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Libertarian Party of Utah
Chairperson	Barry Short
Founded	1971
Membership (2021)	22,381
Ideology	Libertarianism
National affiliation	Libertarian Party
Colors	Gold-yellow
Statewide executive offices	0 / 5
Seats in the Utah Senate	0 / 29
Seats in the Utah House	0 / 75
UT seats in the U.S. Senate	0 / 2
UT seats in the U.S. House	0 / 4
Other elected officials	0 (June 2024)
Website
www.libertarianutah.org
Politics of Utah Elections

The Libertarian Party of Utah is the Utah affiliate of the Libertarian Party. It was founded in 1971 under Chair Karl Bray, and was the first state affiliate of the national Libertarian party to achieve ballot access for its candidates (1976).

The State Chair is currently held by Barry Short, the Vice Chair is Tessa Stitzer. Taylor Smith serves as Treasurer and Susan Baird is the party Secretary.

The party, commonly abbreviated as UTLP, holds its biennial Organizing Convention in April of odd-numbered years, and Nominating Convention in April of even numbered years.

Past and present office holders

• Mark B. Madsen – Utah Senate, District 13 (2004–2016; left the GOP and registered as a Libertarian on 25 July 2016)
• Willy Marshall – Mayor of Big Water, Utah (2001–2005)
• Alex Joseph – Mayor of Big Water, Utah (1986–1995)
• Apollo Pazell – Council member, Copperton
• Tessa Stitzer – Council member, Copperton

Electoral performance

Presidential

Election year	Vote percentage	±%	Votes	Presidential candidate	Vice presidential candidate	Result	Reference
1976	0.5%	N/A	2,438	Roger MacBride	David Bergland	5th
1980	1.2%	0.8	7,226	Ed Clark	David Koch	4th
1984	0.4%	0.8	2,447	David Bergland	James A. Lewis	3rd
1988	1.2%	0.8	7,473	Ron Paul	Andre Marrou	3rd
1992	0.3%	0.9	1,900	Andre Marrou	Nancy Lord	5th
1996	0.6%	0.4	4,129	Harry Browne	Jo Jorgensen	5th
2000	0.5%	0.2	3,616	Harry Browne	Art Olivier	5th
2004	0.4%	0.1	3,375	Michael Badnarik	Richard Campagna	5th
2008	0.7%	0.4	6,966	Bob Barr	Wayne Allyn Root	5th
2012	1.2%	0.5	12,572	Gary Johnson	Jim Gray	3rd
2016	3.5%	2.3	39,608	Gary Johnson	Bill Weld	4th
2020	2.6%	0.9	38,447	Jo Jorgensen	Spike Cohen	3rd

Gubernatorial

Utah Libertarian Party gubernatorial election results

Election	Gubernatorial candidate	Votes	Vote %	Result
1988	Kitty K. Burton	1,661	0.3%	Lost N
1992	Did not field a candidate
1996	Did not field a candidate
2000	Did not field a candidate
2004	Did not field a candidate
2008	Dell Schanze	24,820	2.6%	Lost N
2010 (special)	W. Andrew McCullough	12,871	2.0%	Lost N
2012	Ken Larsen	22,611	2.3%	Lost N
2016	Brian Kamerath	34,827	3.1%	Lost N
2020	Daniel Cottam	51,393	3.5%	Lost N

Notable people

• Mark Skousen
• Andrew McCullough

References

1. "Current Voter Registration Statistics". vote.utah.gov. 4 October 2021. Archived from the original on 5 October 2021. Retrieved 18 October 2021.
2. "Elected Officials". Retrieved June 1, 2024.
3. Short, Barry (10 April 2021). "I thank all the delegates who took part in today's convention for the support they showed to me in giving me a full term as the party's chair". Facebook. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
4. Lieutenant Governor of Utah. "1976 General Election Results" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
5. Lieutenant Governor of Utah. "1980 General Election Results" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
6. Federal Election Commission (June 1985). "Federal Elections 1984" (PDF). p. 12. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
7. Federal Election Commission (June 1989). "Federal Elections 1988" (PDF). p. 12. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
8. Federal Election Commission (June 1993). "Federal Elections 1992" (PDF). p. 27. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
9. Federal Election Commission (May 1997). "Federal Elections 1996" (PDF). p. 27. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
10. Federal Election Commission (June 2001). "Federal Elections 2000" (PDF). p. 29. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
11. Federal Election Commission (May 2005). "Federal Elections 2004" (PDF). p. 38. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
12. Federal Election Commission (July 2009). "Federal Elections 2008" (PDF). p. 38. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
13. Federal Election Commission (July 2013). "Federal Elections 2012" (PDF). p. 39. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
14. Federal Election Commission (December 2017). "Federal Elections 2016" (PDF). p. 42. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
15. Federal Election Commission (28 January 2021). "2020 Presidential General Election Results" (PDF). pp. 4, 8. Retrieved 10 December 2021.

External links

• Official website

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