Current Longest-Tenured Elected Libertarians

Elected Libertarians in California

Former Elected Libertarians in California

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• John Sweet Unified -> John Swett Unified
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  • Bob Karwin was first elected in 2020 to serve as the City Councilman for Menifee's District 1. Bob has lived in Menifee's District 1 since 2001. He is an attorney and business owner in the District. From 2015-2020, before his election to City Council, he served the city as a Planning Commissioner. Bob has volunteered as a youth sports coach (football, softball, teeball, soccer) and is the volunteer attorney coach for the Paloma Valley High School Mock Trial program. One of Bob's biggest accomplishments on City Council is the creation and construction of the separated bike lane along Normandy between La Ladera and Spirit Park (Berea Rd.) During Karwin's time on City Council, Menifee has become ranked the #7 boomtown in America and the #18 Safest City in California. In addition, Menifee's achieved a balanced budget and a 35% reserve fund. Karwin was re-elected in 2024.
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  • Kelly Carden won a seat on the Rosamond Municipal Advisory Council in 2022. Carden is serving a term that runs through December 2026—an official, nonpartisan post where he represents Rosamond residents directly to the County Board of Supervisors and county departments. On the council, Carden has leaned into practical, liberty-minded problem-solving. On Carden's watch, RMAC opened a student-advisor seat to involve young residents in local decision-making. Carden has worked to surface resident input on issues like traffic, trucks, dust, and road wear — bringing small-town accountability to county government.
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  • Aaron Starr is a rare thing in California politics: a long-time Libertarian activist who won at the ballot box and now governs. Elected to the Oxnard City Council (District 3) in November 2024, Starr stepped onto the dais after years of grassroots reform work. His victory gives Oxnard residents a proven watchdog for transparent, accountable city government — and gives the Libertarian Party a high-profile, elected voice in one of Ventura County’s largest cities. Starr’s record backs up the brand. As president of the local reform group Moving Oxnard Forward, he helped voters repeal steep wastewater rate hikes (Measure M, 2016), and spotlighted illegal transfers from city utilities to the general fund, culminating in a court order to restore roughly $36.5 million to ratepayers. Most recently, Starr won a major First Amendment case striking down Oxnard’s campaign-contribution limits that were crafted to sideline his insurgent campaigns. That combination of taxpayer protection and civil-liberties wins is quintessentially Libertarian — and it’s now seated at the council table.
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  • Scott “Kent” Fowler is a working Libertarian voice for better parks, fiscal discipline, and community say-so on the Feather River Recreation & Park District in Oroville. First elected to the FRRPD board in 2014 and currently serving a four-year term through December 2026, Fowler has held leadership as board chair (2024). In 2017, Fowler pressed to rescind a closed-session property action so residents could speak first. On his watch the District has delivered efficient park management, such as lift-station repairs at Riverbend Park, restoring vandalized pathway lighting, and inter-agency trail agreements that expand recreation without expanding bureaucracy. That’s Libertarian stewardship in practice: maintain core services, fix what’s broken, and partner when it saves taxpayers money.
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  • John Camera was first elected to the Van Nuys Neighborhood Council in 2012. He currently serves as the Religious Institution Representative.