Libertarian Party of Illinois

Libertarian Party of Illinois
Chairman	Lex Green
Founded	1971
Ideology	Libertarianism
National affiliation	Libertarian Party (United States)
Colors	a shade of Blue; Yellow
Website
www.lpillinois.org

The Libertarian Party of Illinois is the Illinois affiliate of the Libertarian Party. The state chair is Lex Green. There are six 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 of the party platform

For comparison with other parties, see Political parties in the United States.

Key tenets of the Libertarian Party platform include the following:

• 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.)
• A belief that abortion is a personal issue, and should not be part of government.

However, Chad Grimm, the 2014 Nominee for governor is pro-life on abortion and rejects the current plank in the present platform.

In a Facebook post, he stated, “I am pro life, as I believe there should be no crime so long as no one is harmed and I consider the murder of an unborn child as the worst kind of harm committed on the most innocent among us!”

State and student affiliates

• Bond-Fayette County Libertarians
• Carroll County Libertarians
• Champaign County Libertarian Party
• DuPage Libertarians
• Eastern Illinois University
• Elmhurst College
• Fox Valley Libertarian Party
• Illinois State University
• Illinois Valley Libertarian Party
• Libertarian Party of Chicago
• Libertarians of Western Illinois University
• Loyola University
• McLean County Libertarian Party
• Metro-East Libertarians
• Northwestern University
• Northern Illinois University Libertarians
• Outright Libertarians of Illinois
• Rockford Area Libertarian Part
• Rock Valley College Libertarians
• Sangamon County Libertarian Libertarian Party
• Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Will County Libertarian Party
• Western Illinois University

Electoral history 2000-2010

2010 campaigns

Office	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Governor	Lex Green	34,170	0.9%
Lieutenant Governor	Ed Rutledge	34,170	0.9%
Secretary of State	Josh Hanson	113,813	3.1%
Attorney General	Bill Malan	53,858	1.5%
Treasurer	James Pauly	67,958	1.9%
Comptroller	Julie Fox	119,638	3.3%
US Senate	Mike Labno	86,185	2.4%

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%

See also

• List of state Libertarian Parties in the United States

External links

• Libertarian Party of Illinois
• Libertarian Party (United States)
• Libertarian Party of Chicago