The Libertarians are betting that an Indiana operation that’s quietly outperformed expectations can be a template for the national party — and they’ve picked the guy who built it to run the show.
Indianapolis’s Evan McMahon was elected chair of the Libertarian National Committee this weekend at the party’s national convention in Grand Rapids, Michigan, prevailing over a multi-candidate field.
McMahon is no stranger to the role. He’s chaired the Libertarian Party of Indiana since 2021, won a third two-year term in 2025, and has served as LNC secretary since earlier this year.
Under his watch at LPIN, the Indiana Libertarians have had a pretty good run. Donald Rainwater pulled the highest percentage of any Libertarian gubernatorial candidate in the country in 2024 — second straight cycle he’s done it. Senate candidate Andrew Horning finished third nationally among Libertarian Senate hopefuls. And Jeff Maurer’s 2022 Secretary of State bid kept the party on the Indiana ballot, a streak that goes back to 1994.
In his pitch to the convention, McMahon said the party needs leadership focused on bringing the next generation in — recruiting candidates, turning out voters, and building a volunteer base. “We will go out to support the candidates by door-knocking, phone-banking, putting out signs, donating to the effort, working with their county and state parties,” he said. “That is how we will elect people to office and change this country.”
