Governor |
Secretary of State |
Attorney General |
Comptroller |
Treasurer |
||||||||||||
| Name | Randall C.
Stufflebeam (Lt. Governor, Randy White) |
Judy Baar-Topinka (Lt. Governor, Joe Birkett) | Rod R. Blagojevich (Lt. Governor, Pat Quinn) | Rich Whitney (Lt. Governor, Julie Samuels) | Dan Rutherford | Jesse White | Karen Peterson | Stewart Umholtz | Lisa Madigan | David Black | Carole Pankau | Daniel W. Hynes | Alicia Snyder | Dan Rodriguez Schlorff | Christine Radogno | Alexander Giannoulias |
| Party | Constitutional | Republican | Democrat | Green | Republican | Democrat | Green | Republican | Democrat | Green | Republican | Democrat | Green | Green | Republican | Democrat |
1) Taxpayer funding of live human embryonic
stem
cell research.
(2003: HB 3589; 2005: SB 2100)
|
Oppose | Support | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Oppose | NR | NR | Oppose | NR | NR | Support | NR | NR |
2) Adding “sexual orientation” and “gender
related
self- identity” to the existing
Human
Rights Act, thus elevating
homosexual,
bisexual and transgendered
behavior
to protected civil rights status.
(2005 – SB 3186)
|
Oppose | Support | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Oppose | NR | NR | Oppose | NR | NR | Support | NR | NR |
3) Allowing pharmacists to dispense “morning
after”
pill (e.g.,
Plan B) without obtaining a
doctor’s
prescription. (2005:
HB 2535)
|
Oppose | Support | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Oppose | NR | NR | Oppose | NR | NR | Oppose | NR | NR |
4) An
amendment
that would define marriage
as
between one man and one woman
and
preclude recognition of “civil unions” or
domestic
partners. (2005-
HJRCA 11)
|
Support | Oppose | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Support | NR | NR | Support | NR | NR | Oppose | NR | NR |
5) Legislation requiring public schools and
libraries
to filter/block internet access to
illegal
obscenity, child pornography, and
material
harmful to minors. (2000 –
HB 1812)
|
Support | Support | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Support | NR | NR | Support | NR | NR | Support | NR | NR |
6) Legislation to expand gambling in
(adding
slot machines or casinos).
|
Oppose | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Oppose | NR | NR | Oppose | NR | NR | Oppose | NR | NR |
7) Requiring parental notification before a
girl
can obtain an abortion. (2001 –
HB 1900)
|
Support | Support | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Support | NR | NR | Support | NR | NR | Support | NR | NR |
8) Reducing taxes by indexing the
per-person
deduction.
|
Support | Support | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Support | NR | NR | Support | NR | NR | Support | NR | NR |
9) Federal Equal Rights Amendment (E.R.
that
will require gender-based “equal rights”
including
protecting “abortion rights” and
“same-sex
marriages.” (2005 -
HJRCA 3)
|
Oppose | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Oppose | NR | NR | Oppose | NR | NR | Support | NR | NR |
10) Legislation to provide grants for
“comprehensive
sex education” which will
include
instructing students from 9-17
about
condom usage and pregnancy
prevention. (2006- SB 2267)
|
Oppose | Support | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | Oppose | NR | NR | Oppose | NR | NR | Support | NR | NR |
| Supported by NRA | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
| Chicago Tribune Endorsement | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||||||||||
| Chicago Sun Times Endorsement | Yes | |||||||||||||||
| Name | Randall C.
Stufflebeam (Lt. Governor, Randy White) |
Judy Baar-Topinka (Lt. Governor, Joe Birkett) | Rod R. Blagojevich (Lt. Governor, Pat Quinn) | Rich Whitney (Lt. Governor, Julie Samuels) | Dan Rutherford | Jesse White | Karen Peterson | Stewart Umholtz | Lisa Madigan | David Black | Carole Pankau | Daniel W. Hynes | Alicia Snyder | Dan Rodriguez Schlorff | Christine Radogno | Alexander Giannoulias |
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Other resources:
Chicago Tribune Coverage
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/
Chicago Bar Association judicial evaluations
http://www.chicagobar.org/public/judicial/2006generalfindings.asp
Chicago's supposed site to tell us where to vote
http://www.chicagoelections.com/
Where to search for your elected officials
This gives you your CURRENT officials, not the ones on the ballot.
But it does give you what district you are in for your US Representative, State Disctrict, State Representative.
http://www.elections.state.il.us/DistrictLocator/SelectSearchType.aspx?NavLink=1
Suburbs voter info sites
Illinois
Suburban Cook County
DuPage County
Kane County
Lake County
McHenry County
Will County
Wikipedia Illinois Elections
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Illinois_elections
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