The Free New Mexico (FNM) Party State Central Committee (SCC) called a meeting to order at 7:00 PM on Tuesday, April 21, 2026. Present at the call to order were the Chair, Vice Chair/Secretary, Treasurer, Affiliate Director, Communications Director, and Outreach Director. Also present was Andrew Chadderdon.
The agenda was:
Discuss and vote on additional national delegates for the 2026 Libertarian National Convention.
The Chair gave Mr. Chadderdon the floor to introduce the list of names he had brought to the meeting. He gave a brief description of the participation and history of several of the proposed names. While he was speaking, the Legislative Director joined the meeting at 7:09 PM.
The Secretary read from the Bylaws, and suggested avoiding slate approval of the list.
The Secretary then nominated Andrew Chadderdon as a National Convention Delegate. There was no additional discussion, and a voice vote passed unanimously.
The same procedure was repeated with the Chair nominating Benedict Thelen, the Treasurer nominating Jerome Thelen, the Chair moving to nominate Kjled Thomsen, and the Secretary moving to nominate Benjamin Dejong as National Convention Delegates. Each of the votes passed with a unanimous voice vote.
The Chair then moved to nominate Brad Carrier as a National Convention Delegate. The Communications Director asked for more information about Mr. Carrier’s background. After some discussion, the motion passed through unanimous voice vote.
The Treasurer asked about how many people should be elected for Delegate and Alternate positions. The Chair reported that the number of Delegates and Alternates was 8 each, and reminded the SCC that two were elected during the State Convention.
The Chair then moved to nominate Tony Lasher as a National Convention Alternate. The motion passed without discussion, via a unanimous voice vote. The Chair then moved to nominate Matt Harris as another Alternate. That motion passed without further discussion, in a unanimous voice vote.
There was some more discussion about further top picks for Alternates. The Chair then moved to nominate Grant Baker as an Alternate. The vote passed unanimously via voice vote, without any additional discussion.
The Chair then reported on recent events with the LNC’s Litigation Committee.
The Chair moved to adjourn, and the motion passed without discussion or objection. The meeting adjourned at 7:59 PM.