Alaska Libertarian Party

Libertarian Party of Alaska
Region:	1
Officers
Chair:	Jon Watts
Vice-Chair:	Randy Stevens
Secretary:	Cean Stevens
Treasurer:	Cean Stevens
Contact
Address:	200 W. 34th Ave # 543 Anchorage, AK 99503
Website:	Website
Social Media
Facebook:	Facebook

Libertarian Party of Alaska is the Alaska affiliate of the Libertarian Party.

Election History

The Alaska Libertarian party has had some electoral success. At the state level, Dick Randolph was elected to the House in 1978 and re-elected in 1980, Ken Fanning was also elected to the House in 1980, and Andre Marrou was elected to the House in 1984. In the 2010 elections, Scott Kohlhaas received 30% of the vote in a two-way race for state House. At the local level, Sara Chambers was elected to the Juneau city assembly in 2006, and Richard Robb currently serves on the Bethel City Council, winning his election in 2009.

Executive Committee

Leadership (2017)

• Jon Watts, Chair
• Randy Stevens, Vice Chair
• Cean Stevens, Secretary
• Joel Hadley, Communications Director
• Stephanie Shaeffer, Membership Director

Past Officials and Staff

Chair

• Grant C LaPoint (c. 1973)
• Len Karpinski (c. 1996)
• Scott Kohlhaas (c. 2011)
• Mark Fish (2012-2014)
• Michael Chambers (2015)
• Robert E. Clift (elected 2015)
• Jason Dowell

Vice Chair

• Chuck Green, 2015
• Harley Brown, c. 2011-2014
• Trenton Pool
• Sara Chambers

Secretary

• Chip Spangler, (c. 2011)
• Stephen Merrill (2012-2014)
• Carolyn Clift (c. 2014)
• Cean Stevens (at least 2015-present)
• Len Karpinski

Treasurer

• Karen Robinette (2015)
• July Leslie

Executive Director

• Lynn House (1987-1997)

Communications Director

• Carolyn Clift (c. 2011)
• Chuck Green (2012-2014)
• Terrence Shanigan (2015)

Fundraising Director

• Randy Stevens (2015)

Membership Director

• Dave Lyle (c. 2014)

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

Conventions

• 1973 - 1973 state conv Fairbanks 10 Feb, Hospers speaker
• 1974 - 1974 Alaska convention, Anchorage 3 April 1974
• 1977 - 1977 -- 29 April - 1 May; Bill Rickenbacker, son of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker was a speaker
• 1980 - 1980 convention in Anchorage speakers Ed Clark, Eugene McCarthy

Elections

See: Alaska Libertarian Party 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)	State Rank Of LNC Donors
2017			7,561	1.44%	710	960	91	39
2016	90,825	28.27%	7,557	1.43%	708	954	92	41
2015			7,461	1.46%	671	909	57	39
2014	21,290	7.46%	7,182	1.41%	666	904	66	39
2013			7,457	1.51%	650	882	66	41
2012	15,028	4.98%	7,719	1.52%	643	880	69	41
2011			8,093	1.64%	629	871	65	43
2010	2,682	1.03%	8,984	1.81%	628	880	63	42
2009			8,914	1.83%	624	893	61	42
2008	2,483	0.76%	6,926	1.39%	613	892	71	40
2007			8,209	1.72%	(Nov) 601	883	(Nov) 73
2006	4,029	1.69%	8,787	1.88%	596	883	55	38
2005			9,436	2.05%	573	859	100	36
2004	7,157	2.28%	7,258	1.53%			(Aug) 122
2003			7,409	1.59%			121	36
2002	3,797	1.63%	7,228	1.57%			115	39
2001			7,194	1.57%			137	37
2000	4,802	1.67%	6,871	1.45%			130	40
1999			6,752	1.49%			139	39
1998	5,046	2.22%	3,226	0.71%			127	43
1997							109	40
1996	2,276	0.93%					89	42
1995							57	40
1994	1,041	0.48%					62	35
1993							50	35
1992	1,378	0.53%					59	37
1991							70	32
1990							91	29
1989							61	33
1988	5,484	2.70%					63	26
1987
1986	4,253	2.33%
1985
1984	6,378	2.99%	1,282	0.42%
1983
1982	29,067	14.57%
1981
1980	19,317	11.88%
1979
1978	7,722	5.94%
1977
1976	6,785	5.30%
1975
1974	55	0.06%
1973
1972	68	0.07%

External Links

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