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party_name = Libertarian Party of Indiana | | party_name = Libertarian Party of Indiana | | ||
party_logo = | party_logo = Image:Indiana_LP_Logo3.png | | ||
chairperson = [[Sam Goldstein]] | | chairperson = [[Sam Goldstein]] | | ||
vicechair = [[Dan Drexler]] | | vicechair = [[Dan Drexler]] | | ||
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address = 156 East Market Street Suite 405<br>Indianapolis IN 46204 | | address = 156 East Market Street Suite 405<br>Indianapolis IN 46204 | | ||
website = http://www.lpin.org/ | website = http://www.lpin.org/ | ||
The '''Libertarian Party of Indiana''' is the [[Indiana]] affiliate of the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]]. The Libertarian Party of Indiana has continually earned ballot access since 1994. In 2008 the Libertarian presidential ticket of [[Bob Barr]] and [[Wayne Allyn Root]] had their strongest showing in Indiana receiving 1.1% of the vote (19,243 votes) [http://www.lp.org/2008-presidential-results]. On February 17, 2009 [[Indianapolis]] city councilmember Edward Coleman publicly announced that he had left the Republican Party and joined the Libertarian Party [http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/02/17/indianapolis-city-councilman-switched-from-republican-to-libertarian/] [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-libertariancounci,0,2934457.story]. Coleman now is the highest-ranking Libertarian public official in the state, and one of the top (if not highest) ranking Libertarians holding elective office in the United States. The parties best finish in a statewide race came in 2006 when [[US Senate]] candidate [[Steve Osborn]] received 13% of the vote. Osborn had the best result for a third party candidate running for the Senate in the 2006 elections. | The '''Libertarian Party of Indiana''' is the [[Indiana]] affiliate of the [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian Party]]. The Libertarian Party of Indiana has continually earned ballot access since 1994. In 2008 the Libertarian presidential ticket of [[Bob Barr]] and [[Wayne Allyn Root]] had their strongest showing in Indiana receiving 1.1% of the vote (19,243 votes) [http://www.lp.org/2008-presidential-results]. On February 17, 2009 [[Indianapolis]] city councilmember Edward Coleman publicly announced that he had left the Republican Party and joined the Libertarian Party [http://www.ballot-access.org/2009/02/17/indianapolis-city-councilman-switched-from-republican-to-libertarian/] [http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-ap-in-libertariancounci,0,2934457.story]. Coleman now is the highest-ranking Libertarian public official in the state, and one of the top (if not highest) ranking Libertarians holding elective office in the United States. The parties best finish in a statewide race came in 2006 when [[US Senate]] candidate [[Steve Osborn]] received 13% of the vote. Osborn had the best result for a third party candidate running for the Senate in the 2006 elections. | ||