Libertarian Party of Kentucky

Background

The Libertarian Party of Kentucky, referred to as "LPKY", is the official state affiliate of the Libertarian Party (United States). The purpose of the Party is to promote libertarianism and elect candidates to office. The Kentucky affiliate has existed since 1974, and is the third-largest political party in Kentucky. Since the Kentucky Secretary of State's office officially began asking county clerks to track the number of Libertarian voter registrations in 2006, via 31 KAR 4:150, 4,980 people have successfully registered as of November, 2015.

The Libertarian Party is considered, under Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 118.015, to be a political group. Political groups are those whose candidate for president received less than 2% of the popular vote in the state of Kentucky in the last general election. There is no other mechanism for a political group to become a "political organization", the second tier which grants that party ballot access. An unpublished 2008 Kentucky Court of Appeals case stated that Libertarians and all third parties are treated as Independents, as no other mechanism would exist for those groups to have their candidates placed on the ballot. Both Independents and political groups do not have automatic ballot access, meaning they must collect signatures on a petition for candidates that wish to run for office. Kentucky's ballot access rules require a different minimum number of signatures based on the office being sought, ranging between 25 and 5,000.

Prior to 2006, most Libertarian candidates for office received about 2% of the vote in any three-way race. After 2006, some Libertarian candidates have been able to reach 5% of the vote. In 2014, the first Libertarian candidates reached over 10% in a partisan race with at least two other opponents.

State Executive Committee

LPKY Website - Contacts Page

Partisan elections - Candidates

Candidates for partisan offices that wish to run as a Libertarian are nominated at a nomination convention, held in conjunction with the annual state party convention. A vote of the delegates at the convention determines who the candidate will be. All candidates must also defeat NOTA (None of the Above) in order to obtain the ability to run as a Libertarian. The LPKY State Party Executive Committee can vote to add additional candidates after the convention.

2015 partisan election results

No candidates due to signature requirements.

2014 partisan election results

2013 partisan election results

No regularly-scheduled elections in Kentucky in 2013.

2012 partisan election results

Kentucky Board of Elections official results, 2012

2011 partisan election results

Kentucky Board of Elections official results, 2011

2010 partisan election results

Kentucky Board of Elections official results, 2010

2009 partisan election results (special)

2009 Special Election Results

2008 partisan election results

Kentucky Board of Elections official results, 2008

2007 partisan election results

Kentucky state Executive Branch elections. No candidates due to signature requirements.

2006 partisan election results

Kentucky Board of Elections official results, 2006

2004 partisan election results

Kentucky Board of Elections official results, 2004

2003 partisan election results

Kentucky state Executive Branch elections. No candidates due to signature requirements.

2002 partisan election results

Kentucky Board of Elections official results, 2002

2000 partisan election results

Kentucky Board of Elections official results, 2000

1996 partisan election results

Kentucky Board of Elections official results, 1996

1992 partisan election results

Kentucky Board of Elections official results, 1992

1988 partisan election results

Kentucky Board of Elections official results, 1988

1984 partisan election results

No Libertarian Presidential Candidate in 1984 on Kentucky ballot.

1982 partisan election results

Kentucky Board of Elections official results, 1982