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Added new logo and updated information on major party status.
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{{Infobox State | {{Infobox State | ||
|name = Libertarian Party of Iowa | |name = Libertarian Party of Iowa | ||
|logo = | |logo =LPIA_Logo_2022.png | ||
|logo-size =250 | |logo-size =250 | ||
|state = Iowa | |state = Iowa | ||
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|secretary = [[Clyde Gibson]] | |secretary = [[Clyde Gibson]] | ||
|treasurer = [[Nathan Kleffman]] | |treasurer = [[Nathan Kleffman]] | ||
|phone = | |phone = 515-423-0093 | ||
|address = PO Box 480<br>Des Moines, IA 50302 | |address = PO Box 480<br>Des Moines, IA 50302 | ||
|website = http://www.lpia.org/ | |website = http://www.lpia.org/ | ||
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|meetup = | |meetup = | ||
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The '''Libertarian Party of Iowa''' ('''LPIA''') is the Iowa affiliate of the [[Libertarian Party]]. In April 1975, 10 people gathered in Ames, Iowa to approve the Constitution of the Libertarian Party of Iowa and to apply for national party affiliation.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/notes/libertarian-party-of-black-hawk-county-iowa/40th-anniversary-of-the-libertarian-party-of-iowa/437988469695801/</ref> In 2017, the party qualified for major party status after Gary Johnson received over 2% of the vote in the Presidential election. <ref>https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/iowa/articles/2017-03-02/libertarian-party-earns-political-party-status-in-iowa</ref> | The '''Libertarian Party of Iowa''' ('''LPIA''') is the Iowa affiliate of the [[Libertarian Party]]. In April 1975, 10 people gathered in Ames, Iowa to approve the Constitution of the Libertarian Party of Iowa and to apply for national party affiliation.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/notes/libertarian-party-of-black-hawk-county-iowa/40th-anniversary-of-the-libertarian-party-of-iowa/437988469695801/</ref> In 2017, the party qualified for major party status after Gary Johnson received over 2% of the vote in the Presidential election. <ref>https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/iowa/articles/2017-03-02/libertarian-party-earns-political-party-status-in-iowa</ref> The party lost major party status in 2018 after not recieving enough votes to cross the 2% threashold in the Governor's race. In 2022 the Governor candidate [[Rick Stewart]] received over the 2% vote threshold and re-qualified the party for major party status. | ||
==Leadership== | ==Leadership== | ||