Libertarian Party of Illinois

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Libertarian Party of Illinois
Chairperson Jim Humay
Senate leaderNone
House leaderNone
Founded1971
Ideology Libertarianism
National affiliation Libertarian Party
Colors Blue; Yellow
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The Libertarian Party of Illinois is the Illinois affiliate of the Libertarian Party. The state chair is Jim Humay. There are thirteen Libertarian officeholders in Illinois.

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Mission statement

Libertarian Party of Illinois mission is: To elect Libertarians to office and move public policy in a libertarian direction. [1]

Key tenets

Key tenets of the Libertarian Party platform include the following: [2]

Established party status

As of January 17, 2024, the party has established party status in Cook, McLean, and Tazewell counties. [4] [a]

After the 1994 general election, the Libertarian Party achieved established party status for statewide offices in Illinois. This occurred after its candidates for the then-elected University of Illinois Board of Trustees cumulatively received 5.5% of all votes cast. [7] After the party's success in the 1998 election for Ford County Sheriff and other countywide offices, it achieved established party status. Due to its second place showing over the then-dormant Democratic Party in that election, the Libertarians received the minority party's seat on the Board of Review and one of the five seats on the Sheriff's Merit Commission. [8] This status was lost by 2002 after the Libertarian Party failed to field any candidates in the 2002 general election. [9]

Other chapters

Other than its established party chapters, the Libertarian Party of Illinois also includes: [10]

Elected officeholders

As of January 10, 2024, the United States Libertarian Party lists four incumbent officeholders in Illinois on its website. [11] [b]

Due to technical issues with the CiviCRM platform the national and state parties utilize, several elected officials were omitted but were mentioned in a media release published in Independent Political Report on February 21, 2025 [13] :

Electoral history 1998–2020

2020 campaigns

OfficeCandidateVotesPercentage
PresidentJo Jorgensen66,5441.10% [14]
Vice PresidentSpike Cohen
US SenateDanny Malouf75,6731.27% [14]
US House 6Bill Redpath7,0791.75% [14]
US House 8Preston Gabriel Nelson68,32726.84% [14]
IL House 19Joseph Schreiner1,5443.24% [14]
IL House 55Glenn Olofson12,00027.42% [14]
IL House 78Joshua Flynn8.55916.67% [14]
IL House 80Clayton Cleveland9,94020.19% [14]
IL House 88Kenneth Allison2,5494.46% [14]
IL House 92Chad Grimm9,89025.49% [14]
IL House 103Brad Bielert8,45221.35% [14]
IL House 113Mark Elmore5,79913.27% [14]
IL House 115Ian Peak3,6558.27% [14]
Cook County State's AttorneyBrian Dennehy147,7696.71% [15]
DeKalb County Board Dist. 5Sasha Cohen56624.07% [16]
DeWitt County Circuit ClerkNathan Florey1,19416.11% [17]
Kankakee County AuditorKyle Evans9,47721.59% [18]
Kankakee County Circuit ClerkNicole Scott2,6755.53% [18]
Kankakee County Board Dist. 13Jacob Collins ✅677100% [18] [19]
Kankakee County Board Dist. 23Jim Byrne (inc.)53740.99% [18]
McLean County AuditorKevin Woodard
McLean County Board Dist. 3Derek Evans
McLean County Board Dist. 5Jo Anne Litwiller
McLean County Board Dist. 6David Scarpelli
McLean County Board Dist. 7Darin George Kaeb
McHenry County AuditorJames Young
McHenry County CoronerKelly Liebmann
Montgomery County Board Dist. 2Jake Leonard1625.56% [20]
Peoria County AuditorJoe Rusch4,70117.33% [21]
Peoria County County ClerkAnn Agama4,51916.45% [21]
Peoria County CoronerK. Eric Schaffer3,14811.21% [21]
Peoria County Board Dist. 11Chris Buckely53327.10% [21]
Peoria County Board Dist. 17Tom Inman28118.86% [21]
Tazewell County AuditorKaden Nelms12,14019.51% [22]
Tazewell County Board ChairmanEric Stahl13,29121.27% [22]

2018 campaigns

OfficeCandidateVotesPercentage
GovernorKash Jackson109,5182.4%
Lieutenant GovernorSanj Mohip [23] [24]
Attorney GeneralBubba Harsy [23] [25] 115,9412.6%
Secretary of StateSteve Dutner [23] 114,5562.5%
TreasurerMike Leheney [23] [26] 155,2563.5%
ComptrollerClaire Ball [23] [27] 140,5433.1%

2016 campaigns

OfficeCandidateVotesPercentage
PresidentGary Johnson206,351 [28] 3.8%
Vice PresidentWilliam Weld
US SenateKent McMillen175,9883.2% [29]
ComptrollerClaire Ball187,0173.5% [29]

2014 campaigns

OfficeCandidateVotesPercentage
US SenateSharon Hansen135,3163.8%
GovernorChad Grimm121,5343.4%
Lieutenant GovernorA. J. Cummings
Attorney GeneralBen Koyl99,9032.8%
Secretary of StateChristopher Michel104,4982.9%
ComptrollerJulie Fox170,5344.8%
TreasurerMatthew Skopek146,6544.2%

2012 campaigns

OfficeCandidateVotesPercentage
PresidentGary Johnson56,2291.1%
Vice PresidentJim Gray56,2291.1%

2010 campaigns

OfficeCandidateVotesPercentage
US SenateMike Labno87,2472.4%
GovernorLex Green34,6810.9%
Lieutenant GovernorEd Rutledge34,6810.9%
Attorney GeneralBill Malan54,5321.5%
Secretary of StateJosh Hanson115,4583.1%
ComptrollerJulie Fox121,0683.3%
TreasurerJames Pauly68,8031.9%

2008 campaigns

OfficeCandidateVotesPercentage
PresidentBob Barr19,6450.4%
Vice PresidentWayne Root19,6450.4%
US SenateLarry Stafford50,2280.9%

2006 campaigns

OfficeCandidateVotesPercentage
Congress 2Anthony Williams5,4223.3%

2004 campaigns

OfficeCandidateVotesPercentage
PresidentMichael Badnarik32,4420.6%
Vice PresidentRichard Campagna32,4420.6%
US SenateJerry Kohn69,2531.4%
Congress 2Stephanie Sailor26,99011.5%
Congress 4Jake Witmer4,8453.9%
Congress 12Walter Steele4,7941.7%
State Rep 11Jason Briggeman1,7704.0%
State Rep 53Scott Bludorn3,6738.2%
State Rep 64Jim Young2,0224.0%
State Rep 85Austin Hough7,94525.1%
State Rep 95Steve Dubovik1,3172.9%

2002 campaigns

OfficeCandidateVotesPercentage
Governor Cal Skinner 73,7942.1%
Lieutenant Governor Jim Tobin 73,7942.1%
Secretary of StateMatt Beauchamp78,8302.2%
Attorney GeneralGary Shilts87,9492.5%
TreasurerRhys Read66,5931.9%
ComptrollerJulie Fox144,0664.2%
US SenateSteven Burgauer57,3821.7%
Congress 1Dorothy Tsatsos4,7412.6%
Congress 4Maggie Kohls4,3285.2%
Congress 5Frank Gonzalez6,6384.3%
Congress 7Martin Pankau2,4361.5%
Congress 9Stephanie Sailor4,7792.9%
State Rep 11John Yackley3,37112.8%
State Rep 28Jerome Kohn1,2414.2%
State Rep 41John Tepley1,0342.8%
State Rep 42Michael Mandel1,1233.3%
State Rep 48Chandler Hadraba3,44011.2%
State Rep 52Matthew Paul Burns1,1903.9%
State Rep 64Jim Young2,2147.4%
State Rep 85Eric Ferguson4,92220.3%
State Rep 95Steve Dubovik4,19114.6%

2000 campaigns

OfficeCandidateVotesPercentage
PresidentHarry Browne11,6230.3%
Vice PresidentArt Olivier11,6230.3%
Congress 4Stephanie Sailor11,47611.3%
Congress 5Matt Beauchamp20,72812.7%
State Rep 34R. Brian Poynton1,2304.0%
State Rep 39Elizabeth Quaintance10,10326.2%

1998 campaigns

OfficeCandidateVotesPercentage
Congress 1Marjorie Kohls4,0462.3%
Congress 2Matt Beauchamp1,6081.0%
Congress 4William Passmore1,5832.4%
Congress 6George Meyers4,1992.5%
Congress 7Dorn Van Cleave9,9847.1%
Congress 9Michael Ray3,2842.3%

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ While the Libertarian Party of Illinois lists DeWitt, Kankakee, McHenry, and Peoria counties as being established political parties, the case Joseph J. Tirio v. Libertarian Party of Illinois et. al. indicates that the lack of a 2022 candidate means DeWitt, Kankakee, McHenry, and Peoria counties which did not run candidates in 2022 that won 5%+ of the vote lost their established party. [5] Additionally, the Montgomery County primary ballot does not include the Libertarian Party as an option for established party status. [6]
  2. ↑ While Sasha Cohen is listed as the City Clerk of Dekalb, Illinois, he was removed from office on March 28, 2024 for repeated failures to file statements of economic interest. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Mission". lpillinois.com.
  2. ↑ National Platform of the Libertarian Party Archived May 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine , Official Website of the Libertarian National Committee. Retrieved on July 25, 2006
  3. ↑ "Platform". July 11, 2018.
  4. ↑ Leonard, Jake (July 20, 2023). "47 days until Petitioning Begins For 2024 Primaries". Libertarian Party of Illinois. Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  5. ↑ Redpath, Bill (November 28, 2023). "Illinois State Court Judge Rules 5% of the Vote for Ballot Access Retention is for Two Years, Not Four". Ballot Access News . Retrieved January 15, 2024.
  6. ↑ Leitheiser, Sandy (Clerk & Recorder) (September 2, 2023). "Guidelines for Vote by Mail" (PDF). Hillsboro, Illinois: Montgomery County, Illinois. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 16, 2024. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
  7. ↑ "Anything Goes in Endorsements for City Elections". The State Journal-Register . December 22, 1994. p. 7 – via NewsBank.
  8. ↑ Stahly, Jim (June 3, 1999). "Libertarians Make History in Ford County". The Pantagraph . p. A1 – via NewsBank.
  9. ↑ "Election 2002". The Pantagraph . November 7, 2002. p. A1 – via NewsBank.
  10. ↑ Illinois Local Chapters Archived 2010-10-12 at the Wayback Machine
  11. ↑ "Elected Officials". United States Libertarian Party. May 1, 2023. Archived from the original on July 5, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2023.
  12. ↑ Clark, Brandon (March 28, 2024). "DeKalb City Clerk forfeits office after judge's ruling". Northern Public Radio. Retrieved September 9, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Libertarian Party of Illinois Announces 2025 Local Candidates". Independent Political Report. 2025-02-21. Retrieved 2025-02-22.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Sandvoss, Steve, ed. (December 4, 2020). Official Canvass of the 2020 Illinois General Election. Springfield, Illinois: Illinois State Board of Elections. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Cook County and The City of Chicago General Election November 3, 2020 Combined Summary" (PDF). Cook County Clerk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  16. ↑ "Cumulative Report of DeKalb County 2020 General Election" (PDF). DeKalb County Clerk. November 3, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  17. ↑ "Statement of Votes Cast DeWitt County, Illinois November 3, 2020". DeWitt County Clerk. November 3, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  18. 1 2 3 4 "Cumulative Report of Kankakee County 2020 General Election". Kankakee County Clerk. November 3, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  19. ↑ Winger, Richard (November 22, 2020). "Libertarian Party Won Four Partisan Races Earlier This Month". Ballot Access News . Archived from the original on November 22, 2020. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
  20. ↑ "Cumulative Report of Montgomery County 2020 General Election" (PDF). Montgomery County Clerk. November 3, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  21. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cumulative Report of Peoria County 2020 General Election". Peoria County Clerk. November 3, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  22. 1 2 "Statement of Votes Cast Tazewell County, Illinois November 3, 2020" (PDF). Tazewell County Clerk. November 3, 2020. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
  23. 1 2 3 4 5 "Candidates of the Libertarian Party of Illinois". Archived from the original on 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  24. ↑ "Home | Sanj Mohip for Illinois Lt. Governor". Archived from the original on 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  25. ↑ "Vote Bubba Harsy | Change We Can Trust". Archived from the original on 2018-05-20. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  26. ↑ "Mike Leheney for Illinois Treasurer". www.facebook.com.
  27. ↑ "Claire Ball - Libertarian CPA for Illinois Comptroller". Archived from the original on 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
  28. ↑ Leip, David (November 16, 2016). "2016 Presidential General Election Results". Dave Leip's Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections . Massachusetts . Retrieved November 17, 2016.
  29. 1 2 "Final 2016 LP candidate vote results". January 12, 2017.
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