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|office = [[Westmoreland County Libertarian Party]] | |office = [[Westmoreland County Libertarian Party]] | ||
|title = Chair | |title = Chair | ||
|term-start = | |term-start = 2015 | ||
|term-end = | |term-end = 2017 | ||
|alongside = | |alongside = | ||
|predecessor = Unknown | |predecessor = Unknown | ||
|successor = Unknown | |successor = Unknown | ||
|office2 = | |office2 = Libertarian Youth Caucus | ||
|title2 = | |title2 = National Chair | ||
|term-start2 = | |term-start2 = 2016 | ||
|term-end2 = | |term-end2 = 2018 | ||
| | |predecessor2 = none | ||
| | |successor2 = [[J.P. Wilson]] | ||
| | |office3 = Libertarian National Committee | ||
|title3 = Region 5 Alternate | |||
|term-start3 = 2016 | |||
|term-end3 = 2018 | |||
|predecessor3 = Scott Spencer | |||
|successor3 = [Susan Hogarth] | |||
|birth-date = {{Birth date and age|1998|4|24}} | |birth-date = {{Birth date and age|1998|4|24}} | ||
|birth-place = | |birth-place = | ||
|education = | |education = | ||
|military = | |military = US Marine Corps | ||
|occupation = | |occupation = | ||
|residence = | |residence = | ||
|party = [[Libertarian Party]] | |party = [[Libertarian Party]] (until 2018) Democratic Party (2018-Present) | ||
|website = | |website = | ||
|facebook = | |facebook = | ||
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'''Trent Somes, III''' (Theodore Arthur Somes, III, born 24 April 1998) | '''Trent Somes, III''' (Theodore Arthur Somes, III, born 24 April 1998) was 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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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. | 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. | ||
In 2018, Trent resigned his post on the LNC and after running the election of new officers to the Libertarian Youth Caucus, he resigned his Libertarian Party membership and joined the Democratic Party and has since become a committeeman on the Washington County Democratic Executive Committee. | |||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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