Alaska Libertarian Party

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.

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. During the 1980 Presidential election Ed Clark and Eugene McCarthy both appeared and spoke at their state convention. 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. 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. 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. Also in 1986 Andre Marrou, the only sitting Libertarian in a state legislature at the time, lost reelection to the state house.

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. 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.

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. 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

Leadership

Current

• Nicholas Conrad, Chair (since 2024)
• 'Care' Carolyn Clift, Vice-Chair (since 2024)
• Devin Homan, Secretary (since 2024)
• Nicholas Conrad, Treasurer (since 2023)
• Leighton Radner, Communications Director (since 2023)
• Chris Poirot, Fundraising Chair (since 2024)
• Meghan Trupp, Membership Chair (since 2024)
• Joshua McHoes, IT Director (since at least 2022)

Former

Office	List
Chair	List
Vice-Chair	List
Secretary	List
Treasurer	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
• 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 article: List of Alaska State Conventions

National Delegations

• Alaska Delegation to 2022 National Convention

Elections

See: Alaska Libertarian Party Historical Election Results

Governing Documents

Platform

• Platform Adopted 2018, as amended 2024
• Index of Historical Platforms

Bylaws

• Bylaws Adopted 1989, as amended 2024
• Index of Historical Bylaws

Constitutions

• [./Https://bookstack.aklp.org/books/foundational-documents/page/constitution Constitution Adopted 2018, as amended 2024]
• Index of Historical Constitutions

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%

External Links

• Old Alaska Libertarian Party website
  
• Alaska Libertarian Party on Facebook