

Barbara Wheeler
Republican | Illinois
Candidate Profile
Leans Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Barbara Wheeler
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
General
Race
State Rep., Dist. 64
Incumbent
Yes
EDUCATION
Loyola University, Chicago, BS, 1990
National Louis, Evanston, MA, 1995
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
St. Thomas the Apostle Church, EMHC
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
McHenry County Board, 2002-2010
Race
SCORECARDS
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS
2013
|100%
LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS
2015
|33%, 20%†
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (3)
NFIB
Lake County Farm Bureau
IFRL
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (5)
Darlene Senger
Local, County, and District Republican Organizations
Mike Bost
Pro Life Victory Federal PAC
Randy Hultgren
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
David McSweeney
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (3)
American Association of School Administrators
International Union of Operating Engineers
Transportation Trades Department
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.
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.
Strongly 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 Agree
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.
No Answer
10. Our state should participate in the nationwide Common Core standards for high-school graduation.
Neutral
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.
No Answer
13. Free market competition for education dollars, rather than a government monopoly, would create a better education for all students.
No Answer
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.
No Answer
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.
Strongly Disagree
16. Efforts to expand gambling with new casinos and additional slot machines do not pose a threat to families and businesses.
Strongly Agree
17. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.
Neutral
18. Religious freedom is our most foundational freedom and deserves added protection in our state and federal constitutions.
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?
Did not answer
21. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
I am a practicing Catholic who attends mass regularly and adoration almost weekly.
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