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)	LNC Donors Per Million Population	State Rank Of Total LNC Donors (Of 51)
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	1.03%	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%	(Nov) 601	883	(Nov) 73	107.31	37
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%			(Aug) 122	185.05	36
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	14.57%
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