Steve Dasbach

Steve Dasbach is an American politician from Indiana. He served as the 11th chair of the Libertarian National Committee from 1993 to 1998.

In 1986, he was the Libertarian Party of Indiana candidate for Indiana's 4th Congressional District U.S. Representative receiving 602 votes for 0.4% of the vote . When activist Steve Kubby was arrested for cannabis offenses, Dasbach advocated dropping the charges.[1] After Timothy McVeigh self-identified as a libertarian and noted that he had voted for Harry Browne in the 1996 U.S. Presidential election,[2] Dasbach sought to address the public relations implications of the related media coverage. He argued that the necessary reforms to prevent similar violence in the future were to prosecute government officials who commit crimes; embrace an open, vibrant political system; reject violence on principle; repeal the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996; and reduce the size and power of the federal government.[3]

Dasbach served as Jo Jorgensen's campaign manager for her campaign in the 2020 presidential election.[4]

Dasbach ran to return to his role as LNC Chair in the 2021 special election, but lost to Whitney Bilyeu. In the first round of ranked-choice voting, he received only one vote of the 16 cast by members of the committee. He was eliminated in the third round, having received no transfer votes.