Bill Redpath

Bill Redpath was born in Findlay, Ohio. He earned a high school diploma from Findlay High School, a bachelor's degree from Indiana University Bloomington in 1978, and 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]

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Expand AllWho are you? Tell us about yourself.I am a candidate for the Libertarian Party of Ohio’s nomination in the election for United States Senator in Ohio in 2026.

A resident of Perrysburg, Ohio, I will be on the Libertarian Party Primary Election ballot on Tuesday, May 5, 2026. Because no one else will be on the primary ballot against me, I will also be on the General Election ballot on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

I was born and raised in Findlay, Ohio. I earned a BA degree in Economics and Political Science from Indiana University and an MBA degree from The University of Chicago.

After working for five years at various accounting and financial positions at Arthur Andersen & Co. in Cincinnati, WISH-TV in Indianapolis, and ABC and NBC in New York, I had a 38 year career in Business Valuation, specializing in Media & Telecommunications, at BIA Advisory Services in Washington and Summit Ridge Group in New York & Chicago.

I hold an active Certified Public Accountant license in Ohio and Illinois. I am also a Chartered Financial Analyst (Retired) with the CFA Institute and an Accredited Senior Appraiser in Business Valuation (Retired) with the American Society of Appraisers.

A nine time Libertarian candidate for public office, I have been a member of the Libertarian National Committee (LNC) for a total of 24 years, including as Chair of the LNC from 2006 to 2010.

I am one of 22 members of the Libertarian Party Hall of Liberty, having been inducted with former US Congressman Ron Paul in 2016.Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?Reduce Federal government spending. If not, we might have a debt crisis, the easiest response to which might be tolerating higher inflation.

End the Federal Reserve’s “dual mandate”: maximum employment and stable prices. Focus on an inflation rate no higher than 2% every year.

Repeal not just Trump’s tariffs, but all tariffs. I support a policy of unilateral free trade, which is a pro-consumer trade policy. We’re all consumers. It will also promote international peace.

Repeal the Jones Act, which is a protectionist maritime policy, to lower prices and reduce truck traffic.

End product price support programs, like the sugar support system, which causes sugar to cost 2x the world average.

Terminate all corporate welfare and farm subsidies.I agree with Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute:

“All immigration should be allowed except for a handful of people who fall into the categories of criminals, terrorists, the seriously ill, or others who would harm the life, liberty, and property of people here. Libertarian and classical liberal values, American Enlightenment values, our support of free market capitalism, and support for meritocracy all compel us to support free immigration.”

Open immigration would be the greatest anti-poverty program ever. Economist Michael Clemens has estimated that free immigration would increase the amount of global economic production, Gross World Product, by 50-150% – that’s $50-$150 trillion of extra production a year. The US would benefit, as well.The United States now frequently behaves as a rogue nation, with its military attacks on several nations and threats to allies. This will make US citizens less safe. I support a non-interventionist foreign policy, using force only when the US homeland or territories are threatened, with rare exceptions. That would allow us to cut the Defense budget. We need to regain the moral high ground, with an emphasis on human rights. The Founders correctly made war declaration a committee decision. Congress must reassert its war powers. The US should treat the Middle East with benign neglect. The "special relationship" with the government of Israel only leads the US into problems. We should treat Israel like any other allied nation.What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?For almost 40 years, I have worked to change the election laws in this nation for the better. Petitioning requirements for third party and independent candidates to get on ballots are much higher than nearly every other democracy in the world. They need to be significantly reduced. There should be Ranked Choice Voting for single winner elections, but that was recently banned by the Ohio legislature & Governor. For local and state legislatures (and the US House), elections should use multimember districts (once used in some Ohio elections) to allow voters a chance to help elect a candidate who truly represents them. I also favor adoption of the National Popular Vote plan to replace the Electoral College for presidential elections.

Campaign websiteRedpath's campaign website stated the following:WAR WITH IRANWhile I certainly would like to see a non-theocratic/autocratic democracy in Iran, the United States participation in the war against Iran is clearly unconstitutional, as well as horrible policy for the US and the world. By not seeking Congressional approval for his actions, Donald Trump should be impeached by the US House of Representatives and removed from office by the US Senate.The United States should treat the Middle East with benign neglect. The United States’ “special relationship” with Israel should end. We should treat Israel like any other allied nation.REPEAL NOT JUST TRUMP’S TARIFFS, REPEAL ALL TARIFFSI support a policy of unilateral free trade. The United States should end all tariffs on imported goods and services, regardless of the policies of other nations. US tariffs are mostly paid by the American people. They are a tax on all Americans and make us poorer. Unilateral free trade is a pro-consumer trade policy, and we are all consumers. This is the policy that is fairest overall and will generate the greatest prosperity for the American people, and it will help the cause of international peace.IMMIGRATIONI agree with the following statement by Alex Nowrasteh of the Cato Institute: “All immigration should be allowed except for a handful of people who fall into the categories of criminals, terrorists, the seriously ill, or others who would harm the life, liberty, and property of people here. As in all areas, the burden should be on the government to prove that somebody’s rights should be restricted. The burden should not be on immigrants or Americans to prove that they can exercise their inherent rights.“Libertarian and classical liberal values, American Enlightenment values, our support of free market capitalism, and support for meritocracy all compel us to support free immigration.” Open immigration would be the greatest anti-poverty program the world has ever known. Economist Michael Clemens has estimated that free immigration would increase the amount of global economic production, Gross World Product, by 50-150 percent – that’s $50-$150 trillion of extra production a year. The United States has greatly benefited from immigration throughout its history and will continue to do so, if the right policies are in place.STOP THE FORTHCOMING DEBT CRISISThe most important function of government is to prevent catastrophe. Yet, the amount of the publicly held debt of the Federal government is 41 times what it was in 1980, while US Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has increased only 10 times (figures not inflation adjusted). And, that 41 to 10 ratio is increasing rapidly.Nobody knows when, but how is situation not going to end badly? Yet, Congress and the President refuse to anything to stop this runaway spending train. And, it is a too much spending, not too little taxing, problem.Unless something changes, Social Security payments to all recipients will be cut by about 24% by late 2032. This has been known for many years, yet Congress has refused to do anything about it. Indeed, some current (and former) members of Congress recklessly call for expanded benefits.Since Congress won’t do its job to avert a debt crisis, I favor the formation of a Social Security Commission, which would have powers similar to the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Commission, that would develop a list of reforms for Social Security that would have to be voted up or down, as a whole, by Congress, without any changes.Medicare should be reformed with payments going to Medicare enrollees as cash payment, instead of continuing payments to medical providers, with higher payments going to recipients with lower lifetime incomes and worse health, in a budget neutral manner. Regarding Medicaid, Congress should turn this program over to the states to fully manage by phasing out Federal subsidies over a ten year period. States would then be fully free to implement changes to this program to see what set of policies work best for recipients and taxpayers.Reduce Federal Government SpendingAside from badly needed changes to entitlement programs, I call for the elimination of the Departments of Education and Housing & Urban Development, as well as an end to all corporate welfare and farm subsidies. I favor an immediate end to such welfare and subsidies, but at the very least, they should be phased out over no more than ten years.Tax ReformThe US tax system has been a time consuming and expensive monstrosity for many decades. I favor scrapping the entire Internal Revenue Code and replacing it with the Tax Foundation’s Growth and Opportunity Tax Reform Plan. The highlights of this system include:A Flat Tax of 20 percent on individual income combined with a generous family allowance to protect low-income households. All other major credits, deductions, and preferences would be eliminated except the current-law Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), a more stable Child Tax Credit (CTC), and tax-preferred savings accounts.A distributed profits tax of 20 percent in lieu of our current overly complex regime for taxing domestic and foreign profits earned by corporations and pass-through businesses.Elimination of taxes at death and simplified treatment of capital gains to remove the burden of unnecessary compliance and administrative costs.According to the Tax Foundation, “Estonia’s tax system contributes to an economic environment that is among the most entrepreneurial and dynamic in Europe. For example, Estonia leads Europe in terms of startups per capita (including “unicorns” or startups valued at $1 billion or more), venture capital funding per capita, and capital investment per capita. Since the financial crisis in 2009, Estonia has recovered strongly as a center of innovation and startups in Europe, with venture capital invested in early-stage startups growing from $4 million in 2009 to almost $1 billion in 2021.“Over that 12-year span, real GDP per capita in Estonia has grown 53 percent, compared to 19 percent in the U.S. and 17 percent on average across the OECD. Since the tax reform in 2000, Estonia’s GDP per capita has grown 119 percent, while U.S. GDP per capita has grown 27 percent and the OECD average has grown 26 percent.”ELECTORAL REFORMI gave up on the two party system over 40 years ago. We need to change our election system in the United States, ending Single Member Plurality (single member legislative districts, person with the most votes wins) elections.I support the use of Ranked Choice Voting for single winner elections, but for the US House of Representatives, I support the adoption of the Fair Representation Act, which would mandate multi-member Congressional districts, where possible, which would make feasible candidates from other than the Democratic and Republican parties winning seats in the US House of Representatives.I also support the National Popular Vote Act, an interstate compact that would insure that the national winner of the popular vote for President of the United States would actually be elected.I cannot warrant that the US’ growth rate would be as high as Estonia’s, but the adoption of this tax system would surely greatly benefit the American economy.— Bill Redpath's campaign website (April 23, 2026)Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.

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Expand AllWho are you? Tell us about yourself.Since 2020, I have been the Managing Director of the Chicago office of Summit Ridge Group, LLC, which is a Valuation, Financial & Industry Consulting firm in the Telecom, Media & Satellite industries. Previously, I was a Vice President with BIA Advisory Services in Chantilly, VA (1985-2020). Before that, I had Finance or Accounting positions with NBC and ABC in New York, WISH-TV in Indianapolis, and Arthur Andersen & Co. in Cincinnati. I have an active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license in Illinois, am a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), am an Accredited Senior Appraiser (ASA) in Business Valuation with the American Society of Appraisers, and have the Accredited in Business Valuation (ABV) designation from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. I have been a Libertarian Party member since 1984. I was a member of the Libertarian National Committee (1989-1993 & 2003-2020) and served as Chairman of the LNC (2006-2010). I am best known within the Libertarian Party for my work on ballot access for LP candidates. I served as Treasurer of FairVote, a national election reform organization (1995-2020), and currently serve as Treasurer of Citizens in Charge and Citizens in Charge Foundation, which support Direct Democracy Initiative & Referendum processes in the United States. I am engaged to Julie Fox, three time Libertarian Party candidate for Comptroller of Illinois. We live in West Dundee, Illinois.Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?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.What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?There is an old saying--so old that nobody uses it anymore--that people join the Libertarian Party because of two issues--not the same two issues, but their two issues. I joined the LP in 1984, and that was absolutely correct for me. My two issues were Social Security and the Drug War. They still are. Social Security is an unsustainable plan that is a horrible deal for younger workers. I support the Cato Institute's "6.2% Solution" for Social Security, which allows people under the age of 55 to opt out of the Social Security system and use their employee portion of the FICA tax to invest in private, inheritable investment accounts in exchange for waiving their rights to future Social Security benefits. I also support ending the Federal War on Drugs; I think the issue should be left to the states, just as alcohol regulation was at the end of Federal prohibition in the 1930s.Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?Other than my parents, the most important person in the history of my life has been Richard Winger, the publisher of Ballot Access News, a monthly newsletter, and ballot-access.org, a website covering ballot access issues, mainly in the United States. He is the foremost authority on ballot access laws in the US. He has dedicated his life to improving ballot access laws for minor party and independent candidates for public office. It takes incredible persistence and tenacity to do what he has done for so long. Please watch this video interview with him (sorry, but I cannot make a link in this box, so please copy and paste this URL):

https://reason.com/video/2016/09/30/third-party-ballot-access/Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?I would recommend the books "Capitalism and Freedom," by Milton Friedman and "The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom" by David Boaz.What legacy would you like to leave?I would like to be remembered as someone who served his profession (Business Valuation) with integrity and worked hard to promote Libertarianism, to reduce ballot access barriers for minor party and independent political candidates and to help bring about a multiparty political system in the United States.If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?I would want to be either Hank Rearden in Atlas Shrugged or Howard Roark in The Fountainhead. They both led heroic lives.What do you perceive to be the United States' greatest challenges as a nation over the next decade?I think the greatest challenge this nation faces is to avoid a future Federal Debt Crisis that could make the Great Recession of 2008-2009 look mild by comparison. This should be done by reforming Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. My proposed reforms are on the Issues page at billredpath.com. Maintaining international peace will also be a challenge, and I think that will best be done through the pursuit of free trade (including unilateral repeal of all US tariffs, except for real national security exceptions) and a restrained, non-interventionist foreign policy.What are your thoughts on term limits?I generally support term limits, but I think other reforms to our democracy are more important. I support Ranked Choice Voting for single winner elections. But, not all elections have to be single winner elections. Legislative elections don't have to be single winner elections, In fact, elections for the Illinois House of Representatives used three seat districts and cumulative voting from 1870 to 1980. I would rather see legislative elections using fewer multimember districts, and with more members elected from each district, using Ranked Choice Voting. I support the Fair Representation Act currently in Congress that would mandate multimember districts for the US House of Representatives, where feasible, with all US House elections conducted using Ranked Choice Voting. More on the Fair Representation Act can be seen here (I cannot make a link in this box, so please copy and paste this URL):

https://fairvote.org/our-reforms/fair-representation-act/

Is there a particular senator, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?Barry Goldwater. My answer might be affected by my friendship during the late 1980s and early 1990s with the late Karl Hess, who was Sen. Goldwater's Chief Speechwriter during his 1964 presidential campaign. First of all, Sen. Goldwater was direct. You knew where he stood on an issue. He was a strong, principled economic conservative--and, I mean a true economic conservative--not like so many "conservatives" these days who argue for more government intervention in our society through industrial policy or high tariffs. In his later years, he turned more libertarian on social issues. According to his Wikipedia page, "Goldwater's views on social and cultural issues grew increasingly libertarian as he neared the end of his career. After leaving the Senate, Goldwater's views on social issues cemented as libertarian. He criticized the "money-making ventures by fellows like Pat Robertson and others [in the Republican Party] who are trying to ... make a religious organization out of it." During his winter year, he supported homosexuals serving openly in the military, environmental protection, gay rights, abortion rights, adoption rights for same-sex couples, and the legalization of medicinal marijuana. It is my understanding that, in 1963, Sen. Goldwater was in discussions with President Kennedy regarding the conduct of the 1964 Presidential campaign. Even though they would have been R vs. D opponents, they were planning to do at least some campaigning together, flying to a location, deplaning, debating each other, then getting back on the plane to fly someplace else to debate again. If this had actually occurred, the effect on future political campaigns in our nation would have been deep. It was not to be, with possibly tragic results for the future of our democracy.

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Expand AllWho are you? Tell us about yourself.I am a Managing Director in the Chicago office of Summit Ridge Group, LLC. We do business valuation and financial consulting work in the Media, Telecom & Satellite sectors.

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.Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?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.What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?Well, that's an unusual question. It harkens me back to when I joined the Libertarian Party in 1984.

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.

The Drug War is a recidivist failure. It has never accomplished what it was supposed to do-bring about a drug free America. But, even worse, it set the stage for the gun violence we have seen for years in this nation and helped fuel the policing problems that led to the recent violent protests