Libertarian Party of Louisiana

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 2004, 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 2004, registered Libertarians are designated by LBT on their registration cards rather than OTHER which is used for non-recognized parties.

Libertarian Party of Louisiana
Chairperson	Rufus Craig
Vice-Chair	Michael Dodd
Second Vice-Chair
Treasurer	Jason France
Secretary	Shannon Sloan Thomas
Member at-large
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Founded	1973
Address
Website	http://lplouisiana.org/

Membership

The Libertarian Party of Louisiana gained official party status in 2004. 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 November 2014, the Libertarian Party of Louisiana has 10,500 registered voters. As of December 2014, 143 national dues paying members reside in Louisiana. State membership dues are presently $25.

Current Officers and Committee Chairs

• Chair: Rufus Craig
• Vice Chair: Michael Dodd
• Secretary: Shannon Sloan Thomas
• Treasurer: Jason France
• Communications Officer (Media Relations Cmte.): Keith Thompson
• Membership Officer (Registration Cmte.): Wendy Adams
• Finance Officer (Finance Cmte.): Amy Shamburger
• Elections Officer (Elections Cmte.): Sarah Stewart

Parish SCC Representatives

• Ascension - Bobby Hoyt
• Avoyelles - Vinson Mouser
• Calcasieu - Angela Gross
• East Baton Rouge - Jeffry Sanford
• Jefferson - Daniel Hayes
• Livingston - Paris Pedrami
• Orleans - Clayton Sanford
• Plaquemines - Michael Vogt
• Rapides - Susan Thompson
• Saint Charles - Kurt Stevens
• Saint Tammany - Beth Vest
• Tangipahoa - Charles Saucier
• Terrebonne - Rodger Shelton

Current Parish Executive Committees

• Libertarian Party of Ascension Parish
• Libertarian party of Avoyelles Parish
• Libertarian Party of Calcasieu Parish
• Libertarian Party of East Baton Rouge Parish
• Libertarian Party of Jefferson
• Libertarian Party of Livingston Parish
• Libertarian Party of Orleans Parish
• Libertarian Party of Plaquemines Parish
• Libertarian Party of Rapides Parish
• Libertarian Party of St Charles Parish
• Libertarian Party of St Tammany Parish
• Libertarian Party of Tangipahoa
• Libertarian Party of Terrebonne

Past Officers, Committee Members & Key Volunteers

Founding Members

• Thomas H Ferrell
• Jerry Millett

Chairs

• Sal Giangrosso
• Crayton Green "Sparky" Hall, 1980-1985
• Jerry Millett
• 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

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

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

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

Membership Officer

• Michael Wolf
• Michael McGinnis, 2012-2013
• Howard Kearney, 2013-2016

Finance Officer

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

Elections Officer

• Andrew Riley, 2012
• Boyd Smith, 2012-2015
• Jay Price, 2015-2016

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

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

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)

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

• 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 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

Party Registration

Voter registration statistics as reported by Ballot Access News from 1995 forward and dehnbase.org/lpus/library/registration.html from 1980 - 1994.

Year	Registered Voters
2016	11,569
2015	10,778
2014	10,153
2013	7,558
2012	6,889
2011
2010	3,877
2009
2008	2,669
2007
2006	2,541
2005
2004	1,432
2003
2002	1,170
2001
2000	1,016
1999
1998	691
1997
1996
1995
1994	360
1993
1992	325
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984	219
1983
1982
1981
1980	175

External Links

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