Utah Libertarian Party

Utah Libertarian Party
Region:	1
Officers
Chair:	Barry Short
Vice-Chair:	Tessa Stitzer
Secretary:	Susan Sandberg Baird
Treasurer:	Taylor Smith
Contact
Phone:	801-613-8034
Address:	3556 South 5600 West #511 Salt Lake City, UT 84120
Website:	Website
Social Media
Facebook:	Facebook

The Utah Libertarian Party ("UTLP" in party bylaws) is the Utah affiliate of the Libertarian Party.

The party was formed in 1971, under the leadership of its first Chair, Karl Bray, and ran write-in candidates as early as 1972.

Leadership

• Barry Short, Chair
• Tessa Stitzer, Vice-Chair
• Philip Lammi, Secretary
• Taylor Smith, Treasurer
• Jeremy Baker, At Large

Ballot Access

The Utah Libertarian Party achieved ballot access for the 1976 elections and fielded two candidates, Roger MacBride for President and Steve Trotter for US Senate, opposing Orrin Hatch. After losing ballot access in 2006 as a result of failing to acquire the required 2% vote, the Libertarian Party of Utah regained ballot access in February 2008 as a result of acquiring the required number of signatures. [1] The party consequently received over 125,000 votes in 2008, compared to 118,000 in 2004.

Affiliates

• Davis County Libertarian Party
• Salt Lake County Libertarian Party
• Utah County Libertarian Party
• Libertarian Party of Weber County

Governing Documents

Platform

• Platform Adopted 2019 (info)

For historical platforms see Index of Utah State Party Platforms

Bylaws

• Bylaws Adopted April 10, 2021 (info)

For historical bylaws see Index of Utah State Party Bylaws

Constitution

• Constitution Adopted April 10, 2021 (info)

For historical Constitutions see Index of Utah State Party Constitutions

Historical Officials and Staff

Chair

• Karl Bray (1972)
• George A Chapman (1973-1975)
• Bob Waldrop (1985-1989)
• Jim Elwell (c. 1994)
• Jim Lorenz (1995-?)
• Jim Dexler (c. 1999)
• W. Andrew McCullough (c. 2005, 2015-2017)
• Jake Shannon
• Courtney White
• Mark Hilgenberg
• Joseph Buchman (2017-2019)
• Amber Christiansen Beltran (2019-2020)
• Barry Short (2020 -

Vice-Chair

• Cynthia Skousen (1972)
• Karl Bray (1973-1974)
• Dylan McDonnell (c 2005)
• Patrick Powers (c 2012)
• David Raine (June 2014 - April 2017)
• Barry Short (April 2017 - April 2020)
• Tessa Stitzer (April 2020 -

Other

• Dr Joseph Geddes Buchman, secretary (c. 2005)
• Bonnie Darley, secretary (1972-?)
• Jim Dexter, treasurer (c. 1995)
• Brent Zimmerman, treasurer (c. 2005)
• Kenny Barlow, media director
• Katie White, event director

Publications

• Utah Liberator

Conventions

• 2020 (April 24) Held online - originally scheduled for Ogden, UT
• 2019 (April 20) Copperton, UT
• 2018 (April 14) Cedar City, UT
• 2017 Salt Lake City, UT
• 2016

Elections

See: Libertarian Party of Utah Historical Election Results

Size and Influence

Year	Minimum Unique Voters	Minimum Percent Of Voters	Registered Voters (Oct/Nov)	Percent of Registered Voters	Signature Members (Dec)	Signature Members Per Million Population	LNC Total Donors 2004 - Present Or Active Members 1972 - 2003 (Dec)	LNC Donors Per Million Population	State Rank Of Total LNC Donors (Of 51)
2020	198,549	14.9%	21,317	1.15%					33
2019			15,383	1.07%
2018	27,607	2.55%	13,815	0.99%	1,219	386	104	32.90	36
2017			10,833	0.83%	1,197	386	98	31.59	35
2016	73,975	6.42%	11,728	0.83%	1,256	412	167	54.73	35
2015			7,488	0.61%	1,156	386	86	28.71	35
2014	22,333	3.86%	7,168	0.57%	1,135	386	92	31.26	35
2013			6,319	0.48%	1,111	383	103	35.48	35
2012	53,018	5.15%	5,494	0.43%	1,081	379	109	38.18	34
2011					1,023	363	95	33.74	35
2010	12,871	1.97%	4,110	0.32%	1,001	361	93	33.52	36
2009					980	360	93	34.15	36
2008	55,992	5.77%	2,639	0.18%	939	353	101	37.93	36
2007					904	348	110	42.34	35
2006	6,167	1.06%	2,904	0.22%	888	352	81	32.07	34
2005					811	330	102	41.50	35
2004	36,767	3.90%	2,556	0.20%			178	74.12	32
2003							140	59.32	32
2002	7,133	1.26%	1,836	0.16%			157	67.53	33
2001							204	89.33	32
2000	81,697	10.41%					265	118.07	31
1999							252	118.32	31
1998	14,013	2.77%					214	101.88	31
1997							186	90.06	32
1996	23,369	3.38%					188	92.97	29
1995							94	47.55	33
1994	7,995	1.49%					93	48.18	30
1993							72	38.38	32
1992	17,690	2.27%					86	47.21	30
1991							97	54.74	27
1990	7,665	1.67%					91	52.61	29
1989							122	71.52	18
1988	10,096	1.53%					33	19.53	35
1987
1986	6,914	1.55%
1985
1984	7,482	1.17%
1983
1982	3,676	0.68%
1981
1980	7,226	1.18%
1979
1978
1977
1976	3,026	0.55%
1975
1974	1,218	0.29%
1973
1972	19	0.00%

References

Libertarian Party of Utah
Affiliates:	Castle • Weber
Leaders:	Chairs • Vice-Chairs • Secretaries • Treasurers
Conventions:	2016 • 2017 • 2018
Other:	Election Results