The National Elections Commission (NEC) were notified of the vacancies in the legislature in early February.
On February 2, the House notified the NEC of a vacancy due to the death of Grand Gedeh County Representative Erol Madison Gwion in December, shortly after the 2023 election.
In the 2023 presidential election, Johnson had aligned himself with Unity Party (UP) nominee Joseph Boakai, creating an alliance between the UP and the MDR.
Vice President Koung would break from Senator Johnson with his endorsement of Twayen.
[7] Candidates for the Senate race included Twayen with the UP and Kogar with the People's Unification Party.
[1] In the first preliminary results released by the NEC, Twayen was in the lead, with Kogar in second place.
There had been a number of upsets in Dan regions of Nimba County, with them supporting Twayen over Kogar.
[4] William Q. Harmon of the Liberian Observer suggested that the Senate election could signify a "potential shift in political dynamics in Nimba County and suggests a diminishing hold of power by Senator Johnson.