Libertarian Party of Arkansas

Libertarian Party of Arkansas
Libertarian Party of Arkansas
Abbreviation	LPAR
Chairman	Michael Pakko
Founded	1971; 50 years ago
Membership (2021)	690
Ideology	Libertarianism
Senate	0 / 35
House of Representatives	0 / 100
U.S. Senate	0 / 2
U.S. House of Representatives	0 / 4
Website
	lpar.org
	Politics of United States; Political parties; Elections;

The Libertarian Party of Arkansas (LPAR) is the Arkansas affiliate of the national Libertarian Party (LP). In the 2010s the party saw increased support in federal races due to a lack of Democratic candidates contesting those races.

History[]

In 2002 members of the party petitioned to place Amendment 3, a ballot initiative that would have eliminated taxes on food and medicine, but it was overwhelming rejected by 61% to 39%.^[2] However, the sales tax on food was later phased out through the passage of a bill following the amendment's defeat.^[3]

Electoral performance[]

Presidential[]

Year	Presidential nominee	Votes	Change
1980	Ed Clark	8,970 (1.07%)
1984	David Bergland	2,221 (0.25%)	0.82%
1988	Ron Paul	3,297 (0.40%)	0.15%
1992	Andre Marrou	1,261 (0.13%)	0.27%
1996	Harry Browne	3,076 (0.35%)	0.22%
2000	Harry Browne	2,781 (0.30%)	0.05%
2004	Michael Badnarik	2,345 (0.22%)	0.08%
2008	Bob Barr	4,776 (0.44%)	0.22%
2012	Gary Johnson	16,276 (1.52%)	1.08%
2016	Gary Johnson	29,829 (2.64%)	1.12%
2020	Jo Jorgensen	13,133 (1.08%)	1.56%

Senate Class II[]

Year	Senate nominee	Votes	Change
2014	Nathan LaFrance	17,210 (2.03%)
2020	Ricky Harrington Jr.	399,390 (33.47%)	31.44%

Senate Class III[]

Year	Senate nominee	Votes	Change
2010	Trevor Drown	25,234 (3.24%)
2016	Frank Gilbert	43,866 (3.96%)	0.72%

Gubernatorial[]

Year	Gubernatorial nominee	Votes	Change
2014	Frank Gilbert	16,319 (1.92%)
2018	Mark West	25,885 (2.90%)	0.98%

House[]

Year	Number of candidates	Votes	Change
2012	4	37,987 (3.66%)
2014	4	66,055 (7.95%)	4.29%
2016	4	196,512 (18.39%)	10.42%
2018	4	19,625 (2.21%)	16.18%

References[]

^ Winger, Richard. "March 2021 Ballot Access News Print Edition". Ballot Access News. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
^ "Bill proposed to phase out tax". Baxter Bulletin. 28 December 2002. p. 1. Archived from the original on 26 November 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Libertarians get candidate on 2008 ballot". Baxter Bulletin. 3 October 2007. p. 2. Archived from the original on 26 November 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

External links[]

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[1] Winger, Richard. "March 2021 Ballot Access News Print Edition". Ballot Access News. Retrieved March 15, 2021.

[2] "Bill proposed to phase out tax". Baxter Bulletin. 28 December 2002. p. 1. Archived from the original on 26 November 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "Libertarians get candidate on 2008 ballot". Baxter Bulletin. 3 October 2007. p. 2. Archived from the original on 26 November 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

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