Chautauqua County Libertarian Party: Difference between revisions

Andrew Martin Kolstee was appointed Temporary County Chair in June 2015 and worked throughout the summer to form a chapter in Chautauqua County, with the first meeting held in July 2015 at hte See-Zurh House in Bemus Point, New York. On October 3, 2015, the inauguaral convention of the chapter was held. [[Mark Glogowski]], State Chair, was the keynote speaker. The first set of officers were [[Andrew Kolstee]] as Chair, [[Sean Connolly]] as Vice-Chair/Secretary, and [[Anne Kwasneski]] as Treasurer. The affilaite was charted by the State Committee the following day. The chapter participated in the holiday parade in Jamestown, New York in December 2015.

In 2017, things slowed down regarding activity of the party following the 2016 election. They had one candidate, [[Nathen Conrad]], who ran for office in the Town of Carroll. After Kwasneski was not as involved, at the 2017 convention, Kolstee was re-elected to a 3rd term as Chair, with [[Len Morlock]] as the newly-elected Vice-Chair along with Connolly re-elected Secretary and Kolstee also elected Treasurer.

In 2018, the chapter was involved in promoting the campaing of [[Larry Sharpe]] for Governor. They held their second booth at the county fair. [[Gerrit Cain]] got involved with the affiliate and filled the vacnacy in the Secretary position on December 5, 2018.  

In 2019, with ballot access for the Libertarian Party, several candidates came forward seeking an endorsement. Several vetting sessions were held and several candidates were nominated. Most of them were cross-endorsed. Libertarian [[Gerrit Cain]] ran for County Legislature District 16. [[Raven Mason]], running for Jamestown City Council, switched from Republican to Libertarians. [[Andy Liuzzo]], incumbent Jamestown City Councilman running for Jamestown Mayor, switched from Republican to Libertarian.

 

 

 

 

Cain moved out of state and at the October 2022 convention, Kolstee having been elected State Chair, Morlock was elected Chair, with [[Bob Peterson]] as Vice-Chair and Kolstee as Secretary/Treasurer.