Daniel Fishman

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Dan Fishman
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Executive Director
Libertarian Party
2013—present
Predecessor: Wes Benedict
Successor: Incumbent
Executive Director
Libertarian Party
2009—2013
Predecessor: Shane Cory
Successor: Carla Howell
Personal Details
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Dan Fishman is the current Executive Director for the national Libertarian Party, as well as for the Libertarian Party of Texas. He has served as county chair for the Travis County Libertarian Party.

Background

Fishman graduated from the UMass Boston with a B.S. in Computer Science. Fishman worked for Anyday.com, the progenitor of the online Calendar. While there Fishman was awarded several patents critical to the early fusion of the internet and mobile technologies.

Activism

Dan Fishman has run for public office a total of 5 times. He has run for US Congress in 2012, Senate in 2013, City Council in 2013, State Rep in 2016 and State Auditor in 2018. He also served as Travis County Chairperson. Also, while serving as LPT executive director, he served as an elected regional representative to the Libertarian National Committee from 2006-2008.

Texas Ballot Access

Because no statewide candidate gained more than 5% of the vote in Texas, the LPT was forced to either get 46,000 valid signatures or lose ballot access. Dan Fishman helped to lead the ballot access drive which became a success after turning in over 82,000 signatures.

LPT Executive Director

With ballot access gained and under new leadership, the LPT hired Dan Fishman as its first executive director. While he was LPT executive director, Fishman was able to accomplish several things including:

  • Running 173 candidates, a Texas record
  • Helping to get a total of 8 Libertarians elected to non-partisan offices
  • Triple donor base in three years to over 900 active donors
  • Raise $244,000 for the 2007-2008 elections

LP Executive Director

In 2009, Dan Fishman was hired to become the LP National Executive Director starting on July 17, 2009. During his time as executive director, Fishman helped build the donor and membership base. He also overhauled the website and at the end of the 2nd quarter of 2011, the Libertarian Party had nearly $300,000 on hand. The party also saw the number of candidates increase nationwide. He stepped down at the end of 2011 but returned to the position two years later.


Preceded by:
Carla Howell
Libertarian Party Executive Director
2013-present
Succeeded by:
 
Preceded by:
Shane Cory
Libertarian Party Executive Director
2009-2011
Succeeded by:
Carla Howell
Preceded by:
Rock Howard
(as political director)
Libertarian Party of Texas Executive Director
2004-2008
Succeeded by:
Robert Butler