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


Links

Barbara Wheeler websites Facebook

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


LIBERAL ORGANIZATIONS

2015

33%, 20%

2015

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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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