2023

2023 (2023rd) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2023rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 23rd year of the 3rd millennium, the 23rd year of the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2020s decade.

Events

Conventions

Date	Convention	Venue	Location
January 28	Arizona Convention 2023
February 17—18	California Convention 2023
March 25—26	New Jersey Convention 2023	Hightstown Engine Co No 1 Event Hall	Hightstown, NJ
April 1—2	Colorado Convention 2023
April 14—16	Wisconsin Convention 2023		Milwaukee, WI
April 21—23	Florida Convention 2023
April 22—23	Idaho Convention 2023	Couer d’Alene Hampton Inn	Couer d’Alene, ID
May 6	South Dakota Convention 2023	Cadillac Jack's Gaming Resort	Deadwood, SD
November 10—12	South Carolina Convention 2023	Hilton Garden Inn Charleston Airport	North Charleston, SC
	Oregon Convention 2023

Deaths

Date	Name	Born	Major role(s)
January 19	Leslie Rose	1929	Lifetime member
January 19	Tracy Ryan	1955	Chair, Libertarian Party of Hawaii
January 25	Ross Lowe	1952	Treasurer, Libertarian Party of Alabama
February 1	Brian Wright	1949	Newsletter Editor, Webmaster, Libertarian Party of Michigan
February 16	C. Robert Wilson	1951	Candidate for Delaware House of Representatives District 7 (2012, 2014)
February 19	J. Steve Dodds	1947	Lifetime member
February 22	Mike Riley	1957	Activist
February 23	Andrew Nappi	1954	CEO, CFO, Florida Tenth Amendment Action Center
March 1	Ross Lynn Leone	1946	Candidate
March 6	Jim Alsis	1949	Activist
March 8	John Russell Wood	1947	Activist
April 3	Randall Garlington	1966	Chair, Galveston County Libertarian Party
April 4	Howard Mallory	1940	Candidate, Alaska State House candidate (1980)
April 9	Marc Goddard	1975	Fundraising/Event Director Libertarian Party of Colorado (2006—2023)
April 24	Barrett Elijah	1995	Activist
May 19	Chris Bergman	1968	Member-At-Large, Saratoga County Libertarian Party (2023)
May 28	Jim Marangoni	1951	Activist
June 2	Michael Rushing	1956	Columist, Orlando Weekly
July 8	Paul Allen	1938	Treasurer, Libertarian National Committee (1977—1979)
July 13	Robert Roddis	1951	Juditical Committee, Libertarian Party of Michigan
July 15	Steve Winter	1938	Candidate for Governor of New Hampshire (1994)
July 21	Yvonne Bagwell	1940	Activist
July 22	Chris Garvey	1950	Candidate for Governor of New York (1998)
August 13	Robert Schlotman	1944	Vice Chair, Libertarian Party of Volusia County
August 23	Gordon Beerbower	1943	Candidate for Congress in Michigan
September 11	Louis Marino	1974	Candidate for U.S. Senate in Massachusetts (2023)
September 29	Donavan Pantke	1979	Region 7 Representative, Libertarian National Committee (2022—2023)
October 28	Robert Sherwin	1957	Candidate for Ohio House of Representatives (2012, 2014)