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In April 2020, Representative Justin Amash from Michigan's 3rd congressional district became the first Libertarian member of Congress, after switching from the Republican Party and spending time as an independent. However, Amash has never been elected as a Libertarian, and did not seek re-election in 2020. [92]
He was first elected as a Republican, and left the Republican Party to become an independent in early 2020 before switching to the Libertarian Party in April 2020. He did not seek re-election in 2020 [ 2 ] and switched back to the Republican Party in 2024 to run for the U.S. Senate election in Michigan .
After the 1994 general election, the Libertarian Party achieved established party status for statewide offices in Illinois. This occurred after its candidates for the then-elected University of Illinois Board of Trustees cumulatively received 5.5% of all votes cast. [ 7 ]
Illinois's first congressional district is a congressional ... Illinois's 1st Congressional District Election (2002) ... G. Wardingley 29,776 16.21 Libertarian ...
If he had been elected, Ryan would have been the first Republican sitting mayor elected to statewide office in Illinois since Edward C. Akin was elected Attorney General in 1898. [ 5 ] After Ryan withdrew as the Republican nominee, he was replaced on the ballot by Bernard Carey , a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners who had also ...
2006 Illinois's 2nd congressional district election Party Candidate Votes % Democratic: Jesse Jackson Jr. (incumbent) 146,347 : 84.84 : Republican: Robert Belin 20,395 11.82 Libertarian: Anthony W. Williams 5,748 3.33 Total votes 172,490 : 100.00 : Democratic hold
All 20 of Illinois’ seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 1996. Both the Democratic and Republican parties flipped one seat held by the other party, leaving the party the composition of Illinois' House delegation 10 Democrats and 10 Republicans.
This was the first election that the 1970 Constitution of Illinois' change took effect that all statewide executive offices would be elected in national midterm years. [3] To accommodate this, in 1976, all statewide executive offices that were up for election were elected to two-year terms that would expire following the 1978 elections.