Libertarian Party of Louisiana

The Libertarian Party of Louisiana (LPL) was founded in 1972. It has had ballot access in Louisiana since a law changed in 2004, allowing the LPL to become an official party in Louisiana. Since 2004, candidates have been able to run for office with "Libertarian" printed on the ballot next to their name (rather than "other" as before) and registered voters have had the option of choosing the Libertarian Party as a pre-printed choice on their voter registration forms. Since 2004, registered Libertarians are designated by LBT on their registration cards rather than OTHER which is used for non-recognized parties.

Libertarian Party of Louisiana
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	1972
Address	103 Rosalind st. Lafayette, LA 70506
Website	http://louisianalibertarian.net/

Membership

The Libertarian Party of Louisiana only gained official party status in 2004. Since then, registered voters have been able to choose the Libertarian Party as a pre-printed choice when registering to vote, instead of having to write the party name in. As of August 5th, 2012, the Party had 5,773 voters registered as Libertarian. In addition, about 120 national dues paying members reside in Louisiana. State membership dues are presently $120 per year or 12 hours of qualified volunteer time. Discounts for multi-year advanced payments are $220 for two years and $500 for five years.

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.): Michael McGinnis
• Finance Officer (Finance Cmte.): Wes Benedict
• Elections Officer (Elections Cmte.): Andrew Riley
• Strategic Planning Subcommittee: Chaired by the Vice-Chairman, committee consists of the chairmen of all committees.

Parish Executive Committees

• Caddo Parish Libertarian Executive Committee
• Libertarian Party of Lafayette Parish
• Libertarian Party of East Baton Rouge Parish - Smith Hartley

Past Officers, Committee Members & Key Volunteers

Chairman

• Sal Giangrosso

Vice-Chairman

• Jeffrey H. Diket, (c. 1995)
• Peter Beary, Vice-chair
• Richard Fontanesi

Secretary

• Rebecca Breeden

Treasurer

• James D. Agnew, 1982-1984

Newsletter Editor

• Rebecca Breeden

Webmaster

• Richard Fontanesi

Monroe Regional Rep

• Helen Brantley

Lafayette Regional Rep

• Frank Griffin

At-Large SCC Representative

• Melissa Carr, (c. 1995)
• William R. Edwards, at large (c. 1995)

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• Doug Allen
• Dion Bourque
• Roger Busbice
• Wayne Clement
• Raymond "Chuck" Dumas
• Will Elkins
• Denise Ferchaud

Founding Members (help us fill in those we missed!)

• Thomas H. Ferrell, founding member

• 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 (c. 1995), secretary (c. 1995), 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 L. Parker, chair (c. 1995)
• Michael K. Perkins, chair
• Mikal Pippins, secretary
• Gary Rauber
• Charles Sallier, chair (c. 1994), at large (c. 1995)
• Ra Shipps
• Mark Sivori
• Mike Taylor
• Daniel Tobias, at large (c. 1995)
• 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 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}

Elected Libertarians

• Randall T. Hayes, Alderman, Town of Atlanta, Louisiana
• Michael Riffe, Alderman, Town of Sikes, Louisiana

Current Candidates

2012

Presidential Electors

• District 1 - Peter Beary
• District 2 - Greg Kahn
• District 3 - Frank Griffin
• District 4 - Reed Ebarb
• District 5 - Vinson Mouser
• District 6 - Scott Lewis
• At Large 1 - T. Lee Horne, III
• At Large 2 - Andrew Riley

U.S. House

• District 1 - (None)
• District 2 - Caleb Trotter
• District 3 - James Stark
• District 4 - Randall Lord
• District 5 - Clay Grant
• District 6 - Rufus Craig

• 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