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'''Trent Somes, III''' (Theodore Arthur Somes, III, born 24 April 1998) is one of the youngest Libertarian Party leaders in the US. Somes started [[Westmoreland County Libertarians]] in 2015 under the direction of the [[Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania]] at age 17. | '''Trent Somes, III''' (Theodore Arthur Somes, III, born 24 April 1998) is one of the youngest Libertarian Party leaders in the US. Somes started [[Westmoreland County Libertarians]] in 2015 under the direction of the [[Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania]] at age 17, and the Libertarian Youth Caucus. | ||
Somes garnered media attention when WCL was mentioned in a press release from the [[Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Frollini|first1=Nick|title=Teen Libertarian Starts New Political Organization|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8nndyXU3bMGQTB5TGVFM3ZvdUk/view|website=Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania|publisher=Libertarian Party|accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Teen Libertarian Starts County Party Organization in PA|url = http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/11/teen-libertarian-starts-county-party-organization-in-pa/|website = Independent Political Report|accessdate = 2015-11-30|language = en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Headlines for Mon, Nov. 30, 2015|url = http://www.penn-franklin.com/index.php/news/headlines/1539-headlines-november30-2015|website = www.penn-franklin.com|accessdate = 2015-11-30}}</ref>. | Somes garnered media attention when WCL was mentioned in a press release from the [[Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania]]<ref>{{cite web|last1=Frollini|first1=Nick|title=Teen Libertarian Starts New Political Organization|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8nndyXU3bMGQTB5TGVFM3ZvdUk/view|website=Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania|publisher=Libertarian Party|accessdate=18 November 2015}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title = Teen Libertarian Starts County Party Organization in PA|url = http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2015/11/teen-libertarian-starts-county-party-organization-in-pa/|website = Independent Political Report|accessdate = 2015-11-30|language = en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Headlines for Mon, Nov. 30, 2015|url = http://www.penn-franklin.com/index.php/news/headlines/1539-headlines-november30-2015|website = www.penn-franklin.com|accessdate = 2015-11-30}}</ref>. | ||
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Westmoreland County currently has over 1,300 registered Libertarian voters<ref name=":0" />. | Westmoreland County currently has over 1,300 registered Libertarian voters<ref name=":0" />. | ||
At the Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania convention in 2016, Somes, along with other youth, founded the Libertarian Youth Caucus, which quickly rose to be a well - known organization. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||