Libertarian Party of Florida
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Libertarian Party of Florida
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| Chairperson | Char-Lez Braden |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Headquarters | Bradenton, FL 34212 |
| Ideology |
Libertarianism Fiscal Conservatism Cultural liberalism |
| National affiliation | Libertarian Party (United States) |
| Colors | Blue, Gold, White |
| Seats in the Upper House |
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| Seats in the Lower House |
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The Libertarian Party of Florida, or LPF, is the state of Florida's official affiliate with the Libertarian National Committee. The organization was founded in 1987 and its Executive Committee was incorporated in 2012.
Libertarian voter registration in the state of Florida has experienced significant growth.
In 2010, the LPF had a statewide candidate on the ballot for the first time with Alexander Snitker for U.S. Senate.
In the 2012 Election, Libertarian Party of Florida candidates included Calen Fretts for Florida's 1st congressional district, Peter Richter, Franklin Perez, and Jonathan Loesche for Florida House of Representatives. The LPF also had several candidates for county and municipal races statewide.
In 2012 the Libertarian Party of Florida was sued by Franklin Perez, the 2012 Libertarian candidate for the Florida State House of Representatives (District 28), for not refunding a candidate filing fee that political parties receive after the LPF de-vetted him and removed him from the party's state website. The courts awarded Perez $620.
In 2014, the Libertarian Party ran their first state executive ticket, with Adrian Wyllie for Governor, Greg Roe for Lieutenant Governor, and Bill Wohlsifer for Attorney General. The Wyllie/Roe ticket garnered 3.8% of the vote, a record for the Libertarians in Florida. Wohlsifer got under that, with 2.9% of the vote. The highest percentge that the Wyllie/Roe ticket got in a county was in Citrus County, where they received 7% of the vote.
Down ballot, Lucas Overby got the second highest percentage a Libertarian has ever gotten in a house election, with 24.74% of the vote. Many people at the time attributed it to the lack of a Democrat on the ballot.
In 2016, the Libertarians held their first statewide primary, for US Senate. The race was between attorney Augustus Sol Invictus, who was controversial for his sacrifice of a goat and more radical views, to the point of then Chairman Adrian Wyllie resigning, and veteran Paul Stanton, who won a large victory.
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