Libertarian-leaning Politicians
 | Listing of Notable Libertarians | Elected Libertarian Officials | | College Libertarians USA | Libertarian Professors | | Libertarian Party | Liberty Index | Republican Liberty Caucus | to state or federal political office and (b) subscribe to the the libertarian philosophy of limited government, individual liberty and personal responsibility. Inclusion in this list does not imply support of any political party, organization, or legislation. Inclusion doesn't require that the individual listed endorse every viewpoint held by libertarians in general or the Libertarian Party in particular. To suggest updates, contact Aaron. * Indicates endorsement of Ron Paul's Presidential campaign. Federal Officials (elected and appointed) Commissioner Paul S. Atkins (Commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission) Hon. Andrew G. Briggs (Deputy Director, Social Security Administration) pending U.S. Rep. Paul Broun (Republican Representative from Georgia) Hon. Williamson M. Evers (Deputy Director, Department of Education) U.S. Rep. Jeff Flake (Republican Representative from Arizona) Hon. Judith Simon Garrett (Asst. General Counsel, Bureau of Prisons, Dep't. of Justice) Hon. Bradford Gorham (U.S. Attorney, Rhode Island) Hon. Jeffrey Holmstead (Senior Air Quality Official, Environmental Protection Agency) U.S. Rep. Ron Paul (Republican Representative from Texas) Commissioner Gerald A. Reynolds (Chairman, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights) Deputy Secretary Lynn Scarlett (Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior) Commissioner Abigail Thernstrom (Vice-Chair, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights)  State Officials (elected and appointed) State Rep. Clay Aurand (Republican State Representative from Kansas) State Rep. Alfred Baldasaro (Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) State Sen. Joe Balyeat (Republican State Senator from Montana) State Rep. Lenore Hardy Barrett (Republican State Representative from Idaho) State Rep. Clifford R. Bayer (Republican State Representative from Idaho) State Sen. Mae Beavers (Republican State Senator from Tennessee) State Rep. Jason Bedrick (Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) State Sen. Bob Beers (Republican State Senator from Nevada) State Sen. Colin Bonini (Republican State Senator from Delaware) State Rep. Brian Boquist (Republican State Representative from Oregon) State Rep. Tom Brinkman, Jr.* (Republican State Representative from Ohio) State Sen. Randy Brogdon (Republican State Senator from Oklahoma) State Sen. Cale Case* (Republican State Senator from Wyoming) State Rep. Rich Cebra (Republican State Representative from Maine) State Rep. Jill Chambers (Republican State Representative from Georgia) State Rep. Lars Christiansen* (Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) State Rep. John Coghill, Jr. (Republican State Representative from Alaska) State Rep. Michael J. Doherty* (Republican State Representative from New Jersey) State Rep. Steve Drazkowski (Republican State Representative from Minnesota) State Del. Don Dwyer (Republican State Delegate from Maryland) State Rep. Anna Fairclough (Republican State Representative from Alaska) State Sen. Mike Folmer* (Republican State Senator from Pennsylvania) State Rep. Bea Francoeur (Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) State Rep. Martin Garrick (Republican State Representative from California) State Sen. Gary George (Republican State Senator from Oregon) State Rep. Kevin Glynn (Republican State Representative from Maine) State Sen. Lyda Green (Republican State Representative from Alaska) State Rep. Daniel Greenberg (Republican State Representative from Arkansas) State Rep. Jim Guest* (Republican State Representative from Missouri) State Sen. Mike Haridopolos (Republican State Senator from Florida) Hon. C. Dodd Harris IV (Republican Chairman of the Office of Merit System Referrals from Kentucky) State Rep. Phil Hart* (Republican State Representative from Idaho) State Sen. Robert L. Hedlund* (Republican State Senator from Massachusetts) Hon. Randall G. Holcombe (Republican member of the Governor's Council of Economic Advisors from Florida) State Rep. Cola Hudson (Republican State Representative from Vermont) State Rep. Paul Ingbretson* (Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) State Rep. Robert Introne (Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) State Rep. Carl Isett (Republican State Representative from Texas) State Rep. Daniel Itse (Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) State Rep. Henry Joy (Republican State Representative from Maine) State Rep. Charles Key* (Republican State Representative from Oklahoma) State Rep. Vic Kohring (Republican State Representative from Alaska) State Rep. Roger Koopman* (Republican State Representative from Montana) State Rep. Frank Lasee (Republican State Representative from Wisconsin) State Rep. Barry Loudermilk (Republican State Representative from Georgia) State Sen. Tom McClintock (Republican State Senator from California) State Sen. Glenn McConnell (Republican State Senator from South Carolina) State Rep. Karen McRae (Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) State Sen. Lois Snowe Mello (Republican State Senator from Maine) State Rep. Daryl D. Metcalfe (Republican State Representative from Pennsylvania) State Sen. Shawn Mitchell (Republican State Senator from Colorado) State Rep. Michael Morley (Republican State Representative from Utah) State Sen. Jason Murphey* (Republican State Senator from Oklahoma) State Rep. Curtis Oda (Republican State Representative from Utah) State Sen. Jerry O'Neil* (Republican State Senator from Montana) State Rep. Rob Orr (Republican State Representative from Texas) Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter (Republican Governor from Idaho) Commissioner Jerry Patterson (Republican Land Commissioner from Texas) State Rep. Jeffrey D. Perry (Republican State Representative from Massachusetts) State Rep. Kevin Petersen (Republican State Representative from Wisconsin) State Rep. Sam Rohrer (Republican State Representative from Pennsylvania) State Rep. Scott Sales (Republican State Representative from Montana) Gov. Mark Sanford (Republican Governor from South Carolina) State Rep. Lynn Schindler* (Republican State Representative from Washington) State Sen. Sam Slom (Republican State Senator from Hawaii) State Sen. David J. Shafer (Republican State Senator from Georgia) State Rep. John Sinrud (Republican State Representative from Montana) State Rep. Gregory Sorg (Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) Hon. Andrew Bennett Spark (State Assistant Attorney General from Florida) Hon. Cynthia Thornton (Republican member of the State Board of Education from Texas) State Rep. Jordan Ulery (Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) State Rep. Steve Vaillancourt* (Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) State Rep. Michael Villines (Republican State Representative from California) State Rep. Fran Wendelboe (Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) State Rep. Joel Winters (Democrat State Representative from New Hampshire) State Rep. Jeffrey Wood (Republican State Representative from Wisconsin) Judges (elected and appointed) Hon. Janice Rogers Brown (U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia) Hon. John Buttrick (Superior Court Judge for Maricopa County, Arizona) Hon. Catherine Crier, Ret. (Dallas County District Court) Hon. Edward J. Damich (U.S. Court of Federal Claims) Hon. William O. Douglas, Ret., 1898-1980 (U.S. Supreme Court Justice) Hon. Frank H. Easterbrook (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit) Hon. Douglas H. Ginsberg (U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia) Hon. James P. Gray (Superior Court Judge for Orange County, California) Hon. Alex Kozinski (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit) Hon. Andrew P. Napolitano, Ret. (former Superior Court Judge for New Jersey) Hon. Robert F. Orr, Ret. (former North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice) Hon. Richard A. Posner (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit) Hon. Ira J. Raab, Ret. (former New York State Supreme Court Justice) Hon. Phillip Rivard-Rapoza (Massachusetts State Appeals Court Associate Justice) Hon. Loren Smith (U.S. Court of Federal Claims) Hon. Robert E. Smith (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit) Hon. Richard B. Sanders, Ret. (former Washington State Supreme Court Justice) Hon. Vaughn R. Walker (U.S. District Court, Northern District of California) Former Federal Officials (elected and appointed) Agent Joseph Banister (former IRS CID Special Agent) U.S. Rep. Bob Barr (former Republican U.S. Representative from Georgia) U.S. Rep. Howard Buffett, 1903-1964 (former Republican U.S. Representative from Nebraska) Admiral Michael C. Colley (former Navy Vice-Admiral) Agent Shelley L. Davis (former IRS agent) Hon. Lisa Dean (former Privacy Chief, Transportation Security Administration) U.S. Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, 1909-1988 (former Republican U.S. Senator from Arizona) U.S. Rep. Barry M. Goldwater, Jr.* (former Republican U.S. Representative from California) U.S. Rep. Harold "H.R." Gross, 1899-1987 (former Republican U.S. Representative from Iowa) U.S. Rep. George V. Hansen (former Republican U.S. Representative from Idaho) Sergeant David Horne (former Marine Corps. Sargeant) Agent Sherry Peel Jackson (former IRS Revenue Agent) Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski* (former Pentagon Lt. Colonel) Hon. Lyn Nofziger, 1924-2006 (former White House Press Secretary) Secretary Gayle Norton (former Secretary, U.S. Department of the Interior) U.S. Rep. Tim Penny (former Democratic U.S. Representative from Minnesota) Agent Amanda Phillips (former U.S. Air Force Special Agent) U.S. Sen. William Proxmire (former Democratic U.S. Senator from Wisconsin) Hon. Peter J. Robinson (former speech writer for President Reagan) Surgeon Patricia Santy (former NASA flight surgeon) General Norman Schwarzkopf, Ret. (former U.S. Army General) Commissioner Bradley A. Smith (former Chairman of the Federal Elections Commission) U.S. Rep. Sam Steiger (former Republican U.S. Representative from Arizona) Hon. Rodney Stitch (former Airplane Inspecteor for the Federal Aviation Administration) Hon. David Stockman (former Director of the Federal Office of Management and Budget) Agent John Turner (former IRS Collection Division Revenue Officer) Christopher Whitcomb (former FBI agent)  Former State Officials (elected and appointed) Auditor Patricia Awada Anderson (former Republican State Auditor from Minnesota) State Sen. John Andrews (former Republican State Senator from Colorado) Chairman Mary Jo Baas (former Republican Chairman of the State Women's Council from Wisconsin) State Rep. Dieter Bayer* (former Republican State Representative from Idaho) Gov. Craig Benson (former Republican Governor of New Hampshire) State Rep. Frank Bird (former Republican State Representative from New Mexico) State Rep. George R. Bishop, Jr. (former Republican State Representative from Maine) State Rep. Andy Borsa (former Libertarian State Representative from New Hampshire) Hon. Kirby Brant (former Libertarian member of the State Elections Board from Wisconsin) State Rep. David L. Buhlman* (former Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) Hon. Jacob Burns (former Libertarian Party representative of the State Elections Board from Wisconsin) State Rep. Harriett Cady (former Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) State Rep. Jamie Callender (former Republican State Representative from Ohio) State Rep. Maurice Clements (former Idaho State Representative) State Sen. Jim Congrove (former Republican State Senator from Colorado) State Sen. Randy Corman (former Republican State Senator from New Jersey) State Rep. Bob Davies (former Republican State Representative from Montana) State Rep. Porter Davis* (former Republican State Representative from Oklahoma) State Rep. John DeCamp (former Republican State Representative from Nebraska) State Rep. Leon Drolet* (former Republican State Representative from Michigan) State Rep. Alan Fanning (former Libertarian State Representative from Alaska) State Sen. Bradford Gorham (former Republican State Senator from Rhode Island) State Rep. Don Gorman* (former Libertarian State Representative from New Hampshire) State Rep. Mitch Harper (former Republican State Representative from Indiana) State Sen. Raymond Haynes (former Republican State Senator from California) State Rep. Steve Heim (former Republican State Representative from Indiana) State Rep. Suzanna Gratia Hupp (former Republican State Representative from Texas) Hon. Christian Hur (former Republican member of the State Board of Regents from Montana) Hon. Bill Johnson (former chairman, Alabama Department of Community & Economic Affairs) Gov. Gary Johnson* (former Republican Governor from New Mexico) State Rep. Greg Kaza (former Republican State Representative from Michigan) State Rep. Richard "Stretch" Kennedy (former Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) Hon. David Kopel (former State Assistant Attorney General from Colorado) State Sen. John Kuhn (former Republican State Senator from South Carolina) State Rep. Henry Kulczyk (former Republican State Representative from Idaho) State Rep. Kent Kunz (former State Representative from Idaho) State Rep. Chester LaPointe (former Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) State Rep. Ken Lindell (former Republican State Representative from Maine) State Rep. Bill Lorge (former Republican State Representative from Wisconsin) State Rep. Roger MacBride, 1930-1995 (former Republican State Representative from Vermont) State Rep. Richard Marple (former Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) State Rep. Dick Marron (Republican State Representative from Vermont) State Rep. Andre Marrou* (former Libertarian State Representative from Alaska) State Rep. Jim McClarin* (former Libertarian State Representative from New Hampshire) State Sen. John McClaughry (former Republican State Senator from Vermont) State Rep. Stavros Mendros (former Republican State Representative from Maine) State Rep. Joe Negron (former Republican State Representative from Florida) State Rep. Clifford Newton (former Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) State Rep. Toby Nixon (former Republican State Representative from Washington) State Sen. Rico Oller (former Republican State Senator from California) State Sen. Thomas C. Patterson (former Republican State Senator from Arizona) State Rep. Penn Pfiffner (former Republican State Representative from Colorado) State Rep. Dick Randolph* (former Libertarian State Representative from Alaska) State Sen. Steve Rauschenberger (former Republican State Senator from Illinois) State Rep. Marty Reynolds (former Democrat State Representative from Wisconsin) State Rep. Gary Richardson (former Republican State Representative from Vermont) State Rep. John W. Rhodes (former Republican State Representative from North Carolina) State Rep. Colette Rosati* (former Republican State Representative from Arizona) State Rep. Finlay Rothhaus (former Libertarian State Representative from New Hampshire) State Rep. Sheldon S. Sawyer (former Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) State Sen. Duncan Scott (former Republican State Senator from New Mexico) State Rep. Rick Skindrud (former Republican State Representative from Wisconsin) State Rep. Cal Skinner (former Republican State Representative from Illinois) State Rep. Lee Slocum, 1943-2006 (former Republican State Representative from New Hampshire) State Sen. Carol Springer (former Republican State Senator/State Treasurer from Arizona) State Rep. Jeff Stabins (former Republican State Representative from Florida) State Rep. Brian Thomas* (former Republican State Representative from Washington) State Rep. Calvin Warburton, 1910-1995 (former Libertarian State Representative from New Hampshire) State Rep. Tom Workman (former Republican State Representative from Minnesota) Law Enforcement Officials John J. Baeza*, ret. (former Detective, Manhattan Special Victims Squad) William Cristofaro*, ret. (former Sergeant, New York State Department of Corrections) Hon. Ted Gunderson* (former Chief of Police from Los Angeles, California) Macho Liberti* (Firefighter/EMT, Belle Air Bluffs, FL) Sheriff Richard Mack*, ret. (former Sheriff, Graham County, AZ) Sheriff William Masters (Sheriff, San Miguel County, CO) Officer John Perry, 1963-2001 (former Police Officer, New York City, NY) Jim Schwiesow*, ret. (former Sheriff, Souix County, IA) Frank Serpico*, ret. (former Police Officer, New York City, NY) International Officials André Arthur (member, Canadian Parliament) Andrei Illarionov (former Economic Policy Advisor, Russia) Dr. János Kóka (Ministry of Economy and Transport, Hungary) |
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