Libertarian National Committee

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The Libertarian National Committee (LNC) controls and manages the affairs, properties, and funds of the United States Libertarian Party. It is composed of the party officers, five at-large representatives elected every two years at the national convention, and a theoretical maximum of 10 regional representatives.[citation needed] The current chair is Whitney Bilyeu, elected on July 12, 2021.[1]

The LNC has lobbied or filed lawsuits against laws and regulations that restrict contributions to parties and candidates.[3][4][5][6]

Current members[2][]

Officers[]

  • Whitney Bilyeu – Chair[1]
  • Ken Moellman – Vice Chair
  • Vacant – Secretary[2]
  • Tim Hagan – Treasurer

At-large members[]

  • Valerie Sarwark
  • Erik Raudsep
  • Laura Ebke, former Nebraska Legislator (2015–19)
  • Richard Longstreth
  • Joshua Smith, 2020 candidate for LNC chairman

Regional representatives[]

  • Region 1 – Chris Luchini (Alternate – Vacant)
  • Region 2 – Steven Nekhaila (Alternate – David Sexton)
  • Region 3 – Dustin Nanna (Alternate – Jared Hall)
  • Region 4 – Jeff Hewitt (Alternate – Tim "TJ" Ferreira)
  • Region 5 – Susan Hogarth (Alternate – David Valente)
  • Region 6 – John Phillips[7] (Alternate – Matt Bughman)
  • Region 7 – Erin Adams (Alternate – Vacant)
  • Region 8 – Rich Bowen (Alternate – Vacant)

List of LNC chairs[]

# Chairperson Term State
1 David Nolan 1971–1972 Colorado
2 Susan Nolan 1972–1974 Colorado
3 Ed Crane 1974–1977 California
4 David Bergland 1977–1981 California
5 Alicia Clark 1981–1983 California
6 1983–1985 Colorado
7 1985 Wisconsin
8 1985–1988 Virginia
9 1988–1991 Pennsylvania
10 Mary Gingell 1991–1993 California
11 Steve Dasbach 1993–1998 Indiana
12 David Bergland 1998–2000 California
13 Jim Lark 2000–2002 Virginia
14 Geoff Neale 2002–2004 Texas
15 Michael Dixon 2004–2006 Illinois
16 Bill Redpath 2006–2010 Virginia
17 Mark Hinkle 2010–2012 California
18 Geoff Neale 2012–2014 Texas
19 Nicholas Sarwark 2014–2020
20 Joe Bishop-Henchman 2020–2021 District of Columbia
– Ken Moellman (acting) 2021 Kentucky
21[8] Whitney Bilyeu 2021–present Texas

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Libertarian Party Announces New LNC Chair". Libertarian Party. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Libertarian National Committee (LNC)". Libertarian Party. Retrieved 5 September 2021.
  3. ^ Campaign Law Case Brings Debate, Crowds; McCain-Feingold, Washington Post, December 5, 2002.
  4. ^ Campaign: Federal Court Strikes Cornerstones Of Soft-money, The Free Lance–Star, Free Lance-Star – May 3, 2003.
  5. ^ A Soft-Money Loophole?, CBS News, February 11, 2009.
  6. ^ Libertarian National Committee Clarifies Lawsuit Against Limits on Donations to Parties from Bequests, Ballot Access News, July 25th, 2011.
  7. ^ Phillips, John (9 September 2021). "Per Matthew Bughman the region chairs of Region 6 voted 6 - 1 - 1 to decline my resignation and reappoint me as the region 6 representative". Facebook. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
  8. ^ Sarwark, Nicholas (13 July 2021). "There are a minority of LNC members who used their best judgment to choose this person as their first choice to be the 21st Chair of the Libertarian Party". LNC Business - Discuss. Facebook. Retrieved 10 September 2021.

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