Libertarian Party of Louisiana
The Libertarian Party of Louisiana (LPL) was founded in 1973. It has had ballot access in Louisiana since a law changed in 2003, allowing the LPL to become an official party in Louisiana. Since 2004, candidates have been able to run for office under the Libertarian banner and registered voters have been able to register as a Libertarian.
Libertarian Party of Louisiana | |
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Chairperson | C. Adrien Monteleone |
Vice-Chair | Scott A. Lewis, III |
Second Vice-Chair | |
Treasurer | W. David Chance |
Secretary | Reed Ebarb |
Member at-large | |
LNC Region | 1 |
Founded | 1973 |
Address | 103 Rosalind st. Lafayette, LA 70506 |
Website | http://louisianalibertarian.net/ |
Membership
The Louisiana State Libertarian Party only gained official party status in 2004. Since then, registered voters have been able to register as a Libertarian. As of May of 2012, the Party had 5,210 voters registered as Libertarian. In addition, about 125 national dues paying members reside in Louisiana.
Current Officers
SCC At-Large Representatives (Supporting Committee Chairs)
- Economic Development Officer (Econ Development Cmte.): T. Lee Horne, III
- Communications Officer (Media Relations Cmte.): vacant
- Membership Officer (Registration Cmte.): vacant
- Finance Officer (Finance Cmte.): Wes Benedict
- Elections Officer (Elections Cmte.): Andrew Riley
Parish Executive Committees
- Caddo Parish Libertarian Executive Committee
- Libertarian Party of Lafayette Parish
Past Officers and Committee Members
- James D. Agnew, Treasurer 1982-1984
- Doug Allen
- Peter Beary, Vice-chair
- Dion Bourque
- Helen Brantley, Monroe Regional Rep
- Rebecca Breeden, secretary, newsletter editor
- Roger Busbice
- Wayne Clement
- Jeffrey H. Diket, vice chair
- Raymond "Chuck" Dumas
- Bill Edwards
- Will Elkins
- Thomas H. Ferrell, founding member
- Denise Ferchaud
- Richard Fontanesi, vice chair, webmaster
- Sal Giangrosso, chair
- Frank Griffin, Lafayette Regional Rep
- Kaylan S. Grigg, secretary, webmaster
- Crayton Green "Sparky" Hall, Chair 1980-1985
- Mike Hammett
- Michael P. Harris
- Ian P. Hawxhurst, vice chair
- Donald D. Heacock
- Carey Hendrix
- Peter Jacobs
- Richard C. Johnson, treasurer, database
- Tristan Junius
- Kyle Junneau
- Greg Kahn, treasurer
- James E. Lewis III
- Hope Lubrano
- Douglas McGowan
- Stephanie Marrero, Lake Charles Regional Rep
- Ken Mercer
- Jerry Millett, chair
- Lucrecia Mouser, social networking
- Vinson J. Mouser, chair
- Wayne Parker, chair
- Michael K. Perkins, chair
- Mikal Pippins, secretary
- Gary Rauber
- Charles Sallier, chair
- Ra Shipps
- Mark Sivori
- Mike Taylor
- Daniel Tobias
- Kevin Watkins, Northshore Regional Rep, webmaster
- Danielle Wenner
- Michael Wolf, secretary, membership officer
- Clarence Wyble
- Roberto Valletta
Awards
Walking Liberty Award
This award recognizes an outstanding individual who rises above the crowd by personally spreading the Libertarian message through personal contact with more citizens and voters than anyone else. There is no requirement that it be given on a periodic basis, and is only awarded when someone meets the standard set by the inaugural recipient, T.Lee Horne, III. The award itself is a current year proof version of the Silver American Eagle[1] coin with the "Walking Liberty" design.
Recipients:
- 2008 - T.Lee Horne, III {in recognition for his spreading the message of Liberty across the state during his three year RV campaign for governor for 2007}
Current Candidates
2012
Presidential Elector
- District 1 - (none at this time)
- District 2 - (none at this time)
- District 3 - (none at this time)
- District 4 - (none at this time)
- District 5 - (none at this time)
- District 6 - (none at this time)
- At Large 1 - (none at this time)
- At Large 2 - (none at this time)
U.S. House
- District 1 - (none at this time)
- District 2 - (none at this time)
- District 3 - (none at this time)
- District 4 - (none at this time)
- District 5 - (none at this time)
- District 6 - (none at this time)
- District 7 was lost due to reapportionment from the 2010 census results.
- There are no Senate races in LA for 2012.
Past Election Results
See: Libertarian Party of Louisiana Historical Election Results
External Links
http://louisianalibertarian.net
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertarian_Party_of_Louisiana
State Organizations of the National Libertarian Party | ||
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