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The Oklahoma Libertarian Party is the branch of
the Libertarian Party in
Oklahoma. It has been
active in state politics since the 1970s,
but due to what critics characterize as Oklahoma's restrictive ballot access
requirements the party has been an "official" party
during only portions of the last 25 years.
State party
organization and electoral performance
State party chapters and
chairs
The party currently has two local chapters: the Oklahoma City
Libertarians and the Tulsa Libertarians. The state party's chairman
is Angelia O'Dell. Former state chairs include Jimmy Cook, Steve
Galpin, Chris Powell, Richard Prawdzienski, Robert Murphy, D. Frank
Robinson, Tom Laurent, Gordon Mobley and Porter Davis.
National and state
electoral performance
The party has had the national party's presidential candidate on the ballot in
1980 (1.2% of
the state-wide vote was received), 1984 (0.72%
of the state-wide vote was received), 1988 (0.53%
of the state-wide vote was received), 1992 (0.32% of the state-wide
vote was received), 1996 (0.46%
of the state-wide vote was received), and 2000 (0.53%
of the state-wide vote was received).
The party's most successful state and national candidates (in
some cases running on the Libertarian ticket, in other cases
running as an independent) have included:
- Porter Davis (Oklahoma House
District 85 - received 36.35% of the 1976 general election
results)
- Robert Chambers (Oklahoma House District 89 - received 13.74%
of the 1984 general election results)
- Steve Galpin (Oklahoma House District 82 - received 12.03% of
the 2000 general election results)
- Chris Powell (Oklahoma House District 100 - received 14.72% of
the 2000 general election results, and 25.71% of the 2002 general
election results)
- Robert Murphy (US House, 3rd
district - received 24.42% of the 2002 general election votes)
- Richard Prawdzienski (Oklahoma House District 39 - received
18.32% of the 2002 general election votes)
Municipal electoral
performance
The party has also experienced a fair degree of high vote counts
in municipal races
in the cities of Bethany, Bartlesville, Norman, Tulsa, and Oklahoma City, as well as other races at
the local, state, and national levels.[1]
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