Libertarian Party of Illinois

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Libertarian Party of Illinois
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Region: 6
Officers
Chair: Bill Redpath
Vice-Chair: Matt Piron
Secretary: Ken Mattes
Treasurer: Russ Clark
Executive Director: Justin Tucker
Contact
Phone: (217) 864-8337
Address: 1321 N. Milwaukee Ave., PMB #444, Chicago, IL 60622
Website: Website
Social Media
Facebook: Facebook
Twitter: Twitter

The Libertarian Party of Illinois (LP Illinois) is the Illinois affiliate of the Libertarian Party. The current Chair is Bill Redpath.

Current Leadership

State Central Committee

Mission Statement

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

Key Tenets of the Libertarian Party Platform

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

  • Adoption of laissez-faire principles which would 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 civil rights laws that regulate the private sector, such as affirmative action and non-discrimination laws.
  • 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).
  • Opposition to the censoring and the engineering of foreign radio pathways.
  • Abolition of laws against "victimless crimes" (such as prostitution, driving without a seatbelt, 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.)

The Libertarian Party of Illinois does not have a separate platform from the National Party. Illinois has delegated a representative to the Platform Committee several times, including Bennett Morris in 2020 and Ken Mattes in 2022.

Affiliates

Local LP Chapters in Illinois as of 2013
Local LP Chapters in Illinois as of 2013
Local LP Chapters in Illinois as of March 2017
Local LP Chapters in Illinois as of March 2017

The following are chapters from within the Libertarian Party of Illinois

Current
Pending
Former

Elections

See: Libertarian Party of Illinois Historical Election Results

Elected Officials

  • Aisha Pickett, Harvey city treasurer (2019 - Present, second term)
  • Brandon Wisenburg, Peoria Heights village trustee (2019 - Present, second term)
  • Brody Anderson, River Valley Library District trustee (2021 - Present, first term)
  • Christopher Laurent, Chicago Police Council of the 14th District member (2023 - Present, first term)
  • Dan Lewis, Chicago 38th Ward committeeperson (2024 - Present, first term)
  • Jason Decker, Bremen Township committeeperson (2022 - Present, first term)
  • Jim Humay, Chicago 36th Ward committeeperson (2024 - Present, first term)
  • Jonathan Russell, Harrisburg CUSD #3 Board of Education (2019 - Present, second term)
  • Justin Gerstner, Hamel village president (2023 - Present, first term)
  • Justin Tucker, Chicago 1st Ward committeeperson (2024 - Present, first term)
  • Kelly Liebmann, Greenwood Township trustee (2021 - Present, first term)
  • Nico Tsatsoulis, Chicago 5th Ward committeeperson (2024 - Present, first term)
  • Patrick Liapes, Poplar Creek Library District trustee (2023 - Present, partial term)

Size and Influence

Year Minimum
Unique
Voters 		Minimum
Percent
Of Voters 		Signature
Members
(Dec) 		Signature
Members
Per
Million
Population 		LNC
Total Donors
2004 - 2016
Or
Active Members
1972 - 2003
(Dec) 		LNC Donors
Per
Million
Population 		State Rank
Of Total LNC
Donors
(Of 51)
2018 155,256 3.35% 4,472 351 528 41.44 8
2017 4,565 357 528 41.24 8
2016 209,596 3.70% 4,834 378 733 57.26 8
2015 4,491 349 397 30.87 8
2014 170,534 4.63% 4,444 345 443 34.39 8
2013 4,390 341 501 38.87 8
2012 56,229 1.06% 4,278 332 555 43.11 8
2011 4,092 318 518 40.28 8
2010 121,068 3.19% 4,038 314 605 47.12 7
2009 3,941 308 554 43.29 8
2008 50,224 0.90% 3,798 298 610 47.85 9
2007 3,590 283 548 43.16 7
2006 5,748 0.16% 3,476 275 451 35.67 7
2005 3,248 258 576 45.68 10
2004 69,253 1.29% 820 65.13 8
2003 692 55.11 7
2002 144,066 3.95% 835 66.66 7
2001 963 77.11 9
2000 32,204 0.65% 1,117 89.83 9
1999 1,094 90.20 9
1998 24,704 0.70% 1,116 92.46 7
1997 798 66.44 9
1996 41,218 0.93% 747 62.49 8
1995 491 41.31 8
1994 196,068 6.09% 403 34.14 8
1993 374 31.89 7
1992 113,393 2.20% 473 40.65 6
1991 398 34.50 4
1990 18,529 0.54% 366 31.97 5
1989 329 28.83 4
1988 184,735 3.93% 265 23.27 4
1987
1986 83,586 2.52%
1985
1984 59,777 1.20%
1983
1982 92,501 2.40%
1981
1980 63,282 1.30%
1979
1978 44,303 1.33%
1977
1976 44,472 0.92%
1975
1974
1973
1972 46 0.00%


Former Leadership

Chair
Vice-Chair
Vice-Chair of Campaigns & Electoral
Vice-Chair of Media & Communications
Vice-Chair of Membership & Development
Secretary
Treasurer
Executive Director
Other

The Archives of the Libertarian Party of Illinois

In December of 2018, the Board of Directors of the LPI voted to make the Special Collections Library at the University of Illinois at Chicago the official repository for the records produced by the LPI.

Newsletters

Governing Documents

For historical governing documents see:

Former Addresses

  • PO Box 3611, Bloomington, IL 61702 (?-2023)

References

  1. ↑ [1], State Organization Committee meeting. January 18, 2009
  2. ↑ National Platform of the Libertarian Party, Official Website of the Libertarian National Committee. Retrieved on July 25, 2006

External Links


Libertarian Party of Illinois
Affiliates: Bond • Champaign • Chicago • Clinton • DeKalb • DuPage • Fox Valley • Greater Peoria • Illinois Valley • Kankakee • Lake • Macon • McHenry • McLean • Metro-East • South Central • South Cook • Southern Illinois • Tri-Counties • Western Illinois • Whiteside • Will • Warren
Pending affiliates: Macoupin • North Shore Cook • Northwest Cook • Northwestern • Winnebago
Former affiliates: Capital Area
Other: Election Results


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