Montana Libertarian Party

{{Short description|State affiliate of the Libertarian Party}}

{{Infobox political party

| name = Montana Libertarian Party

| logo = x80px

| chairperson = Sid Daoud

| foundation = 1979

| national = Libertarian Party

| colorcode = {{party color|Libertarian Party (United States)}}

| country = United States

| state = Montana

| colors = a shade of blue; yellow

| ideology = Libertarianism

| headquarters = Kalispell, MT

| seats1_title = {{nowraplinks|Seats in the Montana Senate}}

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| seats2_title = {{nowraplinks|Seats in the Montana House}}

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| seats3_title = {{nowraplinks|MT seats in the U.S. Senate}}

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| seats4_title = {{nowraplinks|MT seats in the U.S. House}}

| seats4 = {{Composition bar|0|2|hex={{party color|Libertarian Party (US)}}}}

| seats5_title = Other elected officials

| seats5 = 0 {{As of|2024|06|alt=(June 2024)}}{{cite web|url=https://my.lp.org/elected-officials/|access-date=June 1, 2024|title= Elected Officials}}

| website = [http://www.mtlp.org/ www.mtlp.org]

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The Montana Libertarian Party is the Montana affiliate of the Libertarian Party. In 2012, Mike Fellows made history by becoming the first Libertarian in national Libertarian Party history to achieve 40 percent in a partisan statewide race.The Libertarian Party Staffs Blog Jan 22, 2013 [http://www.lp.org/blogs/staff/mike-fellows-sets-national-lp-record-in-mt-mulls-another-run-for-office Blogs Mike Fellows sets national LP record in MT, mulls another run for office] In recent years, the party has emphasized issue-coalitions. In 2024, Montana Libertarian Party members attended a Donald Trump rally in Bozeman, Montana, where they met with President Donald Trump and convinced Senator Tim Sheehy to support the 'Defend the Guard' Act. They also praised Representative Matt Rosendale for co-sponsoring legislation to end the Federal Reserve.

Chairs

  • Larry Dodge
  • Mike Fellows (until 2016)The Spokesman-Review Friday Nov. 9, 1984 [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19841109&id=d1hWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=B-8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=4392,5135671&hl=en Page 12 Libertarians retain ballot status]
  • Ron Vandevender (2016–2017)
  • Elinor Swanson (2017)
  • Michael Fucci (2017–2018)
  • Francis Wendt (2018–2019)
  • Sid Daoud (2019–2024){{cite news |last1=Drake |first1=Phil |title=Former Great Falls resident to head Libertarian Party |url=https://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/2019/07/15/new-leader-elected/1736026001/ |access-date=29 June 2021 |work=Great Falls Tribune |date=15 July 2019}}
  • Melissa Wong (2025-present) - interim chair filling in for the remaining term of Sid Daoud

See also

References

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