# Libertarian Party of Illinois

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.

## Mission statement

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

## Key tenets

Key tenets of the Libertarian Party platform include the following:
* Adoption of laissez-faire principles to reduce the state's role in economic government. This would include, among other things, markedly reduced taxation, privatization of Social Security and welfare (for individuals, as well as elimination of "corporate welfare"), markedly reduced regulation of business, rollbacks of labor regulations, and reduction of government interference in foreign trade.
* Protection of property rights.
* Minimal government bureaucracy. The Libertarian Party states that the government's responsibilities should be limited to the protection of individual rights from the initiation of force and fraud.
* Civil libertarianism: Support for the protection of civil liberties, including the right to privacy, freedom of speech, freedom of association, and sexual freedom.
* Opposition to laws such as affirmative action and some non-discrimination laws in the private sector.
* Support for the unrestricted right to the means of self-defense (such as gun rights, the right to carry mace, pepper spray, or tasers etc.).
* Abolition of laws against "victimless crimes" (such as prostitution, seat belt laws, use of controlled substances, fraternization, etc.).
* Opposition to regulations on how businesses should run themselves (e.g. smoking bans)
* A foreign policy of free trade and non-interventionism.
* Support for a fiscally responsible government including a hard currency (commodity-based money supply as opposed to fiat currency).
* Abolition of all forms of taxpayer-funded assistance (welfare, food stamps, public housing, Health care, etc.)
* A pro-choice belief that abortion is a personal issue, and should not be part of government.

## Established party status

As of January 17, 2024, the party has established party status in Cook, McLean, and Tazewell counties.
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. 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. This status was lost by 2002 after the Libertarian Party failed to field any candidates in the 2002 general election.

### Other chapters

Other than its established party chapters, the Libertarian Party of Illinois also includes:
* Bond County Libertarians
* Champaign County Libertarian Party
* Clinton County Libertarian Party
* DeWitt County Libertarian Party
* DuPage Libertarians
* Fox Valley Libertarian Party, now defunct
* Illinois Valley Libertarians
* Kankakee County Libertarian Party
* Macoupin County Libertarian Party
* McHenry County Libertarians
* McLean County Libertarian Party
* Metro-East Libertarian Party
* Libertarian Party of Chicago
* Libertarian Party of DeKalb County
* Libertarian Party of Greater Peoria
* Libertarian Party of Lake County
* Libertarian Party of Macon County
* Libertarian Party of Northwestern Illinois
* Libertarian Party of Will County
* Libertarian Party of Whiteside County
* Southern Illinois Libertarian Party
* Warren County Libertarian Party
* Western Illinois Libertarian Party

## Elected officeholders

As of January 10, 2024, the United States Libertarian Party lists four incumbent officeholders in Illinois on its website.
* Brody Anderson, trustee of the River Valley Library District Board of Trustees (Port Byron)
* Patrick Liapes, trustee of the Poplar Creek Library Board (Streamwood)
* Kelly Liebmann, township trustee of Greenwood Township
* Jonathan Russell, member of the Harrisburg Community Unit School District #3 Board of Education (Harrisburg)
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:
* Aisha Pickett, city treasurer of the City of Harvey (Harvey)
* Christopher Laurent, council member of the Chicago Police Council's 14th District (Chicago)
* Justin Gerstner, village president of the Village of Hamel (Hamel)
* Brandon Wisenburg, trustee of the Village of Peoria Heights (Peoria Heights)
* Justin Tucker, Libertarian ward committeeperson, Chicago 1st Ward
* Nico Tsatsoulis, Libertarian ward committeeperson, Chicago 5th Ward
* Jim Humay, Libertarian ward committeeperson, Chicago 36th Ward
* Dan Lewis, Libertarian ward committeeperson, Chicago 38th Ward
* Jason Decker, Libertarian township committeeperson, Bremen Township (Midlothian)

## Electoral history 1998–2020
### 2020 campaigns

| Office | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| President | Jo Jorgensen | 66,544 | 1.10% |
| Vice President | Spike Cohen | 66,544 | 1.10% |
| US Senate | Danny Malouf | 75,673 | 1.27% |
| US House 6 | Bill Redpath | 7,079 | 1.75% |
| US House 8 | Preston Gabriel Nelson | 68,327 | 26.84% |
| IL House 19 | Joseph Schreiner | 1,544 | 3.24% |
| IL House 55 | Glenn Olofson | 12,000 | 27.42% |
| IL House 78 | Joshua Flynn | 8.559 | 16.67% |
| IL House 80 | Clayton Cleveland | 9,940 | 20.19% |
| IL House 88 | Kenneth Allison | 2,549 | 4.46% |
| IL House 92 | Chad Grimm | 9,890 | 25.49% |
| IL House 103 | Brad Bielert | 8,452 | 21.35% |
| IL House 113 | Mark Elmore | 5,799 | 13.27% |
| IL House 115 | Ian Peak | 3,655 | 8.27% |
| Cook County State's Attorney | Brian Dennehy | 147,769 | 6.71% |
| DeKalb County Board Dist. 5 | Sasha Cohen | 566 | 24.07% |
| DeWitt County Circuit Clerk | Nathan Florey | 1,194 | 16.11% |
| Kankakee County Auditor | Kyle Evans | 9,477 | 21.59% |
| Kankakee County Circuit Clerk | Nicole Scott | 2,675 | 5.53% |
| Kankakee County Board Dist. 13 | Jacob Collins ✅ | 677 | 100% |
| Kankakee County Board Dist. 23 | Jim Byrne (inc.) | 537 | 40.99% |
| McLean County Auditor | Kevin Woodard | | |
| McLean County Board Dist. 3 | Derek Evans | | |
| McLean County Board Dist. 5 | Jo Anne Litwiller | | |
| McLean County Board Dist. 6 | David Scarpelli | | |
| McLean County Board Dist. 7 | Darin George Kaeb | | |
| McHenry County Auditor | James Young | | |
| McHenry County Coroner | Kelly Liebmann | | |
| Montgomery County Board Dist. 2 | Jake Leonard | 162 | 5.56% |
| Peoria County Auditor | Joe Rusch | 4,701 | 17.33% |
| Peoria County County Clerk | Ann Agama | 4,519 | 16.45% |
| Peoria County Coroner | K. Eric Schaffer | 3,148 | 11.21% |
| Peoria County Board Dist. 11 | Chris Buckely | 533 | 27.10% |
| Peoria County Board Dist. 17 | Tom Inman | 281 | 18.86% |
| Tazewell County Auditor | Kaden Nelms | 12,140 | 19.51% |
| Tazewell County Board Chairman | Eric Stahl | 13,291 | 21.27% |

### 2018 campaigns

| Office | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Governor | Kash Jackson | 109,518 | 2.4% |
| Lieutenant Governor | Sanj Mohip | 109,518 | 2.4% |
| Attorney General | Bubba Harsy | 115,941 | 2.6% |
| Secretary of State | Steve Dutner | 114,556 | 2.5% |
| Treasurer | Mike Leheney | 155,256 | 3.5% |
| Comptroller | Claire Ball | 140,543 | 3.1% |

### 2016 campaigns

| Office | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| President | Gary Johnson | 206,351 | 3.8% |
| Vice President | William Weld | 206,351 | 3.8% |
| US Senate | Kent McMillen | 175,988 | 3.2% |
| Comptroller | Claire Ball | 187,017 | 3.5% |

### 2014 campaigns

| Office | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| US Senate | Sharon Hansen | 135,316 | 3.8% |
| Governor | Chad Grimm | 121,534 | 3.4% |
| Lieutenant Governor | A. J. Cummings | 121,534 | 3.4% |
| Attorney General | Ben Koyl | 99,903 | 2.8% |
| Secretary of State | Christopher Michel | 104,498 | 2.9% |
| Comptroller | Julie Fox | 170,534 | 4.8% |
| Treasurer | Matthew Skopek | 146,654 | 4.2% |

### 2012 campaigns

| Office | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| President | Gary Johnson | 56,229 | 1.1% |
| Vice President | Jim Gray | 56,229 | 1.1% |

### 2010 campaigns

| Office | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| US Senate | Mike Labno | 87,247 | 2.4% |
| Governor | Lex Green | 34,681 | 0.9% |
| Lieutenant Governor | Ed Rutledge | 34,681 | 0.9% |
| Attorney General | Bill Malan | 54,532 | 1.5% |
| Secretary of State | Josh Hanson | 115,458 | 3.1% |
| Comptroller | Julie Fox | 121,068 | 3.3% |
| Treasurer | James Pauly | 68,803 | 1.9% |

### 2008 campaigns

| Office | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| President | Bob Barr | 19,645 | 0.4% |
| Vice President | Wayne Root | 19,645 | 0.4% |
| US Senate | Larry Stafford | 50,228 | 0.9% |

### 2006 campaigns

| Office | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Congress 2 | Anthony Williams | 5,422 | 3.3% |

### 2004 campaigns

| Office | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| President | Michael Badnarik | 32,442 | 0.6% |
| Vice President | Richard Campagna | 32,442 | 0.6% |
| US Senate | Jerry Kohn | 69,253 | 1.4% |
| Congress 2 | Stephanie Sailor | 26,990 | 11.5% |
| Congress 4 | Jake Witmer | 4,845 | 3.9% |
| Congress 12 | Walter Steele | 4,794 | 1.7% |
| State Rep 11 | Jason Briggeman | 1,770 | 4.0% |
| State Rep 53 | Scott Bludorn | 3,673 | 8.2% |
| State Rep 64 | Jim Young | 2,022 | 4.0% |
| State Rep 85 | Austin Hough | 7,945 | 25.1% |
| State Rep 95 | Steve Dubovik | 1,317 | 2.9% |

### 2002 campaigns

| Office | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Governor | Cal Skinner | 73,794 | 2.1% |
| Lieutenant Governor | Jim Tobin | 73,794 | 2.1% |
| Secretary of State | Matt Beauchamp | 78,830 | 2.2% |
| Attorney General | Gary Shilts | 87,949 | 2.5% |
| Treasurer | Rhys Read | 66,593 | 1.9% |
| Comptroller | Julie Fox | 144,066 | 4.2% |
| US Senate | Steven Burgauer | 57,382 | 1.7% |
| Congress 1 | Dorothy Tsatsos | 4,741 | 2.6% |
| Congress 4 | Maggie Kohls | 4,328 | 5.2% |
| Congress 5 | Frank Gonzalez | 6,638 | 4.3% |
| Congress 7 | Martin Pankau | 2,436 | 1.5% |
| Congress 9 | Stephanie Sailor | 4,779 | 2.9% |
| State Rep 11 | John Yackley | 3,371 | 12.8% |
| State Rep 28 | Jerome Kohn | 1,241 | 4.2% |
| State Rep 41 | John Tepley | 1,034 | 2.8% |
| State Rep 42 | Michael Mandel | 1,123 | 3.3% |
| State Rep 48 | Chandler Hadraba | 3,440 | 11.2% |
| State Rep 52 | Matthew Paul Burns | 1,190 | 3.9% |
| State Rep 64 | Jim Young | 2,214 | 7.4% |
| State Rep 85 | Eric Ferguson | 4,922 | 20.3% |
| State Rep 95 | Steve Dubovik | 4,191 | 14.6% |

### 2000 campaigns

| Office | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| President | Harry Browne | 11,623 | 0.3% |
| Vice President | Art Olivier | 11,623 | 0.3% |
| Congress 4 | Stephanie Sailor | 11,476 | 11.3% |
| Congress 5 | Matt Beauchamp | 20,728 | 12.7% |
| State Rep 34 | R. Brian Poynton | 1,230 | 4.0% |
| State Rep 39 | Elizabeth Quaintance | 10,103 | 26.2% |

### 1998 campaigns

| Office | Candidate | Votes | Percentage |
| Congress 1 | Marjorie Kohls | 4,046 | 2.3% |
| Congress 2 | Matt Beauchamp | 1,608 | 1.0% |
| Congress 4 | William Passmore | 1,583 | 2.4% |
| Congress 6 | George Meyers | 4,199 | 2.5% |
| Congress 7 | Dorn Van Cleave | 9,984 | 7.1% |
| Congress 9 | Michael Ray | 3,284 | 2.3% |