Libertarian Party of New Hampshire

Libertarian Party of New Hampshire
Abbreviation	LPNH
Chairman	Brian Shields
Founded	1972
Ideology	Libertarianism
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Website
lpnh.org

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The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire (LPNH) is the New Hampshire affiliate of the national Libertarian Party (LP) and has been active since its foundation in 1972. It is the third largest political party in New Hampshire and has had multiple members elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives in the past.

History

1970s

The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire was founded by Arthur W. Ketchen, but Ketchen would later become critical of the party and endorsed Meldrim Thomson Jr. for governor in 1978 instead of the Libertarian candidate.

The Libertarian Party endorsed John H. O'Brien for the Republican nomination in the 1st congressional district during the 1974 election. The party endorsed Edward Hewson for the Republican nomination in the 1st congressional district during the 1976 election, but later ran O'Brien in the general election as a Libertarian. O'Brien was also endorsed by the American Party.

The party passed a resolution at its 1977 convention condemning Anita Bryant for her anti-gay rights activities.

1990s

The Libertarian Party gained qualified status after gaining more than three percent of the popular vote in the 1990 gubernatorial election. The party was ballot qualified in New Hampshire from 1990 to 1996. During the 1992 presidential election the party held a presidential primary where Andre Marrou was the only option on the ballot and received 3,554 votes on the Libertarian ballot, 99 write-in votes in the Republican primary, and 67 write-in votes in the Democratic primary. During the 1992 presidential election the party held a presidential primary where Harry Browne won with 653 votes against Irwin Schiff's 336 votes, and 638 other write-in votes.

Calvin Warburton, who had served in the New Hampshire House of Representatives since 1978, changed his political affiliation from Republican to Libertarian and became a dues paying member on July 16, 1991. He stated that the Libertarians were the only one who stood for economic, personal, and social freedom and was critical of the Republicans for planning to create new taxes. On December 12, Representative Finlay Rothhaus changed his political affiliation from Republican to Libertarian. Rothhaus was critical of the Republicans for increasing government power, raising taxes, and increasing gun control. Representative Donald Roulston, who the party had attempted to recruit in 1989, but declined stating that he was "too much of an anarchist for you", changed his political affiliation from Republican to Libertarian in 1992. These three state representatives gave the Libertarian Party the largest amount of state legislators for a third party since the Socialist Party of America had four state legislators elected in Connecticut in 1938.

The party elected four members to the state legislature during the 1992 elections. These legislators were aided through the use of electoral fusion in 1992 and 1994, where they would also gain the nomination of a major party in addition to the Libertarian nomination. Representative Don Gorman was selected to serve as the party's leader in the state house through winning a coin toss after the caucus was divided two to two between Gorman and Warburton.

The Libertarian Caucus was recognized by the state house due to having more than three members, but lost its recognition after membership decreased to two in 1995. Gorman lost reelection in 1996, after placing third.

Despite the fact that the party was qualified in the state and had members elected to the state legislature it was not allowed to have members serve as polling place officials as only the two largest parties could have members serve as polling place officials. The party sued against this law, but lost when Judge Bruce M. Selya ruled against them in Werme v. Merrill in 1996.

2000s

Representative Steve Vaillancourt changed his political affiliation from Democratic to Libertarian and won reelection during the 2002 election. During the 2008 United States presidential election the party nominated George Phillies for president and Karen Kwiatkowski for vice-president at its state convention. However, both people declined the nomination and the party had to hold another convention.

In 2001, Jason Sorens, a PhD student at Yale University, wrote an essay calling for the mass migration of 20,000 libertarians to a single, low-population state where they would have the ability to have electoral power and create a libertarian society. On October 1, 2003, the organization selected New Hampshire as the state they would move to. The organization reached its goal of 20,000 members in 2016, and by then around 1,900 members had already moved to New Hampshire.

2010s

Darryl W. Perry served as chair of the party and was its gubernatorial nominee in the 2020 gubernatorial election.

Max Abramson, a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, switched to the Libertarian Party in May 2016, and ran for governor of New Hampshire in the 2016 gubernatorial election in which he received 4.31% of the popular vote giving the Libertarian Party qualified status in New Hampshire. Abramson later changed his political affiliation to Republican and won elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives during the 2018 elections as a Republican, but later changed his political affiliation back to Libertarian on June 28, 2019.

In 2016, the five-member executive committee of the party voted to adopt a resolution calling for the secession of New Hampshire from the United States. Roger Paxton, the vice-chairman of the party, stated that “Recognizing that libertarianism is defined as self-ownership, and recognizing that both our federal and state founding documents make it clear that we have the right of peaceful secession. I’m pleased that the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire has resolved its support,”.

On February 9, 2017, Caleb Q. Dyer, a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, changed his political affiliation to Libertarian. On May 10, Joseph Stallcop, a Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, also switched his political affiliation to Libertarian bringing the Libertarian caucus to two members which entitled it to be recognized as a caucus and a room in the capitol. On June 27, the Libertarian Party announced at a press conference that Brandon Phinney, a Republican member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives, had changed his political affiliation to Libertarian. Stallcop later resigned from the New Hampshire House of Representatives on August 6, 2018.

The New Hampshire Secretary of State advised all town clerks that voters could register as members of the Libertarian Party on January 5, 2017, after the party had gained qualified status in the 2016 elections. During the 2018 elections both Libertarian gubernatorial candidates, Jiletta Jarvis and Aaron Day, alleged that Libertarians were being disenfranchised at polling places.

The party failed to receive 4% of the vote in the 2018 New Hampshire gubernatorial election causing it to lose its status in the state. Also both of the party's members in the New Hampshire House of Representatives lost reelection.

2020s

During the 2020 presidential election the party administered its own party primary independent of the state which was won by Vermin Supreme. Forty-four ballots were cast in the party's presidential primary.

Elected officials

Former

• Brandon Phinney – Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the 37th Hillsborough district (June 2017-January 2019)
• Joseph Stallcop – Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the 4th Cheshire district (May 2017-August 2018)
• Caleb Q. Dyer – Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the 37th Hillsborough district (February 2017-December 2018)
• Max Abramson – Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the 20th Rockingham district (May 2016-December 2016; June 2019-2020)

Electoral performance

Gubernatorial

Electoral performance

Governor

Election year	Vote percentage	+/–	Votes	Gubernatorial candidate	Result	Reference
1978	0.45 / 100	0.45	1,217	Mabel G. Everett	Lost
1980	0.34 / 100	0.12	1,318	James Pinnaird	Lost
1982	0.00 / 100	0.34	0	None	Lost
1984	0.00 / 100		0	None	Lost
1986	0.00 / 100		0	None	Lost
1988	0.50 / 100	0.50	2,216	Howard L. Wilson Jr.	Lost
1990	4.88 / 100	4.38	14,348	Miriam F. Luce	Lost
1992	4.00 / 100	0.88	20,663	Miriam F. Luce	Lost
1994	4.40 / 100	0.40	13,709	Stephen Winter	Lost
1996	1.20 / 100	3.20	5,974	Robert Kingsbury	Lost
1998	0.00 / 100	1.20	0	None	Lost
2000	1.14 / 100	1.14	6,446	John J. Babiarz	Lost
2002	2.94 / 100	1.80	13,028	John J. Babiarz	Lost
2004	0.00 / 100	2.94	0	None	Lost
2006	0.08 / 100	0.08	323	Richard Kahn (write-in)	Lost
2008	2.19 / 100	2.01	14,987	Susan Newell	Lost
2010	2.21 / 100	0.02	10,089	John J. Babiarz	Lost
2012	2.77 / 100	0.56	19,251	John J. Babiarz	Lost
2014	0.00 / 100	2.77	0	None	Lost
2016	4.31 / 100	4.31	31,243	Max Abramson	Lost
2018	1.43 / 100	2.88	8,197	Jilletta Jarvis	Lost
2020	1.43 / 100		11,329	Darryl Perry	Lost

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