Nicholas Sarwark
Libertarian Party
Chair
Nicholas Sarwark is an unabashed, second-generation Libertarian with a strong commitment to fighting against unfair ballot access obstacles and exclusion of qualified candidates from public debates. He has been an active member of the Libertarian Party since 1999 and has served on the Judicial and Bylaws committees of the national party. He served as chair of the Libertarian Party of Maryland and as vice chair of the Libertarian Party of Colorado, where he played a key role in recruiting the state’s 42 Libertarian candidates in 2014 and supporting Colorado’s historic marijuana legalization initiative in 2012. Sarwark has been a criminal defense attorney and served as a deputy public defender in Colorado, trying more than 30 cases before a jury and arguing in front of the Colorado Supreme Court. In 2014 he moved to Arizona with his wife and two children to join in the operations of a family business, the oldest independent auto dealership in Phoenix,.