Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania

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The Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania (LPPA) is the Pennsylvania affiliate of the Libertarian Party. Since March 2023, it has been chaired by Greg Deal.

Leadership

Executive Committee[1]
Chair Vice Chair Secretary Treasurer
Gregory Deal Bryan Goodnight Alfa Shaw Greg Perry

LPPA Platform

The party believes that each individual must be free to do as she or he pleases as long as she or he does not infringe upon the equal right of others. Another tenet is that force must not be used on an individual, unless that individual has initiated the use of force or fraud. The party also believes that only those laws that are consistent with the purpose of the government to protect and secure individuals' rights should be utilized by the government.[2]

History

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Takeover by Mises Caucus

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". The Mises Caucus, a Paleolibertarian group with ties to the Ron Paul 2012 presidential campaign who described the Caucus as "the libertarian wing of the Libertarian Party,"[3] staged a takeover of the national Libertarian party at the 2022 Libertarian National Convention on May 28.[4] Concurrently, state branches staged takeovers of state affiliates and took control of 37 of the state parties. As a result, the parties of New Mexico, Virginia, and Massachusetts disaffiliated from the National Libertarian Party, and in late 2022 formed the Association of Liberty State Parties.[5] In Pennsylvania, Rob Cowburn led the local Mises branch in taking over the party, however, older members of the state committee, and various county branch leaders, left the party in protest and formed the Keystone Party of Pennsylvania led by Gus Tatlas, the former leader of the York County branch of the party.[6]

On December 28, 2023, former LPPA Executive Director Kevin Gaughen issued a press release titled "The LP of Pennsylvania Has Collapsed!" Gaughen denounced the Mises Caucus as the cause of the drop in the number of due-paying members from ~1,600 to 597 resulting in a 45.9% decline in total party income and that the party now has only $17,953 in its treasury, though it started with $47,377.92 during the takeover. He also pointed out that all Mises endorsed libertarians in the 2022 election lost, and that the only libertarians that were elected in Pennsylvania in 2022 were non-Mises old-guard. He also noted that before the takeover the party had 39 active county and regional committees covering 48 counties, which dropped to 20 active committees covering 22 counties post-takeover.[7]

Elected officeholders

The Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania has had many candidates elected to city and county positions throughout Pennsylvania, though the party does not hold any of the state's federal positions or seats in the state legislature. There are currently 108 elected Libertarian officeholders in Pennsylvania as of June 2024.[8]

Electoral performance

Federal elections

U.S. President

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1980 <templatestyles src="Percentage bar/styles.css"/>
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0.7%
 N/A 33,263 Ed Clark David Koch 4th [9]
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0.1%
 Decrease 0.59 6,982 David Bergland James A. Lewis 4th [10]
1988 <templatestyles src="Percentage bar/styles.css"/>
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0.3%
 Increase 0.1 12,051 Ron Paul Andre Marrou 4th [11]
1992 <templatestyles src="Percentage bar/styles.css"/>
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0.4%
 Increase 0.2 21,477 Andre Marrou Nancy Lord 4th [12]
1996 <templatestyles src="Percentage bar/styles.css"/>
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0.6%
 Increase 0.2 28,000 Harry Browne Jo Jorgensen 4th [13]
2000 <templatestyles src="Percentage bar/styles.css"/>
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0.2%
 Decrease 0.4 11,248 Harry Browne Art Olivier 6th [14]
2004 <templatestyles src="Percentage bar/styles.css"/>
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0.4%
 Increase 0.1 21,185 Michael Badnarik Richard Campagna 3rd [15]
2008 <templatestyles src="Percentage bar/styles.css"/>
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0.3%
 Decrease nil 19,912 Bob Barr Wayne Allyn Root 4th [16]
2012 <templatestyles src="Percentage bar/styles.css"/>
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0.9%
 Increase 0.5 49,991 Gary Johnson Jim Gray 3rd [17]
2016 <templatestyles src="Percentage bar/styles.css"/>
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2.4%
 Increase 1.5 146,715 Gary Johnson Bill Weld 3rd [18]
2020 <templatestyles src="Percentage bar/styles.css"/>
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1.2%
 Decrease 1.2 79,380 Jo Jorgensen Spike Cohen 3rd [19]

U.S. Senate

Year Candidate Votes Percentage
1980 David K. Walter 18,595 0.4%
1982 Barbara I. Karkutt 19,244 0.5%
1988 Henry E. Haller II 11,822 0.3%
1992 John Perry 219,319 4.6%
1994 Donald Ernsberger 59,115 1.7%
1998 Jack Iannantuono 46,103 1.6%
2000 John Featherman 45,775 1.0%
2004 Betsy Summers 79,263 1.4%
2012 Rayburn Smith 96,926 1.7%
2016 Edward T. Clifford III 235,142 3.9%
2018 Dale Kerns 50,153 1.0%
2022 Erik Gerhardt 72,887 1.4%

References

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External links

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