Libertarian Party of Mississippi
Libertarian Party of Mississippi | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Chairperson | Glen Lewis |
| Senate leader | None |
| House leader | None |
| Founded | 1990 |
| Headquarters | Jackson |
| Ideology | Libertarianism |
| National affiliation | Libertarian Party (United States) |
| Colors | Blue; Gold |
| Mississippi Senate | 0 / 52 |
| Mississippi House of Representatives | 0 / 122 |
| U.S. Senate (Mississippi) | 0 / 2 |
| U.S. House of Representatives (Mississippi) | 0 / 4 |
| Other elected officials | 1 (June 2024)[update][1] |
| Website | |
| http://www.mslp.org | |
The Libertarian Party of Mississippi is the Mississippi affiliate of the U.S. Libertarian Party. The Chair is Glen Lewis, Mathew Adams is Vice Chair, Amy Misco is Secretary/Treasurer.[2]
Platform
[edit]The Libertarian Party of Mississippi holds the same platform as the U.S. Libertarian Party. Some of the key tenets are:[3][non-primary source needed]
- Limited government
- Fiscal management
- Individual responsibility
- A world at peace
- Protection of civil liberties
- A Laissez-faire economic system
- A maximization of personal liberties
- An uninhibited right to bear arms
- A free market healthcare system
- A foreign policy of non-interventionism
- A system of domestic and foreign free trade
Electoral record
[edit]In 2017, Steve McCluskey was elected mayor of McLain, Mississippi, the state's first elected member of the Libertarian Party of Mississippi.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Elected Officials". Retrieved June 1, 2024.
- ^ "Leadership". Libertarian Party of Mississippi. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Platform". July 11, 2018.
- ^ "Lounging with Libertarians". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. July 10, 2017.
External links
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