Austen Givens
| Austen Givens | |
| Temporary County Chair Oneida County Libertarian Party | |
| February 11, 2018—March 4, 2018 | |
| Predecessor: | Charles Millar |
| Successor: | Craig Miles |
| Personal Details | |
| Party: | Democrat |
Austen Givens is a neo-libertarian and supporter of Pete Buttigieg's 2020 Presidential campaign.
In 2015, Givens penned an op-ed sharply criticizing Republican governors for opposing the entry of refugees into the United States.
He began his political career as an intern in the Capitol Hill offices of John Boozman (R-AR) and the late Jo Ann Davis (R-VA). In December 2004 he left Capitol Hill to take an entry-level job in the international trade division of Wiley, Rein & Fielding LP, a law firm co-founded by Reagan White House Counsel Fred Fielding.
While a graduate student, he penned an April 2008 column in The Richmond Times-Dispatch in which he advocated for U.S. nuclear sanctions against Iran to be linked to Tehran’s international support of terrorist organizations.
He was Temporary County Chair for the Oneida County Libertarian Party from February 11—March 4, 2018.