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Dick Randolph, first Libertarian elected to a state legislature Marshall Burt, first Libertarian elected to a state legislature since the early 2000s. As of 2024, 22 Libertarians have held state-level office. However, only 10 were elected or re-elected as Libertarians.
In April 2020, Representative Justin Amash from Michigan's 3rd congressional district became the first Libertarian member of Congress, after switching from the Republican Party and spending time as an independent. However, Amash has never been elected as a Libertarian, and did not seek re-election in 2020. [92]
Justin Amash was born on April 18, 1980, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.He is the second of three sons born to Arab Christian parents who had immigrated to the United States. . His father, Attallah Amash, is a Palestinian Christian whose family lived in Ramla until they were forcibly expelled by Israeli soldiers during the 1948 Arab–Israeli War
On December 29, 1981, the first widely reported successful election in the continental United States of a Libertarian Party candidate in a partisan race occurred as Richard P. Siano, a Boeing 707 pilot for Trans World Airlines, running against both a Republican and a Democrat, was elected to the office of Kingwood Township Committeeman in ...
The single faithless vote went instead to former Republican Congressman Ron Paul, who had rejoined the Libertarian Party in 2015. He is the first Libertarian to receive an electoral vote since John Hospers in 1972. [131]
In April 2020, Amash joined the Libertarian Party and became the first member of the party in the House of Representatives. [178] Following the 2022 Libertarian National Convention , the Mises Caucus , a paleolibertarian faction, became the dominant faction on the Libertarian National Committee.
Chris Cole, 2008 Libertarian nominee for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina [58] Michael Colley, U.S. Navy vice admiral and member of the board of directors of the Libertarian Party [59] Barry Cooper, drug policy reform activist, filmmaker, Libertarian candidate for U.S. House of Representatives in Texas in 2008 and for Texas Attorney General in ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 12 January 2025. American politician (born 1935) This article is about the former U.S. Representative from Texas. For his son, see Rand Paul. Ron Paul Paul in 2023 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Texas In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2013 Preceded by Greg Laughlin Succeeded by ...