 Kåre Jørgensen, also from Venstre, and Erling Knudsen from Conservative People's Party both joined Schou's newly founded party.In 2009 Søren Lilienhoff is elected the leader of the party.At the 2009 local elections, three members of the Citizens' List was elected into the municipal council in Kerteminde Municipality, with the party receiving 12.6% of the votes in the municipality.