Christopher Thrasher
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Christopher Thrasher is an Independent political consultant and former national Libertarian Party member who has served as a senior staffer for multiple presidential candidates since 2008.[1] Thrasher chose not to renew his Libertarian Party membership upon its expiration in 2022, and is registered as a an unenrolled voter in Massachusetts.
He is an elected town official, serving as the Commissioner of Public Trust Funds for the town of Westport, Massachusetts.[2]
Thrasher previously served as Chair of the LNC Ballot Access Committee (2020-2022), and Chair of the Ad-Hoc Convention Voting Process Committee (2020-2021). He also served as a member of the Ballot Access Committee (2016-2017, 2018-2022) and the Bylaws and Rules Committee (2019-2020).
At the 2018 National Convention, he was a candidate for National Chair, finishing third behind Nicholas Sarwark and Joshua Smith.
He served as Lincoln Chafee's 2020 campaign manager,[3], and he is the principal of Ballot Access Marketing, LLC.[4]
In 2016, Thrasher served as the Director of Ballot Access for the Gary Earl Johnson/Bill Weld campaign, achieving 50 state + DC ballot access for a Libertarian Party Presidential candidate for the first time since 1996. He previously served as senior staff for the Libertarian presidential campaigns of Senator Mike Gravel (2008), Gov. Gary Earl Johnson (2012), and John McAfee (2016).[4]
Thrasher lives in Westport, Massachusetts, and is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts School of Law.
References
- ↑ https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherthrasher/
- ↑ https://www.heraldnews.com/story/news/politics/elections/local/2022/04/18/westport-election-results-pacheco-cabral-school-committee-close-race/7353503001/
- ↑ Anderson, Patrick (January 6, 2020). "Former R.I. Gov. Lincoln Chafee wants the Libertarian Party's presidential nomination. But he won't get it without a 'fierce conversation.'" (in en-US). The Providence Journal. https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20200106/former-ri-gov-lincoln-chafee-wants-libertarian-partys-presidential-nomination-but-he-wont-get-it-without-fierce-conversation.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopherthrasher/
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