Bill Redpath
Bill Redpath (Libertarian Party) is running in a special election to the U.S. Senate to represent Ohio. He is on the ballot in the special Libertarian Party primary on May 5, 2026.[source]
Biography
Bill Redpath was born in Findlay, Ohio. He earned a bachelor's degree from Indiana University Bloomington in 1978. He earned a master's degree from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 1980. Redpath's career experience includes working as a managing director with Summit Ridge Group in Chicago, Illinois, as a vice president with BIA Advisory Services in Washington, D.C. from 1985 to 2020, as a senior financial analyst with the National Broadcasting Company in New York, New York from 1984 to 1985, as an internal auditor with American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. in New York, New York from 1983 to 1984, as an assistant financial manager with WISH-TV in Indianapolis, Indiana from 1982 to 1983, and as an auditor with Arthur Andersen in Cincinnati, Ohio from 1980 to 1982. He has been affiliated with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the CFA Institute, the American Society of Appraisers, and with the Libertarian Party.[1]
Elections
2026
See also: United States Senate special election in Ohio, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on May 5, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Special general election for U.S. Senate Ohio
Gregory Levy (Independent) and Stephen Faris (Independent) are running in the special general election for U.S. Senate Ohio on November 3, 2026.
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| | Gregory Levy (Independent) | |
| | Stephen Faris (Independent) (Write-in) | |
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Democratic primary
Special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Ohio
Sherrod Brown (D) and Ron Kincaid (D) are running in the special Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Ohio on May 5, 2026.
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| | Sherrod Brown | |
| | Ron Kincaid | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- William Farms (D)
- Lynnea Lau (D)
- Fred Ode (D)
- Dakota Rose (D)
- Christopher Volpe (D)
Republican primary
Special Republican primary for U.S. Senate Ohio
Incumbent Jon Husted (R) is running in the special Republican primary for U.S. Senate Ohio on May 5, 2026.
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| | Jon Husted | |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brian Bibler (R)
- Susanna Brewer (R)
Libertarian Party primary
Special Libertarian primary for U.S. Senate Ohio
Jeffrey Kanter (L) and Bill Redpath (L) are running in the special Libertarian Party primary for U.S. Senate Ohio on May 5, 2026.
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| Jeffrey Kanter | ||
| | Bill Redpath | |
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2022
See also: United States Senate election in Illinois, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Illinois
Incumbent Tammy Duckworth defeated Kathy Salvi, Bill Redpath, Lowell Seida, and Connor VlaKancic in the general election for U.S. Senate Illinois on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tammy Duckworth (D) | 56.8 | 2,329,136 | |
| Kathy Salvi (R) | 41.5 | 1,701,055 | ||
Bill Redpath (L) ![]() | 1.7 | 68,671 | ||
| Lowell Seida (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 23 | ||
Connor VlaKancic (Independent) (Write-in) ![]() | 0.0 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 4,098,896 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- W. Thomas La Fontaine Olson (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Illinois
Incumbent Tammy Duckworth advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Illinois on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tammy Duckworth | 100.0 | 856,720 | |
| Total votes: 856,720 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Illinois
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Illinois on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kathy Salvi | 30.2 | 216,007 | |
Peggy Hubbard ![]() | 24.8 | 177,180 | ||
Matthew Dubiel ![]() | 12.7 | 90,538 | ||
| Casey Chlebek | 10.7 | 76,213 | ||
| Bobby Piton | 9.2 | 65,461 | ||
| Anthony Williams | 7.4 | 52,890 | ||
| Jimmy Lee Tillman II | 5.1 | 36,342 | ||
| Total votes: 714,631 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Maryann Mahlen (R)
- Eric Wallace (R)
- Allison Salinas (R)
- Rob Cruz (R)
- Lanette Hudson (R)
- Timothy Arview (R)
2020
See also: Illinois' 6th Congressional District election, 2020
Illinois' 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Republican primary)
Illinois' 6th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Illinois District 6
Incumbent Sean Casten defeated Jeanne M. Ives and Bill Redpath in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sean Casten (D) | 52.8 | 213,777 | |
| Jeanne M. Ives (R) | 45.4 | 183,891 | ||
Bill Redpath (L) ![]() | 1.7 | 7,079 | ||
| Total votes: 404,747 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6
Incumbent Sean Casten advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Sean Casten | 100.0 | 82,909 | |
| Total votes: 82,909 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Robert Marshall (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6
Jeanne M. Ives defeated Gordon Kinzler and Richard Mayers in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 6 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jeanne M. Ives | 70.8 | 29,144 | |
| Gordon Kinzler | 29.2 | 12,017 | ||
| Richard Mayers (Write-in) | 0.0 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 41,162 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
2014
Redpath ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Virginia's 10th District. Bill Redpath lost the general election on November 4, 2014.
Election results
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | John Foust | 40.4% | 89,957 | |
| Republican | 56.5% | 125,914 | ||
| Libertarian | Bill Redpath | 1.5% | 3,393 | |
| Green | Dianne Blais | 0.4% | 946 | |
| Independent | Brad Eickholt | 1.1% | 2,442 | |
| N/A | Write-in | 0.1% | 258 | |
| Total Votes | 222,910 | |||
| Source: Virginia Department of Elections | ||||
Campaign themes
2026
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2022
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Bill Redpath completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Redpath's responses.
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- I support economic freedom. Government is too big, and taxes are too high and too complicated. Both Republican and Democratic politicians continue to increase the size of government and its interference in the economy. They also refuse to address the forthcoming Entitlement Crisis in this nation, which could lead to an economically catastrophic Federal Debt Crisis. Only Libertarian candidates, such as me, will actually reduce the size of government and institute a simplified tax system to enhance your economic freedom and prosperity for all.
- I generally take liberal positions on social issues. I am pro-choice on abortion, although I think there needs to be a grand compromise on this issue. Bill Clinton was correct when he stated that abortions should be "legal, safe and rare." I support ending the Federal War on Drugs and leaving this issue to be addressed by the states. I favor a non-interventionist foreign policy that will save Americans vast sums of money and make us all safer.
- The reason there are so few third party and independent candidates on the ballot in Illinois is its horrible ballot access laws, which incumbent legislators have passed to keep political competition to an absolute minimum. A vote for me helps break that R&D stranglehold on Illinois politics. If I, or one of the statewide Libertarian Party candidates, gets 5% of the vote in his or her race, it will make it easier for Libertarian candidates to get on the ballot in Illinois in future elections. I also support electoral reform to help bring about a multiparty system, which is the norm among the world's established democracies.
https://reason.com/video/2016/09/30/third-party-ballot-access/
https://fairvote.org/our-reforms/fair-representation-act/
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2020
Bill Redpath completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Redpath's responses.
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I was born and raised in Findlay, Ohio. I earned a BA from Indiana University in 1978, with majors in Economics and Political Science. I earned an MBA degree from The University of Chicago in 1980. I am a Certified Public Accountant (Virginia), a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) in Business Valuation with the American Society of Appraisers. I also hold the Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) designation from the AICPA.
I have been a Libertarian Party member since 1984. I was Chairman of the Libertarian National Committee (LNC) from 2006 to 2010, and I served on the LNC for over 21 years. I am probably best known within the LP for my work on ballot access. I have led the LP's ballot access efforts since 1990, and in the eight presidential elections since 1992, the LP has had a presidential candidate on the ballot in all 50 states & DC five times. The LP, founded in 1971, has had longevity and ballot access success unmatched by other third parties.
I have been a six-time candidate for public office in Virginia, including Governor (2001), US Senate (2008), and US House, 10th District (2010 & 2014).
I moved to IL in October 2019. I am engaged to Julie Fox, former Libertarian candidate for Comptroller of Illinois. We live in West Dundee.- I am a Libertarian and stand for both economic freedom and personal freedom. The two older parties just offer varying shades of statism.
- I want to reduce the size of the federal government to avoid a future federal debt crisis.
- I am for free trade, including unilateral elimination of tariffs, and for an open, but regulated, immigration system, with no caps on the number of work visas.
There is an old saying (so old that nobody actually says it anymore) that people join the Libertarian Party for two reasons. Not the same two reasons. Their two reasons. That was true with me. My two reasons were Social Security and The Drug War.
I simply think that it is not moral to forcibly take money from young and middle aged people to transfer to older people, who, on average, are better off financially than the people being taxed. Possibly the worst thing about Social Security, that seemingly never gets discussed, is that there are no personal property rights in Social Security. Congress has the power to change Social Security benefits. Future returns on Social Security taxes paid by young people are very poor and do not come close to what private investment accounts would return. And, entitlements are bankrupting this nation. All entitlements need to be addressed, including Social Security.
If that isn't a job, then I worked at WFIN(AM)/WHMQ(FM) in Findlay starting at the age of 16. I was on the air as a disc jockey, read newscasts, etc. Jack of all trades, master of none. But, it was fun, it helped me become a state finalist in Extemporaneous Speaking (a forensic competition) in my Senior year of high school, and eventually led to a career in the broadcasting industry, although not on the air.
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