Election Seasons

There are 20 presidential candidates in the 2023 elections. See links for details
https://community.liberiainfo.co/elections/
https://community.liberiainfo.co/all-candidates/

From article 52 c of the Liberian Constitution:
No person shall be eligible to hold the office of President or Vice-President, unless that person is:
...
resident in the Republic ten years prior to his election, provided that the President and the Vice-President shall not come from the same County.

Ruth Perry was Africa's first female head of state

Each county has 2 senators in the Legislature

Weah lost the election to Sirleaf in 2005, but later won in 2017 and began his presidential term in 2018.

Doe was the first native president and was inaugurated in 1986 after winning the 1985 elections that many alleged was rigged.

The True Whig party took a hold of Liberian politics in 1878 with President Gardner, and did not leave power till a century later with the 1980 coup