Region 8 Convention 2020

	2020 LNC Region 8 Convention
	Convention
Dates:	May 30, 2020
Location:	Online
Facebook:	Video on Facebook

The 2020 Region 8 Convention was an online convention called to select Region 8's LNC representatives and alternates. It was held on Saturday, May 30, 2020 at 1pm on Zoom.^[1]

Delegate Allocation

The following are the number of delegates that were allocated to each affiliate for the 2020 Libertarian National Convention.^[2]

**LNC Region 8 Delegates**
Affiliate	Allocation
Connecticut	13
Maine	8
Massachusetts	22
New Hampshire	11
New Jersey	20
New York	48
Rhode Island	3
Vermont	3
Total	128

LNC Candidates

D-20 used to select candidate speaking order.

Name	Background	State	Ref
Rich Bowen	Member of the LNC Audit Committee	New Jersey	^[3]
Tucker Coburn	1st Vice Chair of the Libertarian Party of New York	New York	^[3]^[4]
Spencer Dias	Chair of Hillsborough County Libertarian Committee Treasurer of Southern New Hampshire Libertarian Party	New Hampshire	^[5]
Pat Ford	Chair of Libertarian Party of Rhode Island LNC Region 8 Alternate	Rhode Island	^[3]
Shawn Levasseur	Former Chair of Libertarian Party of Maine^{[note 1]}	Maine	^[6]
NOTA	N/A^{[note 2]}	None	^[6]

Notes

↑ Last minute entry.
↑ Nominated by Dan Reale.

Explored a run

Name	Background	State	Ref
Brandon Phinney	Former New Hampshire State Legislator	New Hampshire	^[7]

Declined to run

Justin O'Donnell^[3]
Jeff Lyons
Matthew Long (running for Judicial Committee)^[6]

Candidates for Alternate

Name	Background	State	Ref
Spencer Dias	Chair of Hillsborough County Libertarian Committee Treasurer of Southern New Hampshire Libertarian Party	New Hampshire	^[5]
Ashley Shade	Deputy Director of Outreach and Policy for Outright Libertarians Former Treasurer of the Massachusetts Libertarian Party	Massachusetts	^[8]

Additional

Name	Background	State	Ref
Rich Bowen	Member of the LNC Audit Committee	New Jersey	^[6]
Pat Ford	Chair of Libertarian Party of Rhode Island LNC Region 8 Alternate	Rhode Island	^[6]
Shawn Levasseur	Former Chair of Libertarian Party of Maine	Maine	^[6]
NOTA	N/A	None	^[6]

Endorsements

Representative

Rich Bowen
Michael Rufo - 2020 Libertarian candidate for NJ Congressional District #4^[9] Murray Sabrin - 2018 Libertarian candidate for NJ Governor^[10] Patrick McKnight - Former Libertarian Party of New Jersey Chair and Former Region 8 Alternate^[11] Pete Rohrman - Former Libertarian Party of New Jersey Vice Chair^[12]

Tucker Coburn

Susan Cummings - Staten Island LP Vice Chair^[13]
Pietro S. Geraci - Chair of the Orange County New York Libertarian Party^[14]
Tony D'Orazio - Chair of the Libertarian Party of New York^[15]
Lauren Grindstaff Mckinnon^[16]
Thomas Daniel Quiter - Libertarian candidate for Senator of New York^[17]
Chase Tkach^[18]
Brian Waddell^[19]
Justin O'Donnell (endorsed for Alternate)
Larry Sharpe
Andrew Martin Kolstee, Chair of the Chautauqua County Libertarian Party

Pat Ford
Spike Cohen - 2020 Libertarian nominee for Vice President^[20] Darryl W. Perry^[21] Ashley Shade - Candidate for Region 8 Alternate^[22] Brian Shields^[23] Tom Arnold^[24] Richard Manzo^[25] Archie Flower - Libertarian Party of Vermont Chair^[26] Justin O'Donnell

Alternate

Spencer Dias
Brian Shields^[23] Darryl W. Perry^[21] Richard Manzo^[25]

Ashley Shade

Spike Cohen - 2020 Libertarian nominee for Vice President^[20]
Tom Arnold^[24]
Lauren Grindstaff Mckinnon^[16]
Thomas Daniel Quiter - Libertarian candidate for Senator of New York^[17]
Kryssi Wichers^[27]
Archie Flower - Libertarian Party of Vermont Chair^[28]
Aubrey Jordan
Chase Oliver
John Phillips Jr
Craig Bowden
Brianna Coyle
Erik Raudsep
Henry Conloy
Kevin Hale
Chad DeSantis
Kenny Kelly
Michelle MacCutcheon
Tucker Coburn - LNC Region 8 Representative-Elect^[29]

Results

2020 LNC Region 8 Representative Election^[30]
Name	Votes	Percent
Tucker Coburn	55	50.93%
Rich Bowen	44	40.74%
Pat Ford	29	26.85%
Shawn Levasseur	12	11.11%
Spencer Dias	11	10.19%
NOTA	9	8.33%

2020 LNC Region 8 Alternate Election^[31]
Name	Votes	Percent
Rich Bowen	42	42.42%
Ashley Shade	32	32.32%
Pat Ford	28	28.28%
Spencer Dias	14	14.14%
Shawn Levasseur	8	8.08%
NOTA	4	4.04%

Recording

References

External links

LNC Region 8

By Year:	1972 • 1973 • 1974-1975 • 2016-2018 • 2018-2020 • 2020-2022 • 2022-2024

Conventions:	2018 • 2020

Representative:	McKnight (?—2018) • O'Donnell (2018) • Rosenbeck (2018) • O'Donnell (2018-2020) • Coburn (2020-2021) • Bowen (2021-2022) • Ford (2022—present)

Alternate:	Sharpe • Merced • Lyons • Ford (?—2020) • Bowen (2020—2021) • Ford (2021—2022) • Robley Hall (2022—present)

All Regions:	Current: Region 1 • Region 2 • Region 3 • Region 4 • Region 5 • Region 6 • Region 7 • Region 8 • Former: Region 9 • Region 10 • Region 11 • Region 12 • Region 13 • Region 14 • Region 15 • Region 16 • Region 17 • Region 18 • Region 19

[6] Last minute entry.

[8] Nominated by Dan Reale.

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[2] ttps://drive.google.com/file/d/0B2iKd8j9elY0d1JYVkc1cVlZdnRMYjJrbjNKdDJEZ0Z2OUlV/view?fbclid=IwAR01pWvN7zWcpJFetXRuLpaoLw6LMb9XDoHduBHTGs6GOuWGL2xWa1kQAP4

[fb-thread-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 https://www.facebook.com/groups/669195053219049/permalink/1599232706881941/

[4] ttps://www.facebook.com/112750943709986/posts/130030595315354/?vh=e

[Dias-5] 5.0 ^5.1 https://www.facebook.com/groups/669195053219049/?post_id=1599232706881941&comment_id=1599258490212696

[meeting-7] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 ^6.4 ^6.5 ^6.6 https://www.facebook.com/groups/669195053219049/permalink/1618443808294164/

[9] ttps://www.facebook.com/phinney/posts/836460795191

[10] ttps://www.facebook.com/groups/189510455174837/?post_id=666508754141669

[11] ttps://www.facebook.com/groups/669195053219049/permalink/1614369078701637/

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[15] ttps://www.facebook.com/groups/669195053219049/permalink/1592041200934425/

[16] ttps://www.facebook.com/pietros.geraci/posts/1364658517075385

[17] ttps://www.facebook.com/tcoburnLP/posts/137585761226504

[lgm-18] 16.0 ^16.1 https://www.facebook.com/tcoburnLP/posts/130667638584983

[Quiter-19] 17.0 ^17.1 https://www.facebook.com/tcoburnLP/posts/136917604626653

[20] ttps://www.facebook.com/chase.tkach.98/posts/283094112718334

[21] ttps://www.facebook.com/groups/669195053219049/permalink/1616124355192776/?comment_id=1616126055192606

[Spike-22] 20.0 ^20.1 https://www.facebook.com/groups/669195053219049/permalink/1615981848540360/

[dwperry-23] 21.0 ^21.1 https://www.facebook.com/THEDarrylWPerry/posts/10222665045519040

[24] ttps://www.facebook.com/missashleyshade/posts/2881898918592076

[bcs-25] 23.0 ^23.1 https://www.facebook.com/ShieldsForNH/posts/638466243401345

[TomA-26] 24.0 ^24.1 https://www.facebook.com/TomArnoldJr/posts/3020133801359429

[manzo-27] 25.0 ^25.1 https://www.facebook.com/richard.manzo.562/posts/691991778286825

[28] ttps://www.facebook.com/groups/669195053219049/permalink/1593841620754383/

[29] ttps://www.facebook.com/kryssi.kay/posts/10163460119010331

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[33] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20200607040217/https://www.opavote.com/results/6196242075877376

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