Libertarian Party of Illinois

The Libertarian Party of Illinois is the Illinois affiliate of the Libertarian Party. The state chair is David A. Brady.

Mission Statement

Libertarian Party of Illinois Mission is to Elect Libertarians to office and move public policy in a libertarian direction.

Executive Committee

Name	Position
David A. Brady	State Chair
Val Vetter	Activism
Jan Stover	Campaigns
Lupe Diaz	Legislative
Damon Dillon	Membership
Kent McMillen	Public Relations
Crystal Jurczynski	Secretary
Debra Aaron	Treasurer

Key Tenets of the Libertarian Party Platform

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.

For comparison with other parties, see Comparison of politics of parties of the United States.

State Affiliates (as of March 2009)

• Bond-Fayette County Libertarians
• Champaign County Libertarian Party
• DeKalb Libertarians
• DuPage Libertarians
• Fox Valley Libertarian Party
• Kankakee Libertarians
• The Libertarian Party of Chicago
• Libertarian Party of Cook County-Northwest
• Libertarian Party of Cook County-Southeast
• Libertarian Party of Lake County
• Libertarians of Western Illinois University
• McHenry County Libertarian Party
• McLean Libertarians
• Metro East Libertarians
• Kankakee Libertarians
• Metro-Lakeland Libertarians
• Northern Illinois University Libertarians
• Peoria Libertarians
• Rockford Area Libertarians
• Rock Valley College Libertarians
• Stephenson Libertarians
• Will County Libertarians

Libertarian Party of Illinois Vote Total History 2000-2008

2008 Campaigns

Office	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
President	Bob Barr	19,645	0.36%
Vice President	Wayne Root	19,645	0.36%
US Senate	Larry Stafford	50,228	0.94%

2006 Campaigns

Office	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Congress 2	Anthony Williams	5,422	3.33%

2004 Campaigns

Office	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
President	Michael Badnarik	32,442	0.62%
Vice President	Richard Campagna	32,442	0.62%
US Senate	Jerry Kohn	69,253	1.35%
Congress 2	Stephanie Sailor	26,990	11.51%
Congress 4	Jake Witmer	4,845	3.88%
Congress 12	Walter Steele	4,794	1.67%
State Rep 11	Jason Briggeman	1,770	3.99%
State Rep 53	Scott Bludorn	3,673	8.22%
State Rep 64	Jim Young	2,022	3.95%
State Rep 85	Austin Hough	7,945	25.09%
State Rep 95	Steve Dubovik	1,317	2.92%

2002 Campaigns

Office	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
Governor	Cal Skinner	73,794	2.09%
Lieutenant Governor	Jim Tobin	73,794	2.09%
Secretary of State	Matt Beauchamp	78,830	2.24%
Attorney General	Gary Shilts	87,949	2.51%
Treasurer	Rhys Read	66,593	1.92%
Comptroller	Julie Fox	144,066	4.23%
US Senate	Steven Burgauer	57,382	1.65%
Congress 1	Dorothy Tsatsos	4,741	2.62%
Congress 4	Maggie Kohls	4,328	5.20%
Congress 5	Frank Gonzalez	6,638	4.34%
Congress 7	Martin Pankau	2,436	1.53%
Congress 9	Stephanie Sailor	4,779	2.89%
State Rep 11	John Yackley	3,371	12.82%
State Rep 28	Jerome Kohn	1,241	4.21%
State Rep 41	John Tepley	1,034	2.76%
State Rep 42	Michael Mandel	1,123	3.28%
State Rep 48	Chandler Hadraba	3,440	11.22%
State Rep 52	Matthew Paul Burns	1,190	3.92%
State Rep 64	Jim Young	2,214	7.35%
State Rep 85	Eric Ferguson	4,922	20.32%
State Rep 95	Steve Dubovik	4,191	14.61%

2000 Campaigns

Office	Candidate	Votes	Percentage
President	Harry Browne	11,623	0.25%
Vice President	Art Olivier	11,623	0.25%
Congress 4	Stephanie Sailor	11,476	11.37%
Congress 5	Matt Beauchamp	20,728	12.73%
State Rep 34	R. Brian Poynton	1,230	4.04%
State Rep 39	Elizabeth Quaintance	10,103	26.20%

External links

• Libertarian Party of Illinois