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Liberia Restoration Party
Political party in Liberia From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Liberia Restoration Party (LRP) is a political party in Liberia.
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The LRP was certified by the National Elections Commission on June 26, 2017.[1] It is an off-shoot of Liberia Restoration to Christian Heritage, an organization centered around making Liberia into a Christian state.[2] MacDella Cooper was the first standard bearer of the party, and the first presidential candidate.[3] She was the only female presidential candidate in the 2017 election.[4] Her running mate was William R. Slocum.[5] Cooper supported Coalition for Democratic Change (CDC) candidate George Weah in the subsequent run-off election.[6]
The LRP ran 37 candidates in the 2017 House of Representatives election, 11 of them being women.[7] The party won no seats in the legislature.[8] The LRP won no seats in the 2020 Senate election.[9] In a 2021 by-election for the Grand Gedeh County #1 District seat, LRP candidate Erol Madison Gwion Sr. defeated ruling party CDC candidate Jeremiah Garwo Sokan.[10]
In March 2023, the LRP convention held in Tubmanburg the convention elected Gabriel H. Salee as National Chairman of LRP, while it elected Allen R. Brown Jr. as standard bearer.[11] By July 2023, LRP Rep. Gwion returned to the CDC.[12] Brown was the LRP presidential candidate in 2023, his running mate being Noosevett J. Weah.[13] In the 2023 House election, the LRP ran 17 candidates.[14] Marie G. Johnson won election in the Grand Gedeh County #2 District.[15] In the 2023 Senate election, the LRP ran 3 candidates.[16] Thomas Yaya Nimely won in Grand Gedeh County.[17]
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