Libertarian Party of New Mexico

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Libertarian Party of New Mexico
Basic facts
Location:	Rio Rancho, N.M.
Type:	Political party
Affiliation:	Libertarian Party
Top official:	Chris Luchini, Chair
Year founded:	1972
Website:	Official website

The Libertarian Party of New Mexico is the New Mexico political party affiliate of the national Libertarian Party. The group is headquartered in Rio Rancho, New Mexico.

Party chair

Chris Luchini

As of April 2024, Chris Luchini was identified as the party chair for the Libertarian Party of New Mexico.

Party leadership

The website for the New Mexico Libertarian Party listed the following individuals as the party's state leadership as of April 2024:

• Chris Luchini, Chair
• Laura Burrows, First Vice Chair
• Frederick Snoy, Second Vice chair
• Paul McKenney, Treasurer
• Edward Lopez, Secretary

For more information on the party's full leadership and staff, please click here.

Party platform

The Libertarian Party of New Mexico's platform is composed of 10 main issues:

• Abortion
  "Recognizing that abortion is a sensitive issue and that people can hold good-faith views on all sides, we believe that government should be kept out of the matter, leaving the question to each person for their conscientious consideration."
• Physician-Assisted Dying
  "LPNM supports the right of a mentally competent individual to request medication from their physician which could bring about their own death, or to execute a directive for the circumstances under which such medication should be administered, and the right of their physician to provide that medication, in the exercise of their medical judgment."
• Right to Work
  "LPNM opposes any state or local law that would require workers, as a condition of employment, to pay union dues or fees to organizations that have collective bargaining agreements with unions."
• Legalization of Cannabis
  "While the NM Legislature has taken the first steps to allowing adult use of cannabis, the enabling legislation is still very restrictive, and full of taxes, regulation that benefits cronies, and illogical anti freedom limitations. The LPNM will be proposing corrective legislation in 2022."
• Expungement
  "LPNM supports the complete expungement of records associated with victimless crimes, as well as the automatically scheduled expungement of any charges not resulting in conviction."
• Border Wall
  "LPNM opposes the construction of a physical border wall."
• Gun Control
  "LPNM supports the right of Americans to keep and bear arms."
• Education
  "LPNM supports a transition to a fully private education system."
• Property Taxes
  "LPNM supports the right of every person to own property free from government interference, and therefore supports the elimination of property taxes."
• Occupational Licensing
  "LPNM supports an individual’s right to select an occupation and earn a living in the manner of their choosing without government restriction."

Party rules and bylaws

See also: Libertarian Party of New Mexico Constitution and Bylaws

The state party is governed by a set of rules and bylaws. Typically, these give structure to the different levels of organization—local, county, and state committees—and establish protocol for electing committee members. The bylaws also typically give details on the party's process for nominating and sending delegates to the national party convention during presidential elections. The following is a summary of the New Mexico Libertarian Party's rules. This summary focuses on the structure and governance of the party:

• The central committee must meet at least four times per year.
• The central committee is made up of executive committee members, five at-large representatives and one representative for every congressional district.
• The executive committee is made up of the chair, vice chair, secretary and treasurer.

Party candidates

Note: The following table lists candidates who filed to run for office with this political party in a given year. This may also include candidates who filed to run with more than one political party. The list may not be comprehensive if the state's official filing deadline has not passed. This list may not populate if no candidates have filed to run with this political party. The table lists non-presidential candidates who filed to run for office with this political party in a given year. For more information on presidential candidates and elections, please click here.

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Noteworthy events

2022

Libertarian Party of New Mexico separates from Libertarian National Committee

On July 31, 2022, the Libertarian National Committee (LNC) passed a motion concluding that the constitutional convention of the Libertarian Party of New Mexico (LPNM), held on July 12, 2022, was "null and void" owing to procedural defects (e.g., failure to give sufficient notice to party members). The LNC declined to recognize the constitution and bylaws adopted by the LPNM at the July 12, 2022, convention and instead recognized the constitution and bylaws adopted at the March 27, 2021, convention. On August 25, 2022, the LPNM announced its disaffiliation from the LNC. In a letter announcing the decision, LPNM chairman Chris Luchini said, "You have conspired, with a faction inimical to the principles of libertarianism, to impose upon us officers and governing documents foreign to our rules, unchosen by our members, and unacknowledged by the laws of our state." On September 11, 2022, the LNC declined to recognize the LPNM's attempt to disaffiliate from the LNC, instead voting 14-1 (with two abstentions) to disaffiliate itself from the LPNM. Chair Angela McArdle suggested that the LPNM would no longer be authorized to use the "Libertarian Party" name: "If state parties choose to disaffiliate and operate completely independent of the national LP, they will need to come up with a new name." The disaffiliation of the LPNM from the LNC had no immediate effect on the LPNM's ballot status in New Mexico.

See also

• List of political parties in the United States
• Political parties in Nevada
• Libertarian Party
• New Mexico

External links

• Search Google News for this topic
• New Mexico Libertarian Party Website
• New Mexico Libertarian Party on Facebook
• New Mexico Libertarian Party on Twitter