Like most of the other candidates, he promised to bring reconciliation to the country following its political turmoil, and improve the economy and infrastructure.
[6] On 20 January 2011, Brumskine announced that Bong County Senator Franklin Obed Siakor would be his running mate in the 2011 presidential election.
[8] However, Winston Tubman was the most popular of Johnson-Sirleaf's opponents, and the third-place finisher in the contest was Prince Johnson.
The reigning president, George Weah stated “Liberia has lost a great champion of social justice and a stalwart of our body politics.
Counsellor Charles Brumskine was a legal luminary whose contributions to our justice system and political sphere will truly be missed.
Words are inadequate to express how deeply saddened we all are; over the passing of Counsellor Brumskine – an astute statesman and accomplished public servant whose dedication to the country remains irrefutable.”[12]