Marc Montoni

Marc Montoni
At Large LP Radical Caucus with Susan Hogarth, James Gholston
2016—2022
Chair Libertarian Party of Virginia
2001—2002
Predecessor:	Dana Johansen
Successor:	Marianne Volpe
Personal Details
Residence:	Colorado
Party:	Libertarian Party
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Website:	http://freevirginia.blogspot.com/
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Marc Montoni is a longtime leader and activist within the Libertarian Party. He is a co-founder of the current Radical Caucus and presently serves as an at-large director on its national board. He is a life member who began paying dues in 1980.

He has served at least twice as chair of the Libertarian Party of Virginia (circa 1987 and 2001-2002), as Virginia secretary (circa 1998 and circa 2007 until 2016), on the LNC staff (1989-1993, and as an occasional temp in the 1999-2001 period), as Colorado vice chair (2018), and as LNCC database manager.

He has written many guides, such as one for starting up a county or city party from nothing in Virginia and maintains a blog, Free Virginia.

He is also an enthusiast about vehicles made by the American Motor Company and a prominent member of the AMC Rambler Club.

From 1996 to 2016, Marc worked heavily on the effort to to add to party membership, with a quoted figure of more than 1200 mew or renewal membership collected in-person. In 2018 he explained why he stopped in an IPR article entitled Admitting My Error, noting that the Libertarian Party has recruited too many people who don't understand what it means to be libertarian.

In 2001, he was elected to public office, serving as a Director on the Lord Fairfax Soil and Water Conservation District.

In 2006, as a response to the Portland Massacre (the removal of most of the planks of the National Platform), Marc Montoni, Susan Hogarth, and Morey Straus formed the current Radical Caucus. From 2017 to 2018, he and Susan Hogarth held board seats under the title of "Founder" under the 2017 caucus bylaws. Both were re-elected as those seats converted to at-large. He has served twice as chair of the Radical Caucus under these bylaws (2016 and 2018).

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