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The Libertarian Party of West Virginia is the West Virginia affiliate of the Libertarian Party. The state chair is Matt Harris. The LP of West Virginia resolved in 2008 to join Libertarian National Committee Region 5, and at the 2008 National Convention in Denver became a member of LNC Region 5S, represented by Jim Lark.

History and Candidates

• 1996 Wallace Johnson ran for WV Governor and received 2.7% of the popular vote.
• 2000 Bob Myers ran for WV Governor and received less than 1% of the popular vote. Poochie Myers ran for Secretary of State and received 55,000 total votes.
• 2003 Simon McClure successfully challenged the state election law in court, leading to a judgement striking down the effects on registered voters who signed petitions to get third party candidates on the ballot. Before the W.V. Supreme Court handed down its order, persons signing petitions for "third-party" candidates ballot access lost their right to vote in the Primary Election.
• 2004 Simon McClure ran for WV Governor. John Leysorek ran for County Commission in Pocahontas County, and came in only 500 votes behind the winner.
• 2007 Kirsten Milligan launched an effort to resurrect the party after several years of downtime.
• 2008 The LPWV 2008 convention was held on May 11th. Several executive committee members were elected, the delegation to the Denver convention was selected, and several resolutions passed.
• 2009 LPWV Chair Matt Harris successfully lobbies for state legislation cutting the number of valid signatures for minor party general election ballot access in half.

Executive Committee

• Chairman Matt D. Harris
• Vice Chair Aaron Chambers
• Secretary Tad Britch
• Treasurer Tad Britch
• At-large Member E. Karl Swisher
• At-large Member Kirsten Milligan
• At-large Member Greg Henshall

Past Chairs

• 2008-Present: Matt D. Harris
• 2007-2008: Kirsten Milligan
• 2004-2005: Michael Wilson
• 2002-2004: Richard Kerr

External links

• Libertarian Party of West Virginia
• Party bylaws