Jeffrey Meyer

Republican | Illinois

Candidate Profile

Leans Conservative

BIOGRAPHY

Name

Jeffrey Meyer


Party

Republican


Election Year

2014


Election

General


Race

State Rep., Dist. 43


Incumbent

No


Links

Jeffrey Meyer websites Facebook

EDUCATION

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, BA, 2003

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, JD, 2007

WORK & MILITARY

(Candidate did not provide)

AFFILIATIONS

Hamilton Wings, Board Member, ETRCC

Chairman, CASA DeKalb County, Volunteer Attorney

Elgin OCTAVE, Past Board Member

POLITICAL OFFICES HELD

Precinct Committeeman, 2010-current

ETRCC Chairman, 2014-current

POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT

Kane County Board Dist. 17, 2012

ENDORSEMENTS

REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (1)

(None listed.)

SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS

CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (1)

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations

RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (3)

Allen Skillicorn

Local, County, and District Republican Organizations

Robert Pritchard


OTHER INFORMATION

QUESTIONNAIRE

OTHER IMPORTANT ISSUES

1. Free enterprise and the right to private property turn mankind's natural self interest into the fairest and most productive economic system there is, and are the key to national prosperity.

Strongly Agree

2. Government should enforce laws designed to protect the border and to prevent illegal entry into the country.

Strongly Agree

3. More restrictive gun control laws are needed to protect public safety.

Strongly Disagree

4. Human life begins at conception and deserves legal protection at every stage until natural death.

Strongly Agree

5. Marriage is a union of one man and one woman. No government has the authority to alter this definition.

Agree

6. Efforts to bring Islamic law (shariah) to America do not pose a threat to our country and its Constitution.

Strongly Disagree

7. People should be able to vote without photo identification.

Strongly Disagree

8. Congress should repeal the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).

Strongly Agree

9. There should be a strict constitutional spending limit for state and local governments that would tie the rate of spending to the rate of population growth plus the rate of inflation.

Disagree

10. Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.

Disagree

11. Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which permitted our system of limited government.

Strongly Agree

12. Patients should be permitted and licensed to smoke marijuana for medical purposes without police interference, and authorized persons should be permitted to possess marijuana and operate a motor vehicle after consumption.

Strongly Disagree

13. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.

Agree

14. Where minor children are involved, divorce laws should be reformed to include mutual consent of both parents and an increased waiting period, unless there is fault or abuse.

Disagree

15. School districts should be required to teach sex education in grades 6-12 using only "comprehensive sex ed" resources, which may include undefined “age-appropriate” information on sexuality, including contraception, homosexuality, bisexuality, and Gender Identity Disorder.

Disagree

16. Efforts to expand gambling with new casinos and additional slot machines do not pose a threat to families and businesses.

Strongly Disagree

17. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.

Agree

18. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.

Strongly Agree

19. Therapy for children who have unwanted same-sex attraction should be banned.

Disagree

20. Should abortion be allowed under extenuating circumstances? If so, what circumstances?

I oppose abortion except to save the life of the mother and in the case of forcible rape or incest.

21. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.

I am a Christian, confirmed Methodist and am currently a member of my wife's home church. My Christian values play a central role in my life choices and in my personal interactions with others.

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