Bill Redpath
Bill Redpath | |
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16th Chair of the Libertarian National Committee | |
In office 2006–2010 | |
Preceded by | Michael Dixon |
Succeeded by | Mark Hinkle |
Chair of the Virginia Libertarian State Committee | |
In office 2014–2016 | |
Succeeded by | Bo Brown |
In office 1989–1991 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Findlay, Ohio, U.S. | October 9, 1957
Political party | Libertarian |
Website | Campaign Website |
William Bruce Redpath (born October 9, 1957) is a former Chairman, Treasurer and At-Large Representative of the Libertarian National Committee, and past Chairman of the Virginia Libertarian State Committee. An eight time candidate for public office, he is the Libertarian Party of Illinois nominee for United States Senate in 2022. In 2020, he was the Libertarian Party candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Illinois's 6th congressional district.
Background[edit]
Born and raised in Findlay, Ohio, Redpath graduated from Indiana University and then earned an MBA from the University of Chicago. He is a Certified Public Accountant currently licensed in Virginia, a Chartered Financial Analyst, and an Accredited Senior Appraiser in Business Valuation in the American Society of Appraisers. He also holds the Accredited in Business Valuation designation from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and has earned the Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement from the CFA Institute.
Political career and activities[edit]
Redpath joined the Libertarian Party in 1984. He is noted within the Libertarian Party for his ballot access work; during his tenure as chairman of the LP's Ballot Access Committee, the party's presidential ticket achieved ballot access in all 50 states in two consecutive elections (1992 and 1996). It was the first time that a minor party's presidential ticket appeared on the ballot in all 50 states and DC in successive presidential elections. Since his involvement in national ballot access efforts, the Libertarian Party has had a presidential ticket on the ballot in all 50 states and DC in five of the last eight presidential elections.[citation needed]
He served as Chair of the Libertarian Party of Virginia State Committee from 1989 to 1991, and from 2014 to 2016. He twice previously served as the National Treasurer of the Libertarian National Committee, from 1991–1993 and from 2003–2004.
Redpath ran for the Virginia House of Delegates in 1993, and for the Virginia Senate in a special election in 1998. He was the Libertarian candidate for Governor of Virginia in 2001, receiving 0.8% of the vote. The theme of his campaign was "Anything That's Peaceful," the title of a book on libertarianism by Leonard Read. He proposed a radically democratic electoral reform for Virginia in 2001 – interactive representation.
He was first elected as National Chair of the Libertarian Party by delegates to the 2006 Libertarian National Convention in Portland, Oregon in July 2006. He was re-elected by delegates to the 2008 Libertarian National Convention in Denver, Colorado on May 26, 2008.
In January 2008, Redpath announced his intention to seek the Libertarian nomination for the US Senate seat being vacated by Senator John Warner. On March 29, 2008, the Libertarian Party of Virginia state convention voted to nominate him as the party's official candidate.[1] Redpath received 20,269 votes for 0.55% of the total vote. Redpath was the Libertarian Party nominee for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia's 10th congressional district in 2010. He received 2.20% of the vote.
Redpath opted not to seek a third term as National Chair.[2] In May 2010, he was replaced by Mark Hinkle at the 2010 Libertarian National Convention in St. Louis, Missouri.[3]
Redpath was elected to an At-Large position on the Libertarian National Committee at the 2010 convention and was appointed Treasurer on December 30, 2010 when the previous Treasurer resigned.
In June 2014, Redpath announced his candidacy as a Libertarian for Virginia’s 10th Congressional District seat being vacated by the Republican Representative Frank Wolf.[4]
On May 28, 2016, Redpath and former US Congressman and 1988 Libertarian Party presidential candidate Ron Paul became the eighth and ninth inductees to the United States Libertarian Party Hall of Liberty.[5]
From 1995 to 2019, Redpath served as Treasurer for FairVote[6] in Takoma Park, Maryland, serves on the Board of Citizens in Charge and Citizens in Charge Foundation, and is Treasurer of FairVote Illinois.
In 2020, Redpath was the Libertarian Party candidate to represent Illinois's 6th congressional district in the US House of Representatives. Redpath ran a campaign on reducing government spending, easing occupational licensing requirements and limiting qualified immunity in the wake of the murder of George Floyd.[7]
Elections[edit]
Date | Election | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Virginia House of Delegates, 34th district | |||||
2 November 1993[8] | General | Vincent F. Callahan, Jr | Republican | 12,982 | 78.4 |
William B. Redpath | Independent | 1,911 | 11.5 | ||
Lewis Highsmith | Independent | 1,639 | 9.9 | ||
Write Ins | 28 | ||||
Virginia Senate, 33rd district | |||||
20 January 1998[9] | General | William C. Mims | Republican | 11,623 | 61.8 |
Jean S. Brown | Democratic | 7,030 | 37.3 | ||
William B. Redpath | Independent | 160 | 0.9 | ||
Write Ins | 9 | ||||
Governor of Virginia | |||||
5 November 2001[10] | General | Mark R. Warner | Democratic | 984,177 | 52.2 |
Mark L. Earley | Republican | 887,234 | 47.0 | ||
William B. Redpath | Libertarian | 14,497 | 0.8 | ||
Write Ins | 813 | ||||
U.S. Senate | |||||
4 November 2008[11] | General | Mark R. Warner | Democratic | 2,369,327 | 65.0 |
Jim S. Gilmore | Republican | 1,228,830 | 33.7 | ||
Glenda G. Parker | Independent | 21,690 | 0.6 | ||
William B. Redpath | Libertarian | 20,269 | 0.6 | ||
Write Ins | 3,178 | ||||
U.S. House, 10th district | |||||
2 November 2010[12] | General | Frank R. Wolf | Republican | 131,116 | 62.9 |
Jeffery R. Barnett | Democratic | 72,604 | 34.8 | ||
William B. Redpath | Libertarian | 4,607 | 2.2 | ||
Write Ins | 229 | ||||
4 November 2014[13] | General | Barbara J. Comstock | Republican | 125,914 | 56.5 |
John W. Foust | Democratic | 89,957 | 40.4 | ||
William B. Redpath | Libertarian | 3,393 | 1.5 | ||
Brad A. Eickholt | Independent | 2,442 | 1.1 | ||
Dianne L. Blais | Independent Green | 946 | 0.4 | ||
Write Ins | 262 | ||||
Illinois's 6th congressional district, 2020 | |||||
3 November 2020[14] | General | Sean Casten | Democratic | 213,777 | 52.8 |
Jeanne Ives | Republican | 183,891 | 45.4 | ||
William B. Redpath | Libertarian | 7,079 | 1.8 |
Business career[edit]
Redpath is a Managing Director in the Chicago office of Summit Ridge Group, LLC., a valuation and financial consulting firm specializing in Telecom, Satellite and Media. He previously was a Vice President of BIA Advisory Services, LLC (formerly known as BIA/Kelsey), in Chantilly, VA. Before that, he was a Senior Financial Analyst with NBC in New York, an Internal Auditor with ABC in New York, Assistant Financial Manager of WISH-TV in Indianapolis and an auditor with Arthur Andersen in Cincinnati.[15]
Personal[edit]
Redpath resides in West Dundee, Illinois. He lived in Virginia 1985–2019, and in Leesburg, Virginia 2003-2019.[16]
References[edit]
- ↑ "LPVA – Libertarian Party of Virginia". Archived from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2008-04-08. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ Winger, Richard (2010-05-30) "Mark Hinkle is New National Chair of Libertarian Party", Ballot Access News. Retrieved 2010-06-02.
- ↑ "News briefs: Libertarian joins race for Wolf's seat". Fairfax Times. June 19, 2014. Archived from the original on July 3, 2014. Retrieved June 20, 2014. Unknown parameter
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ignored (help) - ↑ "Bill Redpath, 6th Congressional District Libertarian nominee profile". Chicago Sun-Times. 2020-09-05. Retrieved 2021-01-03.
- ↑ "1993 House of Delegates General Election". Virginia State Board of Elections.
- ↑ "1998 Senate of Virginia Special General Election". Virginia State Board of Elections.
- ↑ "2001 Governor General Election". Virginia State Board of Elections.
- ↑ "2008 General Election Official Results". Virginia State Board of Elections.
- ↑ "2010 U.S. House General Election". VPAP.
- ↑ "2014 U.S. House General Election". Virginia State Board of Elections.
- ↑ "Election Results 2020 GENERAL ELECTION". Illinois State Board of Elections. Archived from the original on 2021-05-30. Retrieved 2021-02-24. Unknown parameter
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External links[edit]
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Preceded by Michael Dixon |
Chair of the Libertarian National Committee 2006–2010 |
Succeeded by Mark Hinkle |
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