Libertarian Party of New York State Committee Elections 2020
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The election of the Libertarian Party of New York took place differently in years prior to 2020. Since Larry Sharpe secured ballot access for the Libertarian Party of New York in 2018, the State Committee was required by law to be elected at a primary election.
The primary election was held on June 23, 2020 to select members of the State Committee by Judicial District. Petitioning was set to occur from February 25 to April 2, 2020, but was cut short and ended on March 17, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 81 candidates petitioned for State Committee and filed their petitions at the Board of Elections in Albany and New York City.
Allocation
During the process of drafting the rules for the party in late 2018, a decision was made to divide the State Committee into Judicial Districts. Each Judicial District was allocated 2 members, plus 1 member for every 4,000 votes in the last gubernatorial election, and 1 member for every 400 enrolled Libertarians.
| JD | Allocated | Enrolled | Gov. Vote | Total seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 862 (2) | 3,431 (0) | 4 |
| 2 | 2 | 806 (2) | 3,550 (0) | 4 |
| 3 | 2 | 610 (1) | 6,291 (1) | 4 |
| 4 | 2 | 918 (2) | 9,127 (2) | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1,118 (2) | 11,732 (2) | 6 |
| 6 | 2 | 858 (2) | 10,895 (2) | 6 |
| 7 | 2 | 1,629 (4) | 19,080 (4) | 10 |
| 8 | 2 | 1,583 (4) | 12,708 (3) | 9 |
| 9 | 2 | 988 (2) | 5,974 (1) | 5 |
| 10 | 2 | 1,667 (4) | 7,080 (1) | 7 |
| 11 | 2 | 637 (1) | 3,021 (0) | 3 |
| 12 | 2 | 227 (0) | 1,074 (0) | 2 |
| 13 | 2 | 240 (0) | 1,070 (0) | 2 |
| 25 | 25 | 16 | 67 |
Candidates
| District | Candidate | Notes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ilya Schwartzburg | Manhattan LP Chair (2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 1 | Mark Axinn | LPNY Chair (2010—2015) | Uncontested |
| 1 | Michael Madrid | Uncontested | |
| 2 | Tucker Coburn | LPNY Vice Chair (2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 2 | Gilbert Midonnet | Uncontested | |
| 2 | Gary Popkin | LPNY Treasurer (2006—2009) | Uncontested |
| 3 | Cody Anderson | Columbia County LP Chair (2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 3 | Jay Carr | Albany County LP Chair (2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 3 | Todd Haggarty | Uncontested | |
| 3 | Lora Newell | LPNY Treasurer (2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 3 | Gary Triestman | LPNY Treasurer (2010—2016) | Invalid petition |
| 4 | Robert Arrigo | Saratoga County LP Chair (2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 4 | Fred Cole | LPNY Secretary (2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 4 | Nathan Dunn | Warren County LP Contact (2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 4 | John Janes | Uncontested | |
| 4 | Brandon Lyon | Fulton County LP Chair (2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 4 | Karyn Thompson | Saratoga County LP Treasurer (2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 6 | Mark Braiman | Madison County LP Secretary (2020—present) | Uncontested |
| 6 | Kevin Dyer | Broome County LP Secretary (2019—present) | Invalid petition |
| 6 | Brendan Fitzgerald | Invalid petition | |
| 6 | Ed Hickey | Broome County LP Chair (2019—present) | Invalid petition |
| 6 | Jennifer Kolesar | Broome County LP Chair (2020—present) | Invalid petition |
| 6 | Timothy O'Connor | Candidate for State Senate | Uncontested |
| 6 | Christopher Olenski | At-Large State Committee Member (2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 6 | Rich Purtell | LPNY Political Director (2017—2019) | Uncontested |
| 6 | Thomas Quiter | Chenango County LP Chair (2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 6 | Paul Sechrist | Chemung County LP Chair (2019—present) | Withdrew |
| 6 | Dustin Tait | Uncontested | |
| 7 | Steve Becker | Monroe County LP State Representative | Uncontested |
| 7 | Kari Bittner | LPNY Vice Chair (2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 7 | Eric Cooper | Uncontested | |
| 7 | Jim Dayton | Wayne County LP Chair (2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 7 | Mark Glogowski | LPNY Chair (2015—2018; 2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 7 | Andrew Hollister | Candidate for Lt. Governor (2018) | Uncontested |
| 7 | Sean Phelan | Monroe County LP Vice Chair (2020—present) | Uncontested |
| 7 | Jim Russell | Wayne County LP Vice Chair (2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 7 | Kevin Wilson | At-Large State Committee Member (2014—2016) | Uncontested |
| 8 | Adam Allen | ||
| 8 | Erin Becker | Erie County LP Secretary (2019—present) | |
| 8 | Gerrit Cain | Chautauqua LP Secretary (2018—present) | |
| 8 | Charlie Flynn | Niagara County LP Chair (2019—present) | |
| 8 | Scott Flynn | ||
| 8 | Francis Law | Niagara County LP 2nd Vice Chair (2019—present) | |
| 8 | Kathleen Ligammari | Niagara County LP Secretary (2019—present) | |
| 8 | Len Morlock | Chautauqua LP Vice Chair (2017—present) | |
| 8 | Andrew Kolstee | LPNY Communications Director (2017—2019) | |
| 8 | Peyton Kunselman | Cattaraugus County LP Vice-Chair (2020—present) | |
| 8 | Patrick Mahoney | ||
| 8 | Bryan Owczarzak | Niagara County LP Treasurer (2019—present) | |
| 8 | Nick Phelps | Niagara County LP 1st Vice Chair (2019—present) | |
| 8 | Mark Potwora | At-Large State Committee Member (2016—2019) | |
| 8 | Tara Scrivano | ||
| 8 | Duane Whitmer | Erie County LP Chair (2019—present) | |
| 9 | Joe Candela | Orange County LP Secretary (2019—present) | Resigned |
| 9 | Daniel Donnelly | Dutchess County LP Unofficial Vice Chair (2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 9 | Pietro Geraci | Orange County LP Chair (2019—present) | Uncontested |
| 9 | Robert Greibesland | Uncontested | |
| 10 | Deepak Bansal | ||
| 10 | Gary Donoyan | Nassau County LP Secretary (2017—present) | |
| 10 | Kenneth Epstein | ||
| 10 | Jonathan Gunther | ||
| 10 | Jim Harris | LPNY Chair (1998—1999) | |
| 10 | Carmen Horan | ||
| 10 | Bobby K. Kalotee | ||
| 10 | Satinder Kaur | ||
| 10 | Adam Martin | ||
| 10 | Mike McDermott | At-Large State Committee Member (2016—2018; 2019—present) | |
| 10 | Sukhbinar Saini | Petition invalid | |
| 10 | Mahavir Singh | ||
| 10 | Blay Tarnoff | LPNY Chair (1995—1996) | |
| 10 | Kevin Warmhold | ||
| 11 | Michael Arcati | Queens County LP Chair (2019—present) | Petition invalid |
| 11 | Sundeep Chand | Petition invalid | |
| 11 | Gabrielle Cordova | Queens County LP Secretary (2019—present) | Petition invalid |
| 11 | Amit Mal | Petition invalid | |
| 11 | Antonia Panepinto | Petition invalid | |
| 11 | Mark Weinblatt | Queens County LP Treasurer (2019—present) | Petition invalid |
| 12 | Aaron Commey | At-Large State Committee Member (2016—2018) | |
| 12 | Enmanuel Torres | Bronx LP Chair (2019—present) | |
| 13 | Susan Cummings | At-Large State Committee Member (2018) | Petition invalid |
| 13 | Richard Bell | Staten Island LP Chair (2018—2019) | Petition invalid |