William B. Redpath is the Libertarian Party's certified candidate for U.S. Senate in Ohio's Nov. 3, 2026, general election for the rest of an unexpired term. Greg Levy (Independent), Jon Husted (Republican) and Sherrod Brown (Democratic) are also in the race.

Asked why he is running, Redpath said in our candidate questionnaire: "I wanted there to be a Libertarian voice in the Ohio US Senate election this year, and without me in this race, there wouldn't be one. I want there to be a multiparty electoral system in this nation, and my running as a Libertarian is at least a small step in that direction."

Candidate information

Party: Libertarian

Residence: Perrysburg, Ohio. Born and raised in Findlay, Ohio.

Education: "Findlay (Ohio) High School, 1975. BA, Indiana University, 1978. MBA, The University of Chicago, 1980."

Family: "It's just me."

Occupation and work history: "After I earned my MBA degree, I worked as an auditor and accountant at Arthur Andersen & Co. in Cincinnati, WISH-TV in Indianapolis, and ABC and NBC in New York for a total of five years. After that, I had a 38 year career in Business Valuation, specializing in Media & Telecommunications, at BIA Advisory Services in Washington and Summit Ridge Group in Chicago. I retired from that career in 2023."

Redpath added: "I am currently an Editor of Ballot Access News and ballot-access.org, which covers news concerning political candidate ballot access laws in the United States."

He said he holds "an active Certified Public Accountant license in Ohio and Illinois."

Previous elected or appointed office: "I have never been elected or appointed to a public office. I have been a member of the Libertarian National Committee (LNC) for a total of 25 years, including as Chair of the LNC from 2006 to 2010 and have served as Treasurer several times."

Experience and public service

Asked what accomplishments show he can handle the job, Redpath said in our questionnaire: "I worked non-stop in various financial positions in the private sector for 43 years, while my opponents have largely been in government positions for their entire careers."

He added: "I am known within the Libertarian Party (LP) for my work to secure ballot access for its candidates. … In 1992 and 1996, I led the successful efforts to place the LP's presidential ticket on the ballot in all 50 states and DC. This was the first time that a third party accomplished that in successive elections."

According to the Libertarian Party's profile, Redpath was inducted into the party's Hall of Liberty in 2016 alongside former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul.

On the issues

Top priority, entitlement reform: Redpath said in our questionnaire that entitlement reform is "the most important issue that the US Senate needs to address." He said: "The US will face a Federal debt crisis sometime in the future unless it addresses reform of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid."

He called for "a combination of a benefit ceiling, raised retirement age, and indexing benefit growth to prices (not wages)."

Economy and cost of living: "Congress should eliminate not just Trump's tariffs, but all tariffs," Redpath said. He said he supports "a policy of unilateral free trade, whereby no tariffs are applied to any purchases by Americans of goods or services from foreign entities, regardless of the trade policies of the other nation."

He called it "a pro-consumer trade policy, and we are all consumers."

Federal spending and taxes: Redpath said "Congress should eliminate the Departments of Education and Housing & Urban Development. All corporate welfare and farm subsidies should be ended."

He said he favors "a Flat Tax of 20 percent on individual income combined with a generous family allowance to protect low income households."

Differences from opponents: "I will stand for both economic freedom and personal freedom to a far greater extent than the other candidates in this race," Redpath said. He said "the Trump Administration has now had the Federal government make equity investments in at least 34 companies. I will work to reverse that and to make the Federal government far smaller and less costly."

Ohio's general election is Nov. 3, 2026.