Bill Redpath

Bill Redpath is the Libertarian Party's nominee for U.S. Senate in Ohio, a retired business-valuation consultant from Findlay who now lives in Perrysburg. He chaired the Libertarian National Committee from 2006 to 2010 and describes himself as a nine-time Libertarian candidate. In his Ballotpedia survey he lists reducing federal spending and repealing all tariffs among his key messages.[1][2]

Redpath was born and raised in Findlay, Ohio, and graduated from Findlay High School; he says he began working at Findlay radio stations WFIN and WHMQ at age 16.[1][2] He earned a bachelor's degree from Indiana University Bloomington in 1978, with majors in economics and political science, and an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1980.[1][2] He then worked in accounting and finance as an auditor at Arthur Andersen in Cincinnati (1980-1982), at WISH-TV in Indianapolis (1982-1983), and at ABC (1983-1984) and NBC (1984-1985) in New York.[1]

Redpath spent a 38-year career in business valuation focused on media and telecommunications, including as a vice president at BIA Advisory Services in Washington (1985-2020) and later as a managing director at Summit Ridge Group.[1][2] He holds an active CPA license in Ohio and Illinois and is a retired Chartered Financial Analyst and retired Accredited Senior Appraiser.[2]

Redpath joined the Libertarian Party in 1984 and has served on the Libertarian National Committee for a total of 24 years, including as chair from 2006 to 2010; he says he is best known within the party for his work on ballot access.[1][2] He says he was inducted into the party's Hall of Liberty in 2016.[2] As a Libertarian he ran for governor of Virginia in 2001, for U.S. Senate in 2008 and for U.S. House in 2010 and 2014 in Virginia, and later for U.S. House (2020) and U.S. Senate (2022) in Illinois.[1]

Researched from the cited sources on 2026-10-21.