Adam Haman stepped down as the Region 1 Representative on the Libertarian National Committee over the weekend, reportedly following a request from a majority of the region’s state party chairs. Haman first joined the Committee in 2023 and was reelected to a full term the following year.
Third Party Watch first reported on Saturday that Haman resigned at the request of eight state chairs from Region 1. The region consists of 15 state parties, with Michigan, Hawaii, Montana, Minnesota, Alaska, New Mexico, Idaho, and Kentucky reportedly calling for his exit.
While no public explanation was given for Haman’s resignation, a video published by Austin Martin, Chair of the Libertarian Party of Hawaii, on his personal X account before the news broke suggests that dissatisfaction stemmed from how the region’s representatives handled discussions surrounding a motion to investigate Angela McArdle, the now-former Chair of the Libertarian National Committee. The motion concerned allegations that the Committee had unknowingly used a voter outreach company directly linked to her partner without prior disclosure during the 2024 election cycle.
In the video, Martin identifies himself as “the troublemaker who brought the motion to remove the Region 1 Reps and replace them with one of our alternates,” indicating that the calls for Haman’s resignation also extended to Roman Garcia. He urges members to approach the situation with principles rather than “emotional reactions to what’s allegedly happening,” and criticizes what he sees as defamatory claims made against party leadership without evidence.
Martin argues that even if the allegations were proven true, they do not justify what he describes as an effort to “bully rush” members toward a pre-determined conclusion. He further links the timing of the controversy to what he calls “the greatest Libertarian moment of victory in our party’s history,” and calls for members to “let the process play out.”
“Integrity is paramount. No one’s going to be protected from wrongdoing. If they defrauded us, I’m going to be mad about that, just like I’m mad if my regional reps are bullshitting me,” Martin said. “I don’t appreciate that, and I feel like the call to replace them is entirely justified because there are people who are rushing things right now that should not be, that should be behaving with a much greater degree of maturity.”
Since news of Haman’s resignation was first reported, the Libertarian National Committee voted to name At-large member Steven Nekhaila as the party’s next chair. The motion to investigate McArdle has also since passed with 14 votes in favor, while two members abstained, including McArdle herself.
And there goes another one of the few remaining (relatively) good ones…
At least somewhat libertarian: (McArdle), Vinson, Watkins, Yeniscavich, (Haman), Hays, Malagon
Toss up: Bost, Garcia, Chadderdon, Shawhan, McGee, Hertzsch, Dassing, Bracco, Ford
Mostly to completely anti-libertarian: (Rutherford), [Harlos], Redpath, Nekhaila, Johnson, Nanna, Darr, Thompson, (Weir)
() resigned
[] de jure removed, de facto pretending otherwise
Notice how all the officers (chair, vice chair, de facto secretary, treasurer) are now statists and totalitarians. Exactly as McArdle warned against letting happen.
It doesn’t take much imagination to figure out who were the nine and who were the six – though it would be interesting to know who abstained instead of voting NOTA against Darr.
Hello, Habibi’s Mom. Thank you for asking. You caught me in the middle of revisiting the transcript of Martin’s video, and that should read “moment” and not “movement.”
Perhaps someone could help with my English (foreign language to me)
““the greatest Libertarian movement of victory in our party’s history,””
Where he says movement would he have meant moment, or is there a sense of the word movement where it would make sense in that sentence? I am not casting any aspersions either way, just seeking to improve my understanding of your language.