William B. Redpath, a Libertarian from Perrysburg, is running for U.S. Senate in Ohio's Nov. 3, 2026 general election to fill the rest of an unexpired term. He faces Jon Husted (Republican), Sherrod Brown (Democratic) and Greg Levy (Independent).

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." Redpath also said in the questionnaire that he believes "Democrats and Republicans are not seriously addressing the truly important issues of the day, and the people of Ohio should have a choice in this election beyond a Progressive who will bring this nation closer to a Federal debt crisis and another person who will back up Donald Trump 99% of the time."

Candidate information

Party: Libertarian

Residence: Perrysburg, Ohio

Birthplace: "Born and raised in Findlay, Ohio," according to his Libertarian Party profile.

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

Family: "It's just me," Redpath said.

Occupation: "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 said in our questionnaire. He 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."

Experience and public service

Redpath said in our questionnaire that he has "never been elected or appointed to a public office." He said he has "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."

He said he is "a nine-time Libertarian candidate for public office," with previous races including Virginia House of Delegates (1993), U.S. Senate (2008 and 2022) and U.S. House in Virginia's Tenth District (2010 and 2014), according to his campaign website.

Asked what qualifies him, Redpath said: "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."

On the issues

Top priority: entitlement reform: "The most important issue that the US Senate needs to address is Entitlement Reform," Redpath 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)."

Trade and cost of living: "Congress should eliminate not just Trump's tariffs, but all tariffs," Redpath said. "I support a policy of unilateral free trade … Trade deficits do not mean anything inherently good or bad; they are meaningless."

Federal spending and taxes: Redpath said he wants to eliminate the departments of Education and Housing & Urban Development and end all corporate welfare and farm subsidies. He said he favors replacing the tax code with "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. "The Republican Party used to talk a good game of small government, but they don't even do that anymore."