Libertarian Party of Iowa

Libertarian Party of Iowa
General Information
Chartered:	April 19, 1975
Region:	6
Officers
Chair:	Ed Wright
Vice-Chair:	Eric Cooper
Secretary:	Kevin Litten
Treasurer:	Tim Hird
Contact
Address:	PO Box 7256 Des Moines, IA 50309
Website:	Website
Social Media

The Libertarian Party of Iowa is the Iowa affiliate of the Libertarian Party

Leadership

Deputy Chair of Advocacy & Public Policy: Eric Cooper
Deputy Chair of Membership & Development: Keith Laube
Deputy Chair of Campaigns & Elections: vacant
At-Large Representative: Rose Maggie Field
At-Large Representative: Gary Sicard
District 1: CJ Flynn
District 2: Chris Peters
District 3: Casey Head
District 4: Lynne Gentry
District 5: vacant
Webmaster: Gary Sicard

Past Chairs

see List of Chairs of the Libertarian Party of Iowa

Other Past Officers and State Executive Committee Members

Wendy Applequist
Kyle Aycock, vice chair (c. 2007)
Brett Blanchfield, district 3 (c. 2008)
Lorra Browne, secretary
Richard Campagna
Anne Chapman, district 2 (c. 2008)
James Clark, deputy chair of membership & development (c. 2006)
Heather Clark, at large (c. 2006), webmaster (c. 2006)
Eric Cooper, district 4 (c. 2008), vice chair (c. 2010 - present), deputy chair of advocacy & public policy (c. 2012)
James Dale
Paul Damon
David Davis
Bob Farnham
Rose Maggie Field, at large (c. 2012)
CJ Flynn, district 1 (c. 2012)
Roger Fritz, vice chair
Lynne Gentry, district 4 (c. 2012)
Russ Gibson, district 3 (c. 2010)
Jason Gross, district 3 (c. 2006), deputy chair (campaigns & elections)
Casey Head, district 3 (c. 2012)
Randy Herod
Tim Hird, treasurer (c. 2005 - present)
Keith Laube, deputy chair of membership & development (c. 2012)
Kevin Litten, secretary (c. 2005 - present), deputy chair (membership & development)
Sean Martin
Christopher McDonald
Rich Moore
Rich Moroney, vice chair (c. 2005), vice chair, deputy chair (advocacy & public policy)
Mark Nelson, district 1 (c. 2006)
Jeremy Oehlert, district 5 (c. 2006)
Sylvia Olson
Tyler Pauly, district 4 (c. 2010)
Chris Peters, district 2 (c. 2012)
Rob Petsche, district 1 (c. 2010)
John Podgorniak
Jake Porter, at large (c. 2008)
James Roach, district 4 (c. 2006)
Michael Ryan
Tom Stanley, secretary
Chris Schwartz, webmaster (c. 2008)
Gary Sicard, district 2 (c. 2010), at large (c. 2012), webmaster (c. 2012)
Nick Taiber, district 1 (c. 2008), deputy chair of campaigns & elections (c. 2010)
Karen Tegtmeyer, at large (c. 2008 - c. 2010)
Pam Wagner, district 2 (c. 2006)
Nick Weltha, vice chair (c. 2008), deputy chair of advocacy & public policy (c. 2008), at large (c. 2010), webmaster (c. 2010)
Christy Welty, vice chair
Lawrence Wittstruck
Ed Wright, deputy chair of campaigns & elections (c. 2006)

Affiliates

Iowa currently has nine county affiliates.

• Benton County Libertarian Party
• Libertarian Party of Black Hawk County
• Johnson County Libertarian Party
• Linn County Libertarian Party
• Polk County Libertarians
• Harrison County Libertarian Party
• Pottawattamie County Libertarian Party
• Libertarian Party of Scott County
• Washington County Libertarian Party

Awards

The Golden Crock Award

Elections

See: Libertarian Party of Iowa Historical Election Results

Size and Influence

Year	Minimum Unique Voters	Registered Voters (Oct/Nov)	Signature Members (Dec)	LNC Total Donors 2004 - 2016 Or Active Members 1972 - 2003 (Dec)
2016	59,186	8,366	1,157	207
2015			1,027	119
2014	36,945	4,632	1,009	101
2013			990	127
2012	12,926	2,203	960	146
2011			906	123
2010	33,854	1,416	884	126
2009			861	132
2008	4,590	762	834	131
2007			(Nov) 790	(Nov) 116
2006	5,735		774	94
2005			714	153
2004	15,218			(Aug) 190
2003				194
2002	49,206			181
2001				267
2000	17,542			219
1999				200
1998				204
1997				167
1996	3,311			147
1995				85
1994	2,772			62
1993				44
1992	1,076			64
1991				57
1990				61
1989				64
1988	2,494			53
1987
1986
1985
1984	1,844
1983
1982	4,507
1981
1980	13,123
1979
1978	3,947
1977
1976	1,454
1975
1974
1973
1972

External links

• Official Libertarian Party of Iowa website