LNC Weighs Louisville Meeting Built Around Kentucky Congressional Fundraiser

A substitute motion filed on the Libertarian National Committee's public list would move the board's next regular meeting to Louisville, Kentucky and anchor it to a fundraiser for Libertarian congressional candidate Jeremy Todd. This motion would replace an earlier proposal for a December gathering in El Paso.

The exchange began when Secretary Jonathan McGee opened the notice thread for the LNC's July 5 "special monthly meeting". Region 8 area representative Tyler Danke moved first, proposing an in-person meeting the weekend of December 4 through 6, 2026 in El Paso, Texas. Region 1 Alternate Sonja Feintech answered with a formal motion to substitute, setting the next regular meeting for October 9 through 11, 2026 in the vicinity of Louisville, with flexibility for another October weekend if needed.

The substitute lays out a three-part strategy:

First, it times the meeting to coincide with a fundraiser benefiting Jeremy Todd's campaign for Congress, putting the board's travel budget to work for an active Libertarian candidacy rather than a standalone administrative weekend.

Second, it directs that the meeting incorporate additional fundraising activity for Libertarian candidates generally, so the value of the trip does not hinge on a single event.

Third, it expresses the LNC's non-binding intent to explore participation in a Joint Fundraising Committee forming in connection with the Todd campaign, opening a door to coordinated fundraising.

Timing Case Against El Paso

The motion's whereas clauses also make a timing case against the El Paso alternative. The motion argues that in-person meetings work best when convention planning is far enough along to give the visit a purpose, and with the 2026 National Convention concluded only a month ago, a December site visit would come too early to serve its intended function. Historical practice has been to schedule such visits six to twelve months before the event.

The substitute pairs with a related budget motion Feintech noticed earlier in the thread, which would restore the Administrative LNC Meetings line from $0 to $8,000 for the remainder of the fiscal year, drawing $3,000 from the discontinued Voter Gravity program and $5,000 from general fundraising tied to events planned around the meetings. Together the two motions would transform board meetings into revenue opportunities.

The Kentucky Electoral Logic

The Kentucky venue carries an obvious electoral logic. Representative Thomas Massie, the most prominent libertarian-leaning Republican in Congress, lost his Republican primary in May to Trump-endorsed challenger Ed Gallrein in a race that became the most expensive House primary in history. Massie's district is home to large numbers of libertarians and independent voters. His defeat leaves these voters without a Republican standard-bearer on the November ballot.

A Kentucky Libertarian running for Congress is the natural landing spot for donors and volunteers who backed Massie on spending, foreign policy, and civil liberties and who just watched national party machinery remove him. An LNC meeting and fundraiser in the state this October would put national resources behind Todd at exactly the moment those voters are looking for a new home, and the proposed Joint Fundraising Committee would give them a durable vehicle for directing money to him and to the Party simultaneously.

The Path to the Floor

The path to the floor was not smooth. Chair Evan McMahon initially objected that alternates cannot notice motions by email, prompting several days of dispute over alternate participation rights in which Region 1 Representative Austin Martin was ordered to stop speaking on official channels. Martin ultimately moved the items she had noticed, and Feintech then formally introduced the substitute herself. The LNC meets Sunday, July 5 at 7:00 p.m. ET.