The Libertarian Party of New Hampshire will host Republican state Rep. Travis Corcoran as the featured guest speaker at its upcoming state convention next month in Manchester. The party has also released updated details on the event’s agenda and location.
The party had previously said it would hold its annual convention on March 14 at an American Legion post. While the initial announcement did not include a formal agenda, the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire’s bylaws require each state convention to include reports from standing committees, elections for state party officers, and consideration of proposed changes to the party’s bylaws, rules, and platform.
Convention business this year will also include the selection of the party’s delegation to the 2026 Libertarian National Convention. The New Hampshire affiliate is expected to be allocated 13 delegates and, under national party rules, up to 50 alternates to the convention.
Additional convention details released by the party state that the event will include a raffle and a cash bar, with the convention’s official theme centered on New Hampshire’s state motto, “Live Free or Die.” The convention is scheduled to begin at 11:00 AM ET, a change from the previously announced 9:00 AM start time. The specific legion has similarly changed from the Maple Street Post to the Jutras Post #43.
The party has also since confirmed that Corcoran will deliver the convention’s keynote address during the afternoon session, where he is expected to focus on the topic of property rights. Corcoran was first elected to the New Hampshire House in 2022, representing the Hillsborough 44th District, and now serves the Hillsborough 28th District following legislative redistricting. In both races, he was elected as a Republican.
Corcoran is active in New Hampshire’s liberty-oriented political circles and has consistently received high marks from the nonpartisan NH Liberty Alliance on its annual Liberty Rating scorecard, which evaluates lawmakers based on votes related to individual liberty, limited government, and personal responsibility. Outside the legislature, Corcoran has worked as a software engineer and is a self-published author through Morlock Publishing, where he has described himself as a “Catholic anarcho-capitalist.”
Registration information is available through the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire, with no additional cost for current dues-paying members in good standing. The party has also said it will charge a $100 “press tax” for members of the media planning to attend the convention.
I will relay leadership results and personal accounts to the best of my ability, though I personally won’t be present.
Will anyone be live-blogging from the convention for IPR?
Gary Johnson got 2.79% of the vote in Kentucky in 2016, which was the only time the Libertarian Party met the 2% vote test for President in Kentucky, which is the only way to gain official recognized political party status in that state. This meant that the Libertarian Party was an officially recognized political party in Kentucky until the 2020 general election. Libertarian Party presidential candidate, Jo Jorgensen, got 1.23% of the vote in 2020, so the LP of KY lost recognized political party status.
He’s a bigot, makes sense that the current LPNH leadership would embrace him.
I hope the Libertarians who attend the convention will ask Rep. Corcoran to do something about the state’s restrictive definition of a qualified party. New Hampshire if one of just of 9 states that hasn’t had any ballot-qualified third parties in this decade. The others are Illinois, Kentucky, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington.