Libertarian National Committee

The Libertarian National Committee (LNC) controls and manages the affairs, properties, and funds of the national Libertarian Party. It is comprised of the party officers, at-large representatives elected every two years at the national convention, and regional representatives who are selected to represent groups of state affiliate parties.

As currently configured, there are four officers (Chair, Vice-Chair, Secretary, and Treasurer), five at-large members, and normally nine Regional Representatives, for a total of 18 members. (There is a theoretical maximum of 10 regions, but since each must contain at least 10% of the membership the practical maximum is nine). In addition, there are alternates who may substitute for regular members who are unable to attend a particular meeting.

The LNC generally assembles several times per year for an in-person meeting, but can also transact business between meetings by e-mail.

The LNC serves as the Board of Directors of Libertarian National Committee, Inc., a corporation created to be the operational arm of the national LP for the purpose of conducting financial affairs and complying with campaign finance regulations.

Current LNC Members

Officers

Position	Name
Chair	Angela McArdle
Vice-Chair	Mark Rutherford
Secretary	Caryn Ann Harlos
Treasurer	Bill Redpath

At-Large Representatives

Position	Name
At-Large	Travis Bost
At-Large	Steven Nekhaila
At-Large	Robert Vinson
At-Large	Andrew Watkins
At-Large	Kathy Yeniscavich

Regional Representatives

LNC Regions 1-6 2024-2026
Light Blue- Region 1
Light Green- Region 2
Light Yellow- Region 3-North
Dark Yellow- Region 3-South
Red- Region 4
Purple- Region 5
Dark Blue- Region 6
Grey- No region (Illinois, Iowa, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wyoming)

Region	Representative	Alternate	States/Areas
1	Adam Haman • Roman Garcia	Andrew Chadderdon • Nick Shawhan	AK, AZ, CO, HI, ID, KS, KY, MI, MN, MT, NE, NV, NM, OR, WI
2	Jonathan McGee	Matt Johnson	AL, FL, GA, MS, TN
3	Dustin Nanna • Paul Darr	Greg Hertzsch • Keith Thompson	AR, IN, LA, MO, OH, OK, TX
4	Meredith Hays	Adrian Malagon	CA
5	Otto Dassing	Paul Bracco	DC, DE, MD, NC, PA, VA, WV
6	Pat Ford	Ben Weir	CT, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, RI, VT

Committee Terms

The members of the Libertarian National Committee generally serve terms of approximately two years, from one national convention to the next, although there are sometimes changes in individual positions within a term due to resignations and consequent reassignments.

• Committee to Organize a Libertarian Party (1971)
• Steering Committee of the Libertarian Party (1971-1972)
• Temporary Executive Committee (1972)
• Libertarian National Committee (1972-1974)
• Libertarian National Committee (1974-1975)
• Libertarian National Committee (1975-1977)
• Libertarian National Committee (1977-1979)
• Libertarian National Committee (1979-1981)
• Libertarian National Committee (1981-1983)
• Libertarian National Committee (1983-1985)
• Libertarian National Committee (1985-1987)
• Libertarian National Committee (1987-1989)
• Libertarian National Committee (1989-1991)
• Libertarian National Committee (1991-1993)
• Libertarian National Committee (1993-1996)
• Libertarian National Committee (1996-1998)
• Libertarian National Committee (1998-2000)
• Libertarian National Committee (2000-2002)
• Libertarian National Committee (2002-2004)
• Libertarian National Committee (2004-2006)
• Libertarian National Committee (2006-2008)
• Libertarian National Committee (2008-2010)
• Libertarian National Committee (2010-2012)
• Libertarian National Committee (2012-2014)
• Libertarian National Committee (2014-2016)
• Libertarian National Committee (2016-2018)
• Libertarian National Committee (2018-2020)
• Libertarian National Committee (2020-2022)
• Libertarian National Committee (2022-2024)
• Libertarian National Committee (2024-2026)

Past National Committee Members

• List of National Chairs
• List of National Vice-Chairs
• List of National Secretaries
• List of National Treasurers
• List of National At-Large Representatives
• LNC Region 1
• LNC Region 2
• LNC Region 3
• LNC Region 4
• LNC Region 5
• LNC Region 6
• LNC Region 7
• LNC Region 8
• LNC Region 9
• LNC Region 10
• LNC Region 11
• LNC Region 12
• LNC Region 13
• LNC Region 14
• LNC Region 15
• LNC Region 16
• LNC Region 17
• LNC Region 18
• LNC Region 19

Staff

Much of the business of the national Libertarian Party is managed and executed by paid personnel who are not themselves members of the LNC. Functions performed by such personnel may include production of the LP News and other publications, maintaining the member/donor database, answering inquiries from prospective members and the media, managing ballot access projects, operating the party's web site, and fundraising. Although most of this work goes beyond support of the LNC itself as a committee, because all of these functions are ultimately under the control of the LNC these people are commonly referred to as LNC Staff.

Finances

Annual

Year	Cash Balance Jan 1st	Total Receipts	Total Expenses	Cash Balance Dec 31st
2019 (Through April 30)	13,728.12	609,787.24	563,776.81	59,738.55
2018	156,280.56	1,771,031.63	1,913,584.07	13,728.12
2017	238,547.92	1,655,061.85	1,737,329.21	156,280.56
2016	71,383.25	2,668,940.43	2,501,775.76	238,547.92
2015	18,855.37	1,203,314.92	1,150,787.04	71,383.25
2014	392,983.99	1,451,556.68	1,825,685.30	18,855.37
2013	182,653.40	1,333,809.51	1,123,478.92	392,983.99
2012	311,789.84	1,585,297.59	1,714,434.03	182,653.40
2011	257,807.24	1,428,232.20	1,374,249.60	311,789.84
2010	54,509.16	1,520,616.69	1,317,318.61	257,807.24
2009	3,178.48	1,112,254.99	1,060,924.31	54,509.16
2008	113,159.23	1,669,047.64	1,779,028.39	3,178.48
2007	5,602.24	1,454,411.27	1,346,854.28	113,159.23
2006	-14,339.51	1,277,215.89	1,257,274.14	5,602.24
2005	42,021.66	1,337,702.24	1,394,063.41	-14,339.51
2004	54,456.49	2,135,124.87	2,147,559.70	42,021.66
2003	9,023.84	1,771,220.25	1,725,787.60	54,456.49
2002	45,797.74	1,992,687.53	2,029,461.43	9,023.84
2001	38,534.84	2,119,391.91	2,112,129.01	45,797.74
2000	22,031.83	3,330,700.39	3,314,197.38	38,534.84
1999	32,437.54	2,683,047.88	2,693,453.59	22,031.83
1998	3,730.43	2,518,834.26	2,490,127.15	32,437.54
1997	12,360.45	1,849,068.24	1,857,698.26	3,730.43
1996	8,460.19	2,188,029.44	2,184,129.18	12,360.45
1995	44,716.57	1,036,401.16	1,072,657.54	8,460.19
1994	53,077.48	875,422.97	883,783.88	44,716.57
1993	19,350.40	795,297.07	761,569.99	53,077.48
1992	43,051.63	1,148,769.67	1,172,470.90	19,350.40

Two Year Cycle

Year	Cash Balance Jan 1st	Total Receipts	Total Expenses	Cash Balance Dec 31st
2017 - 2018	238,547.92	3,426,093.48	3,650,913.28	13,728.12
2015 - 2016	18,855.37	3,872,255.35	3,652,562.80	238,547.92
2013 - 2014	182,653.40	2,785,366.19	2,949,164.22	18,855.37
2011 - 2012	257,807.24	3,013,529.79	3,088,683.63	182,653.40
2009 - 2010	3,178.48	2,632,871.68	2,378,242.92	257,807.24
2007 - 2008	5,602.24	3,123,458.91	3,125,882.67	3,178.48
2005 - 2006	42,021.66	2,614,918.13	2,651,337.55	5,602.24
2003 - 2004	9,023.84	3,906,345.12	3,873,347.30	42,021.66
2001 - 2002	38,534.84	4,112,079.44	4,141,590.44	9,023.84
1999 - 2000	32,437.54	6,013,748.27	6,007,650.97	38,534.84
1997 - 1998	12,360.45	4,367,902.50	4,347,825.41	32,437.54
1995 - 1996	44,716.57	3,224,430.60	3,256,786.72	12,360.45
1993 - 1994	19,350.40	1,670,720.04	1,645,353.87	44,716.57

Donors

The table below shows the total number of individual donors to the LNC during the previous 12 months.

Year	Jan.	Feb.	Mar.	Apr.	May	June	July	Aug.	Sep.	Oct.	Nov.	Dec.
2019	14,774	14,797	14,773	14,688
2018	15,057	15,156	15,354	15,439	15,254	15,034	15,463	15,753	15,662	15,631	15,480	15,008
2017	20,714	20,553	20,196	19,672	18,307	17,489	16,295	15,031	14,992	14,869	14,979	14,998
2016	11,680	11,927	12,331	13,028	15,319	16,458	17,879	19,304	19,778	20,170	20,386	20,406
2015	12,564	12,660	12,497	12,488	12,223	12,186	12,185	12,235	12,237	11,916	11,711	11,693
2014	14,699	14,788	15,091	15,176	15,366	15,282	15,283	15,152	14,724	14,386	13,877	12,800
2013	15,078	15,138	15,236	15,189	15,226	15,228	15,040	14,558	14,313	14,316	14,508	14,637
2012	14,343	14,390	14,286	14,100	13,834	13,754	13,856	14,329	14,923	15,283	15,357	14,943
2011	14,846	14,620	14,477	14,303	14,340	14,054	14,099	13,981	13,879	14,042	14,537	14,327
2010	15,059	15,216	15,086	15,232	15,161	15,358	15,358	15,279	15,320	15,184	14,798	15,068
2009	16,146	15,892	15,759	15,932	15,759	15,259	14,977	14,785	14,415	14,170	14,538	14,663
2008	15,112	14,919	14,841	14,604	14,877	15,208	15,683	16,052	16,460	17,191	17,168	16,349
2007	12,147	12,812	13,109	13,185	13,483	13,925	14,176	14,373	14,286	13,918	14,080	15,105
2006	16,592	15,987	15,434	15,023	14,490	13,716	13,081	12,404	12,007	12,230	12,020	11,792
2005	22,168	22,240	22,706	22,559	21,934	21,634	21,190	20,793	20,240	19,995	17,900	17,413
2004	20,741	20,647	21,232	21,084	21,250	21,921	21,918	21,708	21,760	21,811	21,836	22,177
2003	22,741	22,424	21,790	21,653	21,214	20,752	20,630	22,114	21,838	21,605	21,301	21,043
2002	27,370	26,626	26,162	25,996	25,811	25,094	24,557	24,154	23,850	23,812		22,923
2001	33,252	33,028	32,118	31,850	31,490	30,692	30,334	30,132	29,720	28,574	27,754	27,749
2000					33,419	32,255				32,771		32,922
1999	30,427	31,379	31,489	31,151	31,592	32,139	32,021			32,842	33,495	33,017
1998				25,640	26,227	28,048			28,795	29,380		30,007
1997						23,215		22,651	22,478			23,345
1996	14,031					15,532	17,147	19,093	20,030	21,035		21,580
1995												13,658
1994												10,641
1993		11,604						10,710				9,539
1992												11,416
1991												9,162
1990												9,130
1989												7,841
1988												6,253
1987		5,483										5,125
1986
1985												5,050
1984												6,300
1983		6,328
1982
1981		7,756
1980
1979												4,800
1978												2,450
1977
1976
1975		3,303
1974
1973												1,000
1972	42						480					1,100

• August 2003 - Present is the "Total Active" line from the Membership Reports. It includes donors who failed to sign the Libertarian pledge. "Total Active" is an average of 7% greater than "Active Members", with a range of 3.8% to 13.4%.
• 1972 - July 2003 is the "Active Members" line from the Membership Reports. It excludes donors who failed to sign the Libertarian Pledge. The numbers in this table for those years will be replaced if a source which includes donors who failed to sign the pledge is ever found.
• Numbers in italics are estimates based on this chart http://www.dehnbase.org/lpus/library/membership.html

External Links

• List of LNC members
• List of national party staff members