Circled Statue of Liberty, used by the LNC circa 2007 to 2015

    Circled Statue of Liberty, used by the LNC circa 2007 to 2015

  • "Torch Eagle" logo used by the LNC since 2015[2]

    "Torch Eagle" logo used by the LNC since 2015[2]

Party Registration

Voter registration statistics as reported by various state government web sites, Ballot Access News, and dehnbase.org/lpus/library/registration.html

These voter registration statistics are not year end numbers. Although some states report statistics monthly, others only report them in even years, in the three week period between mid October and the November general election. In order to create the most accurate snapshot of the number registered Libertarians nationally, all numbers come from within that three week period. If more than one number was reported within that period, the number closest to the general election was used.

Some states report both active voters and inactive voters. The numbers below only include active voters, when that number is known.

There are 32 jurisdictions that allow registration by party. Rhode Island is the only state to allow voter registration by party, but has never allowed Libertarian registration.

Party Registration by Year
1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
Alabama
Alaska 1,282 3,226 6,871 7,228 7,258 8,787 6,926 8,984 7,719 7,182 7,557 7,442 6,958 7,009
Arizona 2,839 3,721 3,965 4,937 4,632 5,299 7,574 18,418 17,466 12,576 14,259 18,261 17,446 18,153 24,382 22,086 26,589 31,358 31,583 38,385 32,148
Arkansas 322 403 618 725
California 86,193 73,434 64,297 53,267 49,075 50,782 71,148 69,951 77,675 82,079 94,937 90,495 89,617 84,093 83,574 91,111 108,736 120,804 139,805 149,095 196,108 231,459
Colorado 576 753 1,033 1,258 1,660 1,942 2,420 3,201 4,259 5,543 6,078 6,555 11,075 10,549 19,585 26,746 37,880 39,979 41,803 41,052
Connecticut 29 70 149 653 741 789 840 987 1,295 1,603 1,780 2,561 2,980 3,270 3,351
Delaware 198 227 166 344 466 566 648 738 762 776 756 756 858 908 1,116 1,519 1,716 1,977 2,211
D. C. 510 918 1,374 2,079 2,406
Florida 650 1,336 1,516 2,909 3,585 5,509 7,037 9,462 11,852 13,806 15,533 16,883 17,888 19,892 23,665 28,287 32,843 39,538 39,451
Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho 1,312 3,856 5,229 7,425 10,450 11,356
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa 762 1,416 2,203 4,632 8,366 13,018 13,013 12,100
Kansas 531 4,204 5,508 9,829 9,773 9,973 9,416 9,432 9,038 9,786 10,088 11,373 12,993 15,556 17,618 20,353 24,230
Kentucky 341 997 1,661 2,615 4,418 7,456 9,099 13,511 15,572
Louisiana 175 219 325 360 691 1,016 1,170 1,432 2,541 2,669 3,877 6,889 10,478 14,088 14,730 15,000
estimate 		16,180
Maine 1,048 5,616 6,255 1,227
Maryland 328 350 2,692 3,785 4,021 6,578 2,626 4,390 7,058 8,996 11,289 14,771 19,343 22,190 14,848 17,712
Massachusetts 204 333 8,157 7,610 16,071 20,578 23,900 19,253 12,534 15,857 13,336 10,920 8,846 15,787 19,097 17,493
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska 214 91 52 194 234 70 1,790 3,402 4,716 472 333 3,164 5,719 11,214 14,707 17,882 18,370
Nevada 676 1,003 911 692 739 1,125 2,315 2,847 3,833 4,819 4,715 4,891 6,240 6,088 6,776 6,807 8,448 9,739 13,381 15,588 17,833 16,330
New Hampshire 3,289 3,330 3,207 3,207 689
New Jersey 208 448 543 1,023 1,387 1,899 2,490 5,405 11,040 18,709 23,522
New Mexico 123 190 1,407 1,183 3,787 4,974 2,805 2,172 2,240 3,541 3,129 5,714 9,440 12,390 14,828
New York 362 941 1,395 2,419 3,874 5,376 7,128 7,675 20,298 19,420
North Carolina 489 560 677 1,472 2,585 4,740 6,909 8,912 12,831 3,637 9,254 19,321 25,650 32,333 37,431 46,363 50,205
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma 875 444 141 703 286 689 3,599 8,675 14,902 19,780
Oregon 3,800 10,102 11,946 13,663 12,929 16,971 15,306 13,736 13,469 15,157 17,460 18,432 19,944 21,932 21,021
Pennsylvania 4,408 13,770 23,095 30,248 34,258 36,070 36,509 38,031 36,353 47,501 48,966 44,848 40,324 44,915
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota 346 469 656 924 1,074 1,148 1,091 1,168 1,059 1,080 1,126 1,377 1,620 1,835 2,324 2,801
Tennessee
Texas
Utah 1,836 2,556 2,904 2,639 4,110 5,494 7,226 11,728 13,815 18,445 20,433
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia 420 964 1,360 1,448 1,854 4,679 6,431 8,797 10,026
Wisconsin
Wyoming 54 75 78 53 181 229 246 281 328 452 878 1,288 1,139 1,862 1,615 2,183 2,012 2,228
Total 92,760 78,158 73,166 54,712 57,247 60,010 100,561 102,298 162,545 182,513 224,676 207,489 259,439 235,850 242,456 278,740 330,510 399,843 500,521 567,838 679,219 739,561
Change From Preceding Period -14,602 -4,992 -18,454 2,535 2,763 40,551 1,737 60,247 19,968 42,163 -17,187 51,950 -23,589 6,606 36,284 51,770 69,333 100,678 67,317 111,381 60,342
% In Reporting Jurisdictions 0.21% 0.23% 0.28% 0.32% 0.34% 0.34% 0.30% 0.30% 0.26% 0.30% 0.33% 0.40% 0.45% 0.50% 0.57% 0.62%
Jurisdictions Reporting 11 3 13 3 7 7 18 14 19 20 21 21 23 21 24 25 26 27 30 31 29 30
1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022

Incorporation

The Libertarian National Committee which is the current governing arm of the Party (preceded by the Libertarian Party Executive Committee) was incorporated in 1995 (info).

Trademark

The party hold multiple trademarks as follows:

National Conventions

Yearly Conventions (1972-1979)
Year Date(s) Venue City
1972 June 15-18 Denver, Colorado
1973 June 8-10 Strongsville, Ohio
1974 June Irving, Texas
1975 August Statler-Hilton Hotel New York, New York
1976 September 23-26 Washington DC
1977 July 12-17 Palace Hotel San Francisco
1978 September Copley Plaza Hotel Boston, Massachusetts
1979 Bonaventure Hotel Los Angeles, California
Biannual, Odd Years (1981-1993)
1981 Denver, Colorado
1983 Sheraton Centre New York, New York
1985 Phoenix, Arizona
1987 September Seattle, Washington
1989 Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel Seattle, Washington
1991 August Chicago, Illinois
1993 Salt Lake City, Utah
Biannual, Even Years (1996-present)
1996 July 3-7 Hyatt Regency Washington DC
1998 Washington DC
2000 June 30-July 4 Anaheim, California
2002 July 3-7 Indianapolis, Indiana
2004 May 27-31 Mariott Marquis Hotel Atlanta, Georgia
2006 July 1-2 Hilton Portland & Executive Tower Portland, Oregon
2008 May 22-26 Sheraton Denver Denver, Colorado
2010 May 28-31 Renaissance Hotel St. Louis, Missouri
2012 May 4-6 Red Rock Resort Spa and Casino Las Vegas, Nevada
2014 June 26-29 Hyatt Regency Cleveland, Ohio
2016 May 26-30 Rosen Centre Hotel & Resort Orlando, Florida
2018 June 30-July 3 Hyatt Regency New Orleans, Louisiana
2020 May 22; July 8-12 Orange County Convention Center Orlando, Florida
2022 May 26-29 Nugget Casino Resort Reno/Sparks, Nevada

See Also

Notes

  1. ↑ http://lpedia.org/Mickey%2C_Me_and_the_LP
  2. ↑ Often referred to as the "Chicken on a Stick" or "Flaming Chicken"
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