Libertarian Party of Louisiana

Libertarian Party of Louisiana
General Information
Chartered:	1972
Region:	7
Officers
Chair:	Heide Alejandro-Smith
Vice-Chair:	Kevin Pilley
Secretary:	Christian Facundus
Treasurer:	Carole "Beth" Vest
Contact
Website:	Website
Social Media
Facebook:	Facebook

The Libertarian Party of Louisiana (LPL) was founded in 1972. It has had ballot access in Louisiana since a law changed in 2004, allowing the LPL to become an official party in Louisiana. Since 2006, candidates have been able to run for office with "Libertarian" printed on the ballot next to their name (rather than "other" as before) and registered voters have had the option of choosing the Libertarian Party as a pre-printed choice on their voter registration forms. Since 2006, registered Libertarians are designated by LBT on their registration cards rather than OTHER which is used for non-recognized parties.

Membership

The Libertarian Party of Louisiana gained official party status in 2006. Since then, registered voters have been able to choose the Libertarian Party as a pre-printed choice when registering to vote, instead of having to write the party name in. As of May 30th 2017, the Libertarian Party of Louisiana has 14,330 registered voters. As of May, 2017, 201 national dues paying members reside in Louisiana. State membership dues are presently $25.

Governing Documents

Platform

• Platform Adopted 2022 (info)

For historical platforms see Index of Louisiana State Party Platforms

Bylaws

• Bylaws Adopted 2022 (info)

For historical bylaws see Index of Louisiana State Party Bylaws

Standing Rules

The standing rules are included with the bylaws.

Current Officers and Committee Chairs

• Heide Alejandro-Smith, Chair
• Jonathan Brazzell, Vice-Chair
• Christian Facundus, Secretary
• Sherri Spitale, Treasurer
• Keith Thompson, Communications Officer (Media Relations Cmte.)
• Tyler Bargenquast, Membership Officer (Registration Cmte.)
• Donald Dunn, Elections Officer (Elections Cmte.)

Congressional District SCC Representatives

• District 1 - Joe Little
• District 2 - Boyd Smith
• District 3 - Chantal Saucier
• District 4 - Vacant
• District 5 - Kyle Randol
• District 6 - Shannon Gallia

Parish SCC Representatives

• Ascension - Colin Nicol
• Caddo - Michael Evans
• Calcasieu - Ali Pomponio
• East Baton Rouge - Everett Baudean
• Jefferson - Scott Waguespack
• Lafayette - Vacant
• Livingston - Shannon Gallia
• Orleans - Mike Dodd
• Rapides - Susan Thompson
• Saint Mary - Jaden Breaux
• Saint Tammany - Daniel Carter
• Tangipahoa - Shaun Saizon

Current Parish Executive Committees

The Libertarian Party of Louisiana is the only Libertarian Party affiliate to have 'Parish' affiliates, and one of two to not have county affiliates (Alaska has 'boroughs').

• Libertarian Party of Ascension Parish
• Libertarian Party of Caddo Parish
• Libertarian Party of Calcasieu Parish
• Libertarian Party of East Baton Rouge Parish
• Libertarian Party of Jefferson Parish
• Libertarian Party of Lafayette Parish
• Libertarian Party of Livingston Parish
• Libertarian Party of Orleans Parish
• Libertarian Party of Rapides Parish
• Libertarian Party of St Mary Parish
• Libertarian Party of St Tammany Parish
• Libertarian Party of Tangipahoa Parish

Past Officers, Committee Members & Key Volunteers

Founding Members

• Thomas H Ferrell
• Jerry Millett Chair, 1973
• Clayton "Sparky" Hall (1974)

Chairs

• Sal Giangrosso
• Crayton Green "Sparky" Hall, 1973-1974, 1980-1985
• Jerry Millett (c. 1973, 1975)
• Wayne Parker (1994)
• Charles Sallier, (c. 1994)
• Wayne L Parker, (c. 1995)
• Michael K Perkins
• Vinson J Mouser, ??-2007
• Adrien Monteleone, 2007-2008, 2012-2013
• T Lee Horne, III, 2008-2012
• Scott A Lewis, III, 2013-2016
• Rufus Craig, 2016-2022

Vice-Chairs

• Jeffrey H Diket, (c. 1995)
• Ian P Hawxhurst
• Richard Fontanesi, ??-2007
• Peter Beary, 2008
• Scott A Lewis, III, 2008-2013
• James Madison, 2013
• Guy McLendon, 2013-2016
• Mike Dodd, 2016-2022

Secretary

• Rebecca Breeden
• Kaylan S Grigg
• Richard C Johnson, (c. 1995)
• Mikal Pippins
• Michael Wolf, ?? - 2007
• Adrien Monteleone, 2008-2012
• Reed Ebarb, 2012-2013
• Jennifer "Hap" Werther, 2013-2016
• Shannon Gallia, 2016-2022

Treasurer

• James D Agnew, 1982-1984
• Richard C. Johnson, (c. 1995)
• Greg Kahn ?? - 2009
• W David Chance, 2009-2012
• Reed Ebarb, 2012-2013
• Caleb Trotter, 2013
• Lindsay Roberson, 2014-2015
• Reed Ebarb, 2015-2016
• Jason France, c 2018
• Matt Fotsch, 2018-2021

Communications Officer

• Keith Thompson 2016-2022
• Jeremy Breaux 2022-2023

Membership Officer

• Michael Wolf
• Michael McGinnis, 2012-2013
• Howard Kearney, 2013-2016
• Wendy Adams, 2016
• Katherine Kuntz, c 2018
• Marcel Graugnard, 2018-2020
• Heide Alejandro-Smith, 2020-2022

Finance Officer

• Wes Benedict, 2012-2013
• Clayton Sanford, 2014
• Mike Dodd, 2014-2016

Elections Officer

• Andrew Riley, 2012
• Boyd Smith, 2012-2015
• Jay Price, 2015-2016
• Sarah Stewart, 2016-2020
• Everett Baudean, 2020-2022

Economic Development Officer

• Leonard Douglas, 2009
• T Lee Horne, III, 2012-
• Henry Herford, 2014
• Sarah Stewart, 2014-2016

Executive Director - Contract/Paid

• Wendy Adams, 2012-2015

At-Large SCC Representative

• Melissa Carr, (c. 1995)
• William R Edwards, (c. 1995)
• Charles Sallier, (c. 1995)
• Daniel Tobias, (c. 1995)
• Vinson Mouser, 2008-2009

Parish SCC Representatives

District 1

• Kirk Coco, 2020-2021

District 2

• Stephanie Dreher, 2020-2021

District 3

• Craig Manuel, 2020-2021

• Corey Martin, 2021-2022

District 4

• Randall Lord, 2020-2022

District 5

• Kyle Randol, 2020-2022
• Keith Thompson, 2022-2023

District 6

• Donald Dunn, 2020-2022
• Pennie Landry, 2022-2023

Ascension Parish Rep

• Colin Nicol, 2013-2016

Avoyelles Parish Rep

• Thomas Borrel, 2015

Baton Rouge Regional Rep

• Scott A Lewis, III, 2008
• Leanard Douglas, 2008-2009

Bayou Regional Rep

• Jeanette Davis, ?? - 2008, 2009-2012
• Roxanna Davis, 2008-2009

Bossier Parish Rep

• Robin Landry Davis, 2013-2015

Caddo Parish Rep

• Barrett Pepper, 2013-2015
• Cody Jennings, 2015

Calcasieu Parish Rep

• Alice Duplecion, Acting, 2013-2015

CENLA Central Louisiana Regional Rep

• Brent Sanders, 2008-2009

East Baton Rouge Rep

• Casey O'Neill Maloy, 2013-2016

Lafayette Regional Rep

• Frank Griffin, ?? - 2008
• W David Chance, 2008-2009
• Kaleena George, 2021-2023

Lafayette Parish Rep

• W David Chance, 2013-2014
• Kathryn Miller, 2014-2016

Lafourche Parish Rep

• Jason Bourgeois, 2013-2014
• Corey Johnson, 2014-2015
• Jason Bourgeois, 2015

Lake Charles Regional Rep

• Stephanie Marrero, ?? - 2009

Lincoln Parish Rep

• Mitch Dufour, 2013-2014

Livingston Parish Rep

• William Waggoner, 2014-2016

Monroe Regional Rep

• Helen Brantley, ?? - 2009

New Orleans Regional Rep

• Michael Dodd

North Shore Regional Rep

• Kevin Watkins, ?? - 2008

Ouachita Parish Rep

• Jeffery Craig, 2013-2015

St Bernard Parish Rep

• Virginia "Ginger" Patrick, 2014-2016

St Charles Parish Rep

• Daniel Zeringue, 2014-2015

St Landry Parish Rep

• Francis J DaRoza, 2014-2015

St Mary Parish Rep

• Mark Richard, 2013-2015
• Jeremy Breaux, 2021-2022

Tangipahoa Parish Rep

• Aaron Sigler, 2022-2023

Newsletter Editor

• Rebecca Breeden

Webmaster

• Richard Fontanesi
• Kaylan S Grigg
• Kevin Watkins, ?? - 2007

Social Networking

• Lucrecia Mouser, ??-2007

Database Manager

• Richard C Johnson

Unknown Office

• Doug Allen
• Dion Bourque
• Roger Busbice
• Wayne Clement
• Raymond "Chuck" Dumas
• Will Elkins
• Denise Ferchaud
• Mike Hammett
• Michael P Harris
• Donald D Heacock
• Carey Hendrix
• Peter Jacobs
• Tristan Junius
• Kyle Junneau
• Hope Lubrano
• Douglas McGowan
• Gary Rauber
• Ra Shipps
• Mark Sivori
• Mike Taylor
• Ken Mercer
• Danielle Wenner
• Clarence Wyble
• Roberto Valletta

Awards

Walking Liberty Award

This award recognizes an outstanding individual who rises above the crowd by personally spreading the Libertarian message through personal contact with more citizens and voters than anyone else. There is no requirement that it be given on a periodic basis, and is only awarded when someone meets the standard set by the inaugural recipient, T. Lee Horne, III. The award itself is a current year proof version of the Silver American Eagle coin with the "Walking Liberty" design.
Recipients:

• 2008 - T. Lee Horne, III {in recognition for his spreading the message of Liberty across the state during his three year RV campaign for governor for 2007}

Elected and Uncontested Libertarians

• Martin Wade Justice of the Peace, Ward 10, District 4, Lafourche Parish. Elected on October 14, 2017.
• Randall T Hayes, Alderman, Village of Atlanta, Louisiana, 2012-2016. Randall Hayes won uncontested.
• Michael Riffe, Alderman, Village of Sikes, Louisiana, 2012-2016. Michael Riffe won uncontested.
• Gregory King, Lincoln Justice of the Peace Ward 3, 2013-2019. Gregory King won uncontested.
• Chad Ivery Perry, Calcasieu Justice of the Peace Ward 7, 2014-2020. Chad Perry is the 1st Louisiana Libertarian to win a runoff election in a Louisiana jungle primary. Chad Perry won 52% to Danny Landry(D) 48%.
• William McBride, Washington, LA Town Council District 3, 2014-2018. William McBride is the 1st Louisiana Libertarian to win a primary election. William McBride won 58.70% to Laura Budden(R) 41.30%.
• Justin Bonnette, Vernon Justice of the Peace Ward 6, 2014-2018. Justin Bonnette won uncontested.
• Henry Herford, Franklin Constable of JOP District 1, 2014-2018. Henry Herford won uncontested.
• Historically noteworthy. We had 19 Libertarian candidates running in Louisiana for the November 2014 election. Randall Lord, running for US House, Louisiana Congressional District 4, received the top Libertarian voter percentage in US federal elections with 26.56% and 55,224 votes.

Current Candidates

2016

• Thomas Clements - US President http://thomas-clements.ruck.us/
• Thomas Clements - US Senate http://www.thomasclements4senate.com
• Richard Fontanesi - US Senate
• Jennifer "Hap" Werther - US Representative CD1
• Luke Bihm - US Representative CD3

Past Election Results

See: Libertarian Party of Louisiana Historical Election Results

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	8,784	0.58%	14,730	0.49%	1,227	263	189	40.56	26
2017	8,767	2.07%			1,190	254	247	52.73	22
2016	37,978	1.85%	14,088	0.47%	1,201	257	197	42.08	31
2015			10,778		1,092	234	125	26.76	30
2014	84,942	5.65%	10,478	0.36%	1,061	228	125	26.88	30
2013			7,558		1,024	221	132	28.51	30
2012	124,572	6.18%	6,889	0.23%	985	214	138	29.97	32
2011	12,528	1.18%			931	203	126	27.54	30
2010	13,957	1.07%	3,877	0.13%	895	197	137	30.14	30
2009					855	190	131	29.17	31
2008	18,590	0.94%	2,669	0.10%	810	183	137	30.89	31
2007	3,995	0.30%			754	172	120	27.42	31
2006	60,175	6.30%	2,541	0.09%	722	168	93	21.61	32
2005					668	146	121	26.44	32
2004	15,097	0.77%	1,432	0.05%			161	35.37	33
2003	6,745	0.48%					131	28.98	34
2002	75,907	5.99%	1,170	0.04%			158	35.13	32
2001							172	38.41	35
2000	58,233	3.28%	1,016	0.04%			213	47.63	35
1999							207	47.35	33
1998	3,227	0.33%	691	0.03%			183	41.95	36
1997							154	35.39	34
1996	7,499	0.42%					166	38.26	32
1995	310	0.02%					87	20.10	34
1994			360	0.02%			65	15.09	34
1993							63	14.70	33
1992	3,155	0.18%	325	0.01%			76	17.80	33
1991	2,391	0.15%					68	16.03	34
1990	393	0.03%					64	15.17	34
1989							52	12.23	34
1988	4,115	0.25%					47	10.96	32
1987
1986
1985
1984	1,876	0.11%	219
1983
1982	20,821	4.01%
1981
1980	8,240	0.53%	175
1979	40,245
1978
1977
1976	3,134	0.25%
1975	862
1974	7,131	0.59%
1973
1972

Conventions

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Year	Date(s)	Venue	City	Keynote Speaker(s)
1973	January 13	TBD	TBD	TBD

External Links

http://lplouisiana.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Louisiana