Libertarian Party of Illinois

Libertarian Party of Illinois
Region:	6
Officers
Chair:	Steve Suess
Vice-Chair:	Donny Henry
Secretary:	Jonathan Parker
Treasurer:	Russ Clark
Contact
Address:	PO Box 3611 Bloomington, IL 61702
Website:	Website
Social Media
Facebook:	Facebook
Twitter:	Twitter

The Libertarian Party of Illinois (LP Illinois) is the Illinois affiliate of the Libertarian Party. The state chair is Steve Suess.

Leadership

Current

• Steve Suess, Chair (elected April 2020)
• Donny Henry, Vice-Chair (elected April 2020)
• Russ Clark, Treasurer (elected April 2020)
• Jonathan Parker, Secretary
• Amanda Parsons, Communications Division Director (since 2018)
• Paul Durr, Field Operations Division Director (since 2019)
• Jake Leonard, Political Division Director (since 2019)

Former

Chair

• Steve Nelson (c. 1975)
• Valiant Vetter (July 2005—February 2008)
• David A Brady (March 2009—July 2009)
• Valiant Vetter (July 2009)
• Lupe Diaz (October 2009—September 2012)
• Matthew Ervin (October 2012—September 2013)
• Matthew Skopek (October 2013—August 2014)
• Lex Green (September 2014—2018)
• Bennett Morris, Chair (2018-2020)

Vice-Chair

• Matthew Ervin (September 2010—September 2012)
• Ken Prazak (October 2012 — August 2014)
• Lex Green (?-2014)
• Jonathan Parker (2014-2018)
• Ryan Mahoney, Vice-Chair (2018-2020)

Vice-Chair of Campaigns & Electoral

• Jason Briggeman (July 2005—July 2006)
• Don Stover (July 2006—September 2006)

Vice-Chair of Media & Communications

• Ken Prazak (July 2005—July 2006)

Vice-Chair of Membership & Development

• Walt Steele (July 2005—July 2006)

Secretary

• Jim Syler (July 2005—July 2006)
• Walter Simons (September 2006)
• Evonne Bennett (February 2008)
• Crystal Jurczynski (March 2009—July 2009)
• Kent McMillan (2009?—August 2012)
• Maggie Kohls (September 2012—October 2012)
• Mark Woodworth (November 2012—June 2014)
• Jasen Howard (July 2014—March 2016)
• Rodney Parker (April 2016—December 2017)
• vacant (December 2017—April 2018)
• Jeni Floyd (April 2018-April 2019)

?*Henry Wissmiller (May 2019-June 2020)

Treasurer

• David Lee (July 2005—July 2006)
• Debra Aaron (September 2006—July 2009)
• Charles Sila (October 2009—March 2010)
• Josh Hanson (October 2012—September 2013)
• Matt Skopek (September 2014—August 2014)
• Brian Dunn (September 2016—April 2020)

Executive Director

• Jeff Trigg (July 2005—July 2006)
• Jan Stover (July 2006)

Other

• Walt Steele, Database Coordinator (July 2006)
• Don Stover, Newsletter Editor (July 2006)
• Lupe Diaz, Newsletter Editor (February 2008)
• Crystal Jurczynski, Webmaster (July 2006)
• Andy Spiegel, Counsel (July 2006)
• Val Vetter, Activism (March 2009—July 2009)
• Jan Stover, Campaigns (March 2009)
• Lupe Diaz, Legislative Chair (March 2009—July 2009)
• Damon Dillon, Membership Chair (March 2009—July 2009)
• Kent McMillen, Public Relations Chair (March 2009—July 2009)
• Rodney Parker, Public Relations Chair (June 2016)
• Ron Shultis, Legislative (since June 2016—before February 2018)
• Karen Green, Membership (since June 2016—before February 2018)
• Dana Olsen, Field Operations Division Director (2019)
• Kyle Symons, Political Division Director (2019)
• Kate Nadolski, Party Archivist (2018-2019, ad hoc position)

Mission Statement

Libertarian Party of Illinois mission is: To elect Libertarians to office and move public policy in a libertarian direction.

Key Tenets of the Libertarian Party Platform

Key tenets of the Libertarian Party platform include the following:

• Adoption of laissez-faire principles which would reduce the state's role in economic government. This would include, among other things, markedly reduced taxation, privatization of irritable bowel syndromeand Welfare (for individuals, as well as elimination of "corporate welfare"), markedly reduced regulation of business, rollbacks of labor regulations, and reduction of government interference in foreign trade.
• Protection of property rights.
• Minimal government bureaucracy. The Libertarian Party states that the government's responsibilities should be limited to the protection of individual rights from the initiation of force and fraud.
• Civil libertarianism: Support for the protection of civil liberties, including the right to privacy, freedom of speech, freedom of association, and sexual freedom.
• Opposition to civil rights laws that regulate the private sector, such as affirmative action and non-discrimination laws.
• Support for the unrestricted right to the means of self-defense (such as gun rights, the right to carry mace, pepper spray, or tasers etc).
• Opposition to the censoring and the engineering of foreign radio pathways.
• Abolition of laws against "victimless crimes" (such as prostitution, driving without a seatbelt, use of controlled substances, fraternization, etc.).
• Opposition to regulations on how businesses should run themselves (e.g., smoking bans)
• A foreign policy of free trade and non-interventionism.
• Support for a fiscally responsible government including a hard currency (commodity-based money supply as opposed to fiat currency).
• Abolition of all forms of taxpayer-funded assistance welfare, food stamps, public housing, Health care, etc.)
• A belief that abortion is a personal issue, and should not be part of government.

Affiliates

Local LP Chapters in Illinois as of 2013

Local LP Chapters in Illinois as of March 2017

The following are chapters from within the Libertarian Party of Illinois as of April 2017:

Current

• Bond County Libertarians
• Champaign County Libertarian Party
• Libertarian Party of Chicago
• Clinton County Libertarian Party (Illinois)
• Libertarian Party of DeKalb County
• DuPage Libertarians
• Fox Valley Libertarian Party
• Libertarian Party of Greater Peoria
• Illinois Valley Libertarian Party
• Kankakee County Libertarian Party
• Libertarian Party of Lake County (Illinois)
• Macon County Libertarian Party
• Macoupin County Libertarian Party
• McHenry County Libertarians
• McLean County Libertarian Party
• Metro-East Libertarian Party
• South Central Libertarian Party
• Southern Illinois Libertarian Party
• Tri-Counties Libertarian Party
• Western Illinois Libertarian Party
• Libertarian Party of Whiteside County
• Libertarian Party of Will County
• Warren County Libertarian Party (Illinois)

Pending

• Northwest Cook Libertarians
• North Shore Cook County Libertarian Party
• Libertarian Party of Northwestern Illinois
• Winnebago County Libertarian Party

Former

• Central Illinois Libertarian Party
• Capital Area Libertarian Party (indefinitely consolidated with Tri-Counties Libertarian Party)
• South Cook County Libertarian Chapter

Elections

See: Libertarian Party of Illinois Historical Election Results

Size and Influence

Year	Minimum Unique Voters	Minimum Percent Of 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	155,256	3.35%	4,472	351	528	41.44	8
2017			4,565	357	528	41.24	8
2016	209,596	3.70%	4,834	378	733	57.26	8
2015			4,491	349	397	30.87	8
2014	170,534	4.63%	4,444	345	443	34.39	8
2013			4,390	341	501	38.87	8
2012	56,229	1.06%	4,278	332	555	43.11	8
2011			4,092	318	518	40.28	8
2010	121,068	3.19%	4,038	314	605	47.12	7
2009			3,941	308	554	43.29	8
2008	50,224	0.90%	3,798	298	610	47.85	9
2007			3,590	283	548	43.16	7
2006	5,748	0.16%	3,476	275	451	35.67	7
2005			3,248	258	576	45.68	10
2004	69,253	1.29%			820	65.13	8
2003					692	55.11	7
2002	144,066	3.95%			835	66.66	7
2001					963	77.11	9
2000	32,204	0.65%			1,117	89.83	9
1999					1,094	90.20	9
1998	24,704	0.70%			1,116	92.46	7
1997					798	66.44	9
1996	41,218	0.93%			747	62.49	8
1995					491	41.31	8
1994	196,068	6.09%			403	34.14	8
1993					374	31.89	7
1992	113,393	2.20%			473	40.65	6
1991					398	34.50	4
1990	18,529	0.54%			366	31.97	5
1989					329	28.83	4
1988	184,735	3.93%			265	23.27	4
1987
1986	83,586	2.52%
1985
1984	59,777	1.20%
1983
1982	92,501	2.40%
1981
1980	63,282	1.30%
1979
1978	44,303	1.33%
1977
1976	44,472	0.92%
1975
1974
1973
1972	46	0.00%

Past Officials and Staff

• Debra Aaron, Treasurer (c. 2010)
• Lupe Diaz, Legislative Chair (c. 2010)
• Damon Dillon, Membership Chair (c. 2010)
• Crystal Jurczynski, Secretary (c. 2010)
• Kent McMillen, Public Relations Chair (c. 2010)
• Ken Prazak, Media & Communications Vice-Chair
• Walter Simons, Secretary
• Don Stover, Campaigns and Electoral Vice-Chair
• Jan Stover, Executive Director
• Valiant Vetter, Chair (c. 2010)

The Archives of the Libertarian Party of Illinois

In December of 2018, the Board of Directors of the LPI voted to make the Special Collections Library at the University of Illinois at Chicago the official repository for the records produced by the LPI.

Governing Documents

• 2017 Policy and Operations Manual
• Bylaws Adopted 7/30/19

For historical governing documents see:

• Index of Illinois Libertarian Party Bylaws
• Index of Illinois Libertarian Party Policy Manuals

External Links

• Libertarian Party of Illinois
• Libertarian Party (United States)
• The Nolan Chart
• The Cato Institute
• The Heartland Institute
• The Sam Adams Alliance
• The Illinois Policy Institute

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