A few days ago, Libertarian Party activist George Phillies announced his decision to run for Chair of the Libertarian Party in an article posted at Liberty For All.

George Phillies

We need a national party leadership with a vision for the future.  We need a national party leadership with sensible plans.  We need a national party leadership with fire in its belly.  We need a national party leadership willing to work for our party.

I’m delighted to see that across America good Libertarians are announcing their intent to run for our National Committee. They share a glorious objective: Put our Libertarian party on the New Path, the path to Libertarian Renaissance.

Last week, Angela Keaton used the pages of Liberty For All to urge me to run for National Chair.  This week, Eva Kosinski used Gold America Group to do the same. Since then, I’ve been deluged with words of encouragement.

Let me paraphrase a distinguished foreign leader, many of whose fellow nationals and their descendants are now fine Americans:  My life is but a feather.  My duty to my party is a crushing mountain. Mindful of the words of my fellow libertarians, I find I have no alternative: I must shoulder this burden.

I hereby announce that I am a candidate for National Chair of our Party.

Click here to read the full announcement at Liberty For All.

Dr. Phillies is a former Chair of the Massachusetts Libertarian Party and was a candidate for the the Libertarian Presidential nomination in 2008.  He has previously run for Chair four times.