Indiana libertarian leader to head party’s national committee

Libertarian Party of Indiana leader Evan McMahon will chair the Libertarian National Committee after winning over delegates Sunday at the party’s annual convention.

He nabbed the most ballots in each of three rounds of voting — which began with a total of six candidates before narrowing to three and finally two, according to the Independent Political Report. McMahon won the last tally with 320 of 598 ballots cast.

“We are in a crossroads,” he told attendees before voting began. “… We need a leader who is going to get the resources and tools to get the best person to bring the next generation of Libertarians into the movement and motivate them to run for office, vote for candidates and volunteer.”

McMahon, who has chaired the state party since 2021, won his third two-year term in 2025.

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In a Monday news release, the state party said it “has seen some of its most fruitful years” under McMahon’s leadership — noting that in 2024, Donald Rainwater drew the highest percentage of votes for a Libertarian governor candidate nationwide for the second election in a row, while U.S. Senate candidate Andrew Horning drew the third-highest percentage of votes nationally.

State party delegates in March selected candidates for the November general election.

McMahon has served also as secretary for the national committee since 2025.

He pledged to grow membership to 66,000 dues-paying members by 2028.

“We will have people going out to support the candidates by door-knocking, phone banking, putting out signs, donating to the effort, working with their county parties, running their state parties — and that is how we will elect people to office and change this country,” McMahon said. “We will end the bureaucracy through the next generation of our membership.”

His push for new members also emphasized decorum and order.

“I want us to change the policy so that the next generation is freer. But that starts at membership. That starts by having an LNC that functions well and isn’t embarrassing or alienating us from other people,” McMahon said the day before the vote. “So, let’s be proud Libertarians again.”

He spoke during a chaotic convention that featured repeated interruptions — and the newly elected committee voting to disaffiliate the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire.