Libertarian Party of Arkansas

Libertarian Party of Arkansas
Abbreviation	LPAR
Chairman	Michael Pakko
Founded	1971;54 years ago (1971)
Membership (2021)	690 [1]
Ideology	Libertarianism
Senate	0 / 35
House of Representatives	0 / 100
U.S. Senate	0 / 2
U.S. House of Representatives	0 / 4
Other elected officials	3 (April 2025) [update] [2]
Website
lpar.org
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The Libertarian Party of Arkansas (LPAR) is the Arkansas affiliate of the national Libertarian Party (LP). In the 2010s the party saw increased support in federal races due to a lack of Democratic candidates contesting those races.

History

In 2002 members of the party petitioned to place Amendment 3, a ballot initiative that would have eliminated taxes on food and medicine, but it was overwhelming rejected by 61% to 39%. ^[3] However, the sales tax on food was later phased out through the passage of a bill following the amendment's defeat. ^[4]

Electoral performance

Presidential

Year	Presidential nominee	Votes	Change
1980	Ed Clark	8,970 (1.1%)
1984	David Bergland	2,221 (0.3%)	0.8%
1988	Ron Paul	3,297 (0.4%)	0.2%
1992	Andre Marrou	1,261 (0.1%)	0.3%
1996	Harry Browne	3,076 (0.4%)	0.2%
2000	Harry Browne	2,781 (0.3%)	0.1%
2004	Michael Badnarik	2,345 (0.2%)	0.1%
2008	Bob Barr	4,776 (0.4%)	0.2%
2012	Gary Johnson	16,276 (1.5%)	1.1%
2016	Gary Johnson	29,829 (2.6%)	1.1%
2020	Jo Jorgensen	13,133 (1.1%)	1.6%
2024	Chase Oliver	5,715 (0.5%)	0.6%

Senate Class II

Year	Senate nominee	Votes	Change
2014	Nathan LaFrance	17,210 (2.0%)
2020	Ricky Dale Harrington Jr.	399,390 (33.5%)	31.4%

Senate Class III

Year	Senate nominee	Votes	Change
2010	Trevor Drown	25,234 (3.2%)
2016	Frank Gilbert	43,866 (4.0%)	0.7%
2022	Kenneth Cates	28,682 (3.2%)	0.8%

Gubernatorial

Year	Gubernatorial nominee	Votes	Change
2014	Frank Gilbert	16,319 (1.9%)
2018	Mark West	25,885 (2.9%)	1.0%
2022	Ricky Dale Harrington Jr.	16,690 (1.8%)	-1.1%

House

Year	Number of candidates	Votes	Change
2012	4	37,987 (3.7%)
2014	4	66,055 (8.0%)	4.3%
2016	4	196,512 (18.4%)	10.4%
2018	4	19,625 (2.2%)	16.2%
2020	2	20,645 (1.8%)	0.4%
2022	3	25,331 (2.8%)	1.0%
2024	2	21,668 (1.9%)	0.9%

See also

• Political party strength in Arkansas

References

1. Winger, Richard. "March 2021 Ballot Access News Print Edition". Ballot Access News. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
2. https://lpar.org/libertarian-victories/ "About Us" . Retrieved April 3, 2025.{{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
3. "Bill proposed to phase out tax". Baxter Bulletin. 28 December 2002. p. 1. Archived from the original on 26 November 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Libertarians get candidate on 2008 ballot". Baxter Bulletin. 3 October 2007. p. 2. Archived from the original on 26 November 2019 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

• Libertarian Party of Arkansas