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Voter Guide Illinois 2018 General Election Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Voter Guide Illinois 2018 General Election Tuesday, November 6, 2018 Please check the online voter guide for recent updates before you cast your ballot. Elections belong to the people.“ It is their decision. Inside... If they decide to turn U.S. Congressional, page 2-3 their back on the fire Party Platforms, page 4-5 and burn their behinds, Statewide, page 6 then they will just have State Senate, page 7-8 to sit on their blisters. State Representative, page 9-15 — Abraham Lincoln For more information visit: www.IllinoisFamily.org 2018 Voter Guide | U.S. Congressional Candidate Survey Questions Federal candidates were asked if they Support or Oppose: 1 | H.R. 3762 – repeals key pillars of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and, for one year, would defund Planned Parenthood. 2 | H.Amdt. 1062 to H.R. 4974 – Allows Veterans Affairs medical professionals to recommend marijuana as medicine. 3 | H.R. 3185 (2015) – Equality Act adds “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to many federal laws, granting special privileges based on behavior. 4 | H.Amdt. 1130 to H.R. 5055 – Prevent federal funds from being used to undermine religious freedom protections in the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. 5 | H.Amdt. 1244 to H.R. 5485 – Prohibit funds from being used by Selective Services to register women for the Draft. 6 | H.R. 4828 – would permanently prevent government discrimination against pro-life entities and allow for civil action. 7 | H.R. 3219 – Make America Secure Appropriations Act would fund many security-related expenses and give the U.S. control over those entering and exiting the country by constructing a border wall. 8 | H.R. 781 – Free Speech Fairness Act would eliminate the Johnson Amendment’s prohibition on political speech by Federal tax-exempt organizations. 9 | H.R. 490 – Heartbeat Protection Act of 2017 would ban abortion when the baby’s heartbeat is able to be detected, except in the case when the life of the mother is in jeopardy. 2 10 | H.R. 1 – Tax Cuts and Jobs Act would reduce individual and business income tax rates. 11 | H.J.Res. 121 – Parental Rights Amendment secures the rights of parents to direct the upbringing and care of their children. 12 | Amdt. 183 to H.R. 2810 – bans taxpayer funded sex reassignment surgery for members of the military. This voter guide does not constitute support or endorsement by Illinois Family Institute, and it cannot be used to advance the candidacy of any individual. Key to Parties Key to Responses R - Republican Dash - No Response NV - Did Not Vote D - Democrat O - Oppose l - Contradicts Voting Record I - Independent S - Support * - Qualified Response G - Green P - Voted Present Incumbents are italicized. Federal Candidates | U.S. Congressional Question Number District Party Candidate Contact Info 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1st USC R Jimmy Lee Tillman II 219-885-9315 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1st USC D Bobby Rush 773-779-2400 O S S O O - O - O O - O 1st USC I Thomas Rudbeck [email protected] - - - - - - - - O - - - 2nd USC R David Merkle — - - - - - - - - - - - - 2nd USC D Robin Kelly 708-679-0078 O S S O O - O - O - - O 3rd USC R Arthur Jones 708-435-1924 S O O S S S S S S* S S S 3rd USC D Daniel Lipinski 773-284-8566 O O - S S S O - - O - O 4th USC R Mark Lorch — - - - - - - - - - - - - 4th USC D Chuy Garcia [email protected] - - - - - - - - - - - - 5th USC R Tom Hanson [email protected] O S S S O S O O O S S O 5th USC D Mike Quigley 312-618-6636 O S S O O - O - O O - O 6th USC R Peter Roskam 630-221-0006 S O O S S S S S S S S S 6th USC D Sean Casten [email protected] O - S - - - O - - O - - Illinois General Election | 708-781-9328 | www.illinoisfamily.org © Copyright 2018 Federal Candidates | U.S. Congressional continued... Question Number District Party Candidate Contact Info 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 7th USC R Craig Cameron [email protected] - - - - - - - - - - - - 7th USC D Danny Davis [email protected] O S S O O - O - O O - O 8th USC R Jitendra Diganvker [email protected] S S S S O S S S O S S O 8th USC D Raja Krishnamoorthi [email protected] O - - - - - O - O O - O 9th USC R John Elleson 847-226-7755 S O O S S S S S S S S S 9th USC D Janice Schakowsky 847-424-1998 O S S O O - O - O O - O 10th USC R Douglas Bennett 224-458-9154 * O O S * S - S * S S S 10th USC D Brad Schneider 847-748-3788 O - - - - - O - O O - O 11th USC R Nick Stella 630-410-9627 S O O S S S S S O S S S Federal 11th USC D Bill Foster 630-310-6588 O S S O - - O - O - - - 12th USC R Mike Bost 618-549-2678 S O O S S S S S S S S S 3 12th USC D Brendan Kelly [email protected] - - - - - - - - - - - - 12th USC G Randy Auxier 618-967-9679 O S S O * O* O O O * O O 13th USC R Rodney Davis 217-891-3228 S S O S S S S S S S S S 13th USC D Betsy Londrigan [email protected] O - - - - - - - O - - - 14th USC R Randy Hultgren 815-355-8540 S O O S S S S S S S S S 14th USC D Lauren Underwood 630-448-0162 O S S O O O O O O O O O 15th USC R John Shimkus 618-344-1919 S O - S O - S S S S - S 15th USC D Kevin Gaither [email protected] - S - - - - O - - - - - 16th USC R Adam Kinzinger 815-433-4766 S S - S O - S - S S - S 16th USC D Sara Dady [email protected] O - - - - - O - - O - - 17th USC R Bill Fawell 815-353-9888 S S O S S S * S S* S S S 17th USC D Cheri Bustos 309-644-2358 O S S O O - O - O O - O 18th USC R Darin LaHood 309-431-1893 S O O S S S S S S S S S 18th USC D Junius Rodriguez [email protected] - - - - - - - - - - - - Visit our website www.illinoisfamily.org For one-page condensed Voter Guides divided by Congressional District! For Board of Elections by County Phone Numbers Please check the online voter guide for recent updates before you cast your ballot. © Copyright 2018 Illinois Family Institute | Boldly bringing biblical principles to public policy in the Land of Lincoln National Democratic & Republican Party Platforms | 5 Issues Abortion/Life must change. Democrats will fight for the continued development Democratic Platform on | of sex discrimination law to cover LGBT people. We will also fight Securing Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice for comprehensive federal non-discrimination protections for all LGBT Americans, to guarantee equal rights in areas such as housing, We believe unequivocally, like the majority of Americans, that every employment, public accommodations, credit, jury service, education, woman should have access to quality reproductive health care services, and federal funding. We will oppose all state efforts to discriminate including safe and legal abortion—regardless of where she lives, against LGBT individuals, including legislation that restricts the right how much money she makes, or how she is insured. We believe that to access public spaces. We support a progressive vision of religious reproductive health is core to women’s, men’s, and young people’s freedom that respects pluralism and rejects the misuse of religion health and wellbeing. We will continue to stand up to Republican to discriminate. We will combat LGBT youth homelessness and efforts to defund Planned Parenthood health centers, which provide improve school climates. We will support LGBT elders, ensure access critical health services to millions of people. We will continue to to necessary health care, and protect LGBT people from violence— oppose—and seek to overturn—federal and state laws and policies including ending the crisis of violence against transgender Americans. that impede a woman’s access to abortion, including by repealing the We will also promote LGBT human rights and ensure America’s Hyde Amendment. We condemn and will combat any acts of violence, foreign policy is inclusive of LGBT people around the world. (p17) Party Platforms harassment, and intimidation of reproductive health providers, patients, Republican Platform on | and staff. (p33) Marriage, Family and Society Republican Platform on | [The American family] is the foundation of civil society, and the 4 The Fifth Amendment: Protecting Human Life cornerstone of the family is natural marriage, the union of one man and The Constitution’s guarantee that no one can “be deprived of one woman. … Strong families, depending upon God and one another, life, liberty or property” deliberately echoes the Declaration of advance the cause of liberty by lessening the need for government in Independence’s proclamation that “all” are “endowed by their Creator” their daily lives. (p31) with the inalienable right to life. Accordingly, we assert the sanctity of Children raised in a two-parent household tend to be physically and human life and affirm that the unborn child has a fundamental right to emotionally healthier, more likely to do well in school, less likely to life which cannot be infringed. We support a human life amendment use drugs and alcohol, engage in crime or become pregnant outside of to the Constitution and legislation to make clear that the Fourteenth marriage.
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