[4][a] After the 1994 general election, the Libertarian Party achieved established party status for statewide offices in Illinois.

This occurred after its candidates for the then-elected University of Illinois Board of Trustees cumulatively received 5.5% of all votes cast.

[7] After the party's success in the 1998 election for Ford County Sheriff and other countywide offices, it achieved established party status.

Due to its second place showing over the then-dormant Democratic Party in that election, the Libertarians received the minority party's seat on the Board of Review and one of the five seats on the Sheriff's Merit Commission.

[8] This status was lost by 2002 after the Libertarian Party failed to field any candidates in the 2002 general election.