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Stephen P. "Steve" Gordon (born July 31, 1962) is a libertarian political consultant〔(Gordon, Stephen P. "Team Members" ForwardFocusMedia.com )〕 with the firm Forward Focus Media and a political activist. He currently writes at The Next Right〔()〕 and The Liberty Papers〔()〕 and serves in several positions, including Director, for the Alabama chapter of the Republican Liberty Caucus.〔(Gordon, Stephen P. "National Media Spotlight." RLC.org. 20 April 2009 )〕〔("Alabama Leaders React" AlReporter.com 20 November 2012 )〕 Gordon accepted the position of Communications Director for the national Libertarian Party in June, 2006 and served as the party's Political Director until June 2007.〔Gordon, Stephen P. "Letter of Resignation." LastFreeVoice.com. 18 June 2007. ()〕 After resigning his position with the national party, he was named Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Alabama at the LPA's 24 June 2007 convention. In addition to his former positions with the national Libertarian Party, Gordon was co-editor of the libertarian news blog Hammer of Truth,〔()〕 owned and edited the website Third Party Watch,〔Gordon, Stephen P. "Gordon Buys Third Party Watch." disinter.wordpress.com. 6 December 2007. ()〕 he taught campaign management at the Libertarian Leadership School,〔()〕 and is a member of the American Association of Political Consultants.〔()〕 He was the campaign Communications Director during Michael Badnarik’s run for President of the United States during the 2004 elections. Gordon also managed Hollywood producer Aaron Russo's campaign for the Libertarian nomination in 2004.〔Liberty For All article "Russo for President." LibertyForAll.net. 29 February 2004. ()〕 He served as Ron Paul's〔Gordon, Stephen P. "Forward Focus Media Team." forwardfocusmedia.com. 1 January 2010. ()〕 Alabama Media Coordinator and Bob Barr's e-Campaign manager during the 2008 presidential elections.〔(LA Times article "Top of the ticket." LATimes.com. 18 October 2008 )〕 Gordon did not run for re-election for any of his Libertarian Party positions in 2008 and is currently working with the Republican Liberty Caucus.〔(Gordon, Stephen P. "Media Contact Page." ALRLC.org. 5 January 2010 )〕 He has served as a consultant or in a senior campaign position on multiple Republican campaigns since then. ==Political background== Gordon’s first notable position with a political campaign was managing south Arlington County, Virginia during the Oliver North for Senate campaign. Following the Republican Revolution in 1994, Gordon became increasingly disenchanted with the Republican Party. His gradual transformation to the Libertarian Party was completed by 1999, when he was a local organizer in Macon, Georgia for Harry Browne’s presidential campaign. Gordon moved back to his native Alabama in 2002 where he became involved in state level Libertarian Party activities. His first project was manage Libertarian Party efforts to defeat Amendment One, the tax increase plan proposed by Republican Governor Bob Riley. He was credited by talk radio host Russ Fine as a "the leader in Internet activism" for his efforts in directing an online campaign against the tax plan, as well as for his article titled "Open Letter to the Governor of Alabama〔()〕", which spread across the Internet during the political debate on the issue. Under Gordon’s direction, the Libertarian Party of Alabama hosted a meeting in Birmingham, Alabama between many of the key people and organizations opposing the ballot measure. Key personalities from the Tennessee Tax Revolt, Inc. shared their experiences from recent tax battles in the neighboring state. In attendance were representatives from the Eagle Forum, talk radio programs, Citizens for a Sound Economy, the Libertarian Party and local businessman Stan Pate. The primary result of this meeting was a coordinated coalition activity geared toward defeating the ballot measure. While the Alabama Republican Party eventually offered a weak disapproval of Riley’s tax plan, the Libertarian Party of Alabama was the only political party to offer active resistance to the proposed tax hike. The measure was rejected by voters on September 9, 2003, with 68 percent opposed to it. From 2003 to 2005, Gordon was involved with various state level political activities. Gordon served as Vice Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Alabama from 2004 until his resignation in 2006. During the 2005 elections, Gordon consulted with Libertarian, Democratic and Republican city council campaigns in Birmingham, Alabama. After his 2007 resignation from his national LP staff position, he accepted the position of Chairman of the Libertarian Party of Alabama.〔"Libertarian Party names Gordon state chairman." nbc15online.com. 27 June 2007. ()〕 Gordon served as Chair of the Libertarian State Leadership Alliance, the Libertarian Party's organization of state chairs, from 2008 to 2009.〔(Gordon, Stephen P. "Libertarian Party." LP.org. 13 January 2009 )〕 In 2009, Gordon worked to help Kim Rafferty become elected to the Birmingham City Council.〔Kim Rafferty/Politics Magazine "Forward Focus Media blog." forwardfocusmedia.com. 1 January 2010. ()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stephen P. Gordon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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