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Libertarian Party of North Carolina

State affiliate of the Libertarian Party

Libertarian Party of North Carolina
Summary

State affiliate of the Libertarian Party

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nameLibertarian Party of North Carolina
logoLPNC New Logo.png
chairpersonRyan Brown
leader1_titleSenate leader
leader1_nameNone
leader2_titleHouse leader
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foundation1975
colorsGold
headquartersRaleigh
ideologyLibertarianism
membership45,642
membership_year2025
nationalLibertarian Party (United States)
seats1_titleNorth Carolina Senate
seats1
seats2_titleNorth Carolina House of Representatives
seats2
seats3_titleU.S. Senate (North Carolina)
seats3
seats4_titleU.S. House of Representatives (North Carolina)
seats4
seats5_titleOther elected officials
seats50
website
countrythe United States
colorcode

The Libertarian Party of North Carolina (LPNC) is the North Carolina affiliate of the Libertarian Party.

'''''The entire 1976 N.C. Libertarian ticket''': Arlan Andrews (far left), candidate for governor; Roger McBride (center), presidential candidate; Carl Wagle (third from right), 5th district Congressional candidate; and Andrew Eiva (second from right, aide-de-camp to Andrews. The others are unidentified. (Photo Courtesy Arlan Andrews)''

Organization

Members of the executive committee are elected biannually at conventions to carry out the essential functions of a political party.

  • State Chair: Ryan Brown
  • Vice Chair: Bob Drach
  • Treasurer: Barbara Howe
  • Secretary: Kate Shawhan
  • Members at Large:
    • Mac Browder
    • Nick Taylor
    • Bryce Acer
    • Angela Humphries

The party also maintains active local organizations in over two dozen counties and on half a dozen college campuses. LPNC may also be the only party in U.S. history that had an Indian Nation as an active local affiliate, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.

Party platform

The most recent platform of the Libertarian Party of North Carolina was adopted at the party's convention on March 6, 2022.

The Libertarian Party of North Carolina follows the national party's platform with certain planks tailored to state-specific issues such as advocating for the abolition of the North Carolina ABC and the North Carolina Education Lottery along with a liberalization of laws to allow private actors to compete in these spaces. The party supports efforts to greatly expand ballot access in the state for both organized parties and individual independents and has partnered with the Green Party of North Carolina to sue both the Federal Election Commission and the State of North Carolina in efforts to improve access to debates and elections.

Recent election results

2020 elections

Gubernatorial election

|reg. electors = 7,359,798

United States Senate election

2022 elections

United States Senate election

Electoral history

In 1992, Libertarian candidate for Governor Scott Earle McLaughlin achieved 4.1 percent of the popular vote in a fully contested race, with 104,983 votes. This remains the highest percentage gained by a third party candidate for that office by any party in North Carolina since that year.

In the 2008 elections, Michael Munger running as the party's candidate for Governor of North Carolina, received 121,585 votes for 2.9% of the total vote.

Also in 2008, Chris Cole, running as the party's candidate for US Senate, received 133,430 votes for 3.1% of the total vote.

References

References

  1. "Executive Committee".
  2. "Voter Registration Statistics". [[North Carolina State Board of Elections]].
  3. "Elected Officials".
  4. "Short History".
  5. "Platform of the Libertarian Party of North Carolina".
  6. "Libertarians, Greens Sue FEC".
  7. "State Composite Abstract Report – Contest.pdf".
  8. "NC SBE Contest Results".
  9. "11/08/2022 OFFICIAL LOCAL ELECTION RESULTS - STATEWIDE".
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