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Kohlhaas, Scott A.

Registered Libertarian · AK

Kohlhaas, Scott A. is a Registered Libertarian certified candidate in Alaska's 2026 U.S. Senate primary.

Where Kohlhaas, Scott A. stands, based on their records

Supports

Government Efficiency (1 record), Civil Rights (1 record)

Track record

Track record — Government Efficiency

Government Efficiency · 1 support

  • Sued the Alaska Division of Elections on September 25, 2020 over its omission of his Libertarian Party affiliation from the sample general election ballot; the Division then displayed the affiliation and agreed to reprint the House District 16 ballot.

    September 25, 2020Supports Government Efficiency

    Source: alaskasnewssource.com · researched July 31, 2026

Track record — Civil Rights

Civil Rights · 1 support

  • Served as the lead named plaintiff in a December 2020 constitutional challenge to Alaska Ballot Measure 2, arguing that the nonpartisan primary and ranked-choice voting violated association and voting rights; the Alaska Supreme Court affirmed judgment against him in Opinion 7629, No. S-18210, on October 21, 2022.

    October 21, 2022Supports Civil Rights

    Source: appellate-records.courts.alaska.gov · researched July 31, 2026

Track record — General

General · 5 records

  • Led the Alaska Libertarian Party as its 21st chair from 2003 to 2006 and again around 2011, after serving as executive director of the Libertarian Party of Illinois from 2000 to 2002.

    June 18, 2024

    Source: lpedia.org · researched July 31, 2026

  • Disclosed under oath to the Alaska Public Offices Commission on May 16, 2024 that his 2023 fundraising and consulting clients included the Libertarian Party, the AFL-CIO, the Constitution Party and the presidential campaigns of Cornel West and Jill Stein.

    May 16, 2024

    Source: aws.state.ak.us · researched July 31, 2026

  • Served as an elected board member of the Dundee Library and Fox River Valley Library District in Illinois and as an assemblyman of the Southwest Neighborhood Assembly in Washington, D.C., the prior offices he listed in an Anchorage Daily News questionnaire published October 3, 2020.

    October 3, 2020

    Source: adn.com · researched July 31, 2026

  • Brought a second appeal after the Lieutenant Governor declined to certify his revised secession-related initiative application; the Alaska Supreme Court decided Kohlhaas v. Office of the Lieutenant Governor, No. S-13024, against him on January 15, 2010.

    January 15, 2010

    Source: courtlistener.com · researched July 31, 2026

  • Applied to place a ballot initiative before Alaska voters calling for the State of Alaska to secede from the United States; after the Lieutenant Governor refused certification he appealed, and the Alaska Supreme Court decided the appeal against him in Kohlhaas v. State, Office of the Lieutenant Governor, No. S-11866, on November 17, 2006.

    November 17, 2006

    Source: courtlistener.com · researched July 31, 2026

Past race Kohlhaas, Scott A. ran in:

Profile last researched July 2, 2026.