
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
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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