| Libertarian Party of Oklahoma | |
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| Chairman | Angelia O'Dell |
| Senate leader | None |
| House leader | None |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Ideology | Libertarianism |
| National affiliation | Libertarian Party (United States) |
| Official colors | a shade of Blue; Yellow |
| Website | |
| www.oklp.org | |
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The Oklahoma Libertarian Party is the branch of the Libertarian Party in Oklahoma. It has been active in state politics since the 1970s, but due to what critics characterize as Oklahoma's restrictive ballot access requirements the party has been an "official" party during only portions of the last 25 years.
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The party has two local chapters: one in both of Oklahoma's major cities (Oklahoma City and Tulsa). The state party's chairman is Angelia O'Dell. Former state chairs include Jimmy Cook, Steve Galpin, Chris Powell, Richard Prawdzienski, Robert Murphy, D. Frank Robinson, Tom Laurent, Gordon Mobley and Porter Davis.
The party has had the national party's presidential candidate on the ballot in 1980 (1.2% of the state-wide vote was received), 1984 (0.72% of the state-wide vote was received), 1988 (0.53% of the state-wide vote was received), 1992 (0.32% of the state-wide vote was received), 1996 (0.46% of the state-wide vote was received), and 2000 (0.53% of the state-wide vote was received).
The party's most successful state and national candidates (in some cases running on the Libertarian ticket, in other cases running as an independent) have included:
The party has also experienced a fair degree of high vote counts in municipal races in the cities of Bethany, Bartlesville, Norman, Tulsa, and Oklahoma City, as well as other races at the local, state, and national levels.[1]