Libertarian
Bill Redpath
Background and Bio
Bill Redpath grew up in Findlay, Ohio, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science from Indiana University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Redpath began his career in accounting and financial roles at Arthur Andersen & Co. in Cincinnati, WISH-TV in Indianapolis, and ABC and NBC in New York, before spending 38 years in business valuation, specializing in media and telecommunications, at BIA Advisory Services in Washington and Summit Ridge Group in Chicago. He holds an active Certified Public Accountant license in Ohio and Illinois and is a retired Chartered Financial Analyst and Accredited Senior Appraiser in Business Valuation. Redpath has run for public office nine times as a Libertarian, including a run for US Senate in Illinois in 2022, and served on the Libertarian National Committee, including as its Chair. Redpath currently resides in Perrysburg.
Policy Issue Summaries
- Economy: Redpath’s campaign has called for an end to all tariffs on imported goods, calling them a tax on Americans, and favors an end to “corporate welfare” and farm subsidies, immediately or phased out over no more than ten years. Citing projections that Social Security benefits could be cut by about 24% by 2032 absent reform, he has proposed the formation of a Social Security Commission, modeled on the Base Realignment and Closure (BAC) process, whose recommendations to reform the program would have to be accepted or rejected by Congress as a whole.
- Data Centers: No campaign materials or public statements on data centers were identified at the time of this publication.
- Healthcare: His campaign website supports reforms to Medicare, so payments go directly to enrollees as cash rather than to medical providers, with higher payments for recipients with lower lifetime incomes and worse health, designed to be budget-neutral. He also supports transferring Medicaid to state management, phasing out federal subsidies over ten years and allowing states to set their own program rules.
- Taxes: Redpath’s campaign calls for eliminating the federal tax code and replacing it with the Tax Foundation's Growth and Opportunity Tax Reform Plan, which includes a 20% flat tax on individual income paired with a family allowance for low-income households, while preserving the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, a 20% distributed profits tax on corporate and pass-through business income in place of the current corporate tax system, and elimination of the estate tax with simplified capital gains treatment.
Endorsements
- No institutional endorsements were identified in public campaign materials at the time of this publication.
Background and Bio
Bill Redpath grew up in Findlay, Ohio, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science from Indiana University and an MBA from the University of Chicago. Redpath began his career in accounting and financial roles at Arthur Andersen & Co. in Cincinnati, WISH-TV in Indianapolis, and ABC and NBC in New York, before spending 38 years in business valuation, specializing in media and telecommunications, at BIA Advisory Services in Washington and Summit Ridge Group in Chicago. He holds an active Certified Public Accountant license in Ohio and Illinois and is a retired Chartered Financial Analyst and Accredited Senior Appraiser in Business Valuation. Redpath has run for public office nine times as a Libertarian, including a run for US Senate in Illinois in 2022, and served on the Libertarian National Committee, including as its Chair. Redpath currently resides in Perrysburg.
Policy Issue Summaries
- Economy: Redpath’s campaign has called for an end to all tariffs on imported goods, calling them a tax on Americans, and favors an end to “corporate welfare” and farm subsidies, immediately or phased out over no more than ten years. Citing projections that Social Security benefits could be cut by about 24% by 2032 absent reform, he has proposed the formation of a Social Security Commission, modeled on the Base Realignment and Closure (BAC) process, whose recommendations to reform the program would have to be accepted or rejected by Congress as a whole.
- Data Centers: No campaign materials or public statements on data centers were identified at the time of this publication.
- Healthcare: His campaign website supports reforms to Medicare, so payments go directly to enrollees as cash rather than to medical providers, with higher payments for recipients with lower lifetime incomes and worse health, designed to be budget-neutral. He also supports transferring Medicaid to state management, phasing out federal subsidies over ten years and allowing states to set their own program rules.
- Taxes: Redpath’s campaign calls for eliminating the federal tax code and replacing it with the Tax Foundation's Growth and Opportunity Tax Reform Plan, which includes a 20% flat tax on individual income paired with a family allowance for low-income households, while preserving the Earned Income Tax Credit and Child Tax Credit, a 20% distributed profits tax on corporate and pass-through business income in place of the current corporate tax system, and elimination of the estate tax with simplified capital gains treatment.
Endorsements
- No institutional endorsements were identified in public campaign materials at the time of this publication.
Last Updated:2026-09-24
