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'''Kathleen "Kay" Harroff''' was the [[1972]] founding LPO state chair. A principled Randian, Harroff quit her chair but not the party in [[1974]] to protest the nomination of [[Percy Greaves]] as a New York Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate on account of his foreign policy views. Harroff ran for the U.S. Senate in Ohio and received about 80,000 votes or 3% in her 1974 race. Meanwhile, another Libertarian won candidacy over Greaves in New York, who then migrated to the [[American Party]] and later ran for president in 1980. Haroff confronted the male classical liberal ceiling at the New York Hilton in 1975 when she sought the LP's nomination to run for president in the 1976 election (nomination went to [[Roger MacBride]]). <ref>Leech, Ann. 2011. 'The LPO – A Retrospective'. The Buckeye Libertarian. Dec. pp 1-3.</ref>
'''Kathleen "Kay" Harroff''' was the first chair of the [[Libertarian Party of Ohio]], elected in [[1972]]. A principled Randian, Harroff quit her chair but not the party in [[1974]] to protest the nomination of [[Percy Greaves]] as a New York Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate on account of his foreign policy views. Harroff ran for the U.S. Senate in Ohio and received about 80,000 votes or 3% in her 1974 race. Meanwhile, another Libertarian won candidacy over Greaves in New York, who then migrated to the [[American Party]] and later ran for president in 1980. Haroff confronted the male classical liberal ceiling at the New York Hilton in 1975 when she sought the LP's nomination to run for president in the 1976 election (nomination went to [[Roger MacBride]]). <ref>Leech, Ann. 2011. 'The LPO – A Retrospective'. The Buckeye Libertarian. Dec. pp 1-3.</ref>


==Organizational Positions==
==Organizational Positions==
*State chair, Ohio (c. {{Event3 |year=1972 |event=Party Office |summary=State chair, Ohio|display=[[1972]]-[[1974]]}})
;[[Libertarian Party of Ohio]]
*Chair, Ohio (1972—1974)


==Candidate==
==Candidate==
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[[Category:Party Activists from the 1970s]]
[[Category:Party Activists from the 1970s]]
[[Category:Ohio Party Activists]]
[[Category:Ohio Party Activists]]
[[Category: Independent Libertarian Candidates]]
[[Category:Independent Libertarian Candidates]]


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Kay Harroff
Chair
Libertarian Party of Ohio
1972—1974
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Kathleen "Kay" Harroff was the first chair of the Libertarian Party of Ohio, elected in 1972. A principled Randian, Harroff quit her chair but not the party in 1974 to protest the nomination of Percy Greaves as a New York Libertarian candidate for the U.S. Senate on account of his foreign policy views. Harroff ran for the U.S. Senate in Ohio and received about 80,000 votes or 3% in her 1974 race. Meanwhile, another Libertarian won candidacy over Greaves in New York, who then migrated to the American Party and later ran for president in 1980. Haroff confronted the male classical liberal ceiling at the New York Hilton in 1975 when she sought the LP's nomination to run for president in the 1976 election (nomination went to Roger MacBride). [1]

Organizational Positions

Libertarian Party of Ohio
  • Chair, Ohio (1972—1974)

Candidate

References

  1. Leech, Ann. 2011. 'The LPO – A Retrospective'. The Buckeye Libertarian. Dec. pp 1-3.
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