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.

WWW lpillinois.org

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, 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.
Abolition of laws against "victimless crimes".
Opposition to regulations on how businesses should run themselves
A foreign policy of free trade and non-interventionism.
Support for a fiscally responsible government including a hard currency.
Abolition of all forms of taxpayer-funded assistance
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 Patrick Liapes, trustee of the Poplar Creek Library Board Kelly Liebmann, township trustee of Greenwood TownshipJonathan Russell, member of the Harrisburg Community Unit School District #3 Board of Education
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 Christopher Laurent, council member of the Chicago Police Council's 14th District Justin Gerstner, village president of the Village of Hamel Brandon Wisenburg, trustee of the Village of Peoria Heights Justin Tucker, Libertarian ward committeeperson, Chicago 1st WardNico Tsatsoulis, Libertarian ward committeeperson, Chicago 5th WardJim Humay, Libertarian ward committeeperson, Chicago 36th WardDan Lewis, Libertarian ward committeeperson, Chicago 38th WardJason Decker, Libertarian township committeeperson, Bremen Township