I report on the LNC FEC Filings for 2025. For May the LNC received $57,946 in individual contributions, of which $24,103 were itemized as per FEC regulations. It also,received $392,122 from political committees, these being transfers due to the Kennedy Victory Fund. A list of the substantial contributions during May reads: 1543.80 1543.80 1042 1000 A list of the largest…
Posts published in June 2025
The LNC recently received a report covering, among other things, claims the LNC funds were misappropriated and spent in ways not consistent with Party bylaws and LNC actions. I am not here speaking to the accuracy of the report’s analysis. Others have done that for me.The report then advanced the false argument that since the amount that was lost, a…
Project Archimedes was the program that the Browne campaign needed. Archimedes might or might not work, but it at least promised an opportunity to recruit vast numbers of new dues-paying members, i.e., vast numbers of potential Browne donors. As it turned out, most members were not donors. Only a small fraction of LPUS members ever donated to Browne’s campaign. Bergland…
On 6/18/2025 3:09 PM, Starchild wrote: Hi George, Since you covered the Guadalupe County LP’s action that inspired it (https://thirdpartywatch.com/2025/06/06/lp-of-guadalupe-county-tx-will-no-longer-recognize-lpnh-as-an-lp-affiliate/), I thought I’d let you formally break the news (not that it’s a huge scoop or anything) that the LPSF at our meeting adopted the same statement they did, changing replacing only the name of their group with ours.…
The 1998-2000 National Committee was to be chosen at the 1998 National Convention, held in Washington, D.C. over the 4th of July weekend. Members and supporters of the Browne campaign worked vigorously to install a sympathetic National Committee. The National Chair candidate was David Bergland, Harry Browne’s 1996 Campaign Chair. In Bergland, Browne had a highly reliable supporter who was…
Browne announced in 1997 that he needed a much larger Libertarian Party, a party that by December 1999 would number 200,000 members instead of 22,000 members. Could the Party possibly recruit 200,000 members by the end of 1999? No matter what method the National Party used, Browne’s recruitment objective appeared unattainable. On one hand, to reach Browne’s objective, the National…
Browne’s published strategy did not mention internal political difficulties faced by Browne. I’ve noted above issues that had arisen as a result of Browne’s changes of mind during the 1996 campaign. Some these difficulties were issues that the Browne campaign could not mention publicly, but that needed to be addressed. An early indication that Browne’s 1996 Campaign had not been…
Browne’s announced strategy laying the groundwork for the 2000 Libertarian campaign thus had three independent goals: (1) The Libertarian Party needed to increase its membership from 22,000 in 1997 to 200,000 by 2000. (2) By the end of 1999, the Browne campaign needed to stockpile at least $1,000,000 of accumulated cash as a warchest. Note the key operative modifier ‘accumulated’.…
Browne first revealed his strategy in a letter dated February 10, 1997 reportedly sent to ‘maximum donors” to his 1996 campaign. In that letter, Browne revealed the formation of an exploratory committee, and set forth his campaign objectives: “It all comes down to one thing: how big the Libertarian Party is. Today the Libertarian Party has about 22,000 members. While…
Where did the 1996 money go? For the same period, FEC reports reveal 1996 Post-Nomination Aggregate Expenses Recipient Purposes Amount Libertarian National Committee administrative and contract…