

Reginald "Reggie" Phillips
Republican | Illinois
Candidate Profile
Conservative
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Reginald "Reggie" Phillips
Party
Republican
Election Year
2014
Election
General
Race
State Rep., Dist. 110
Incumbent
No
EDUCATION
Lakeland College, Mattoon, IL, Associates
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, Bachelor's
WORK & MILITARY
(Candidate did not provide)
AFFILIATIONS
(Candidate did not provide)
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
State Representative--110th District, 2
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
(Candidate did not provide)
Race
ENDORSEMENTS
REPORTED BY CANDIDATE (3)
Illinois State Rifle Association
Family PAC
Farm Bureau
SELECTED CONTRIBUTIONS
CONSERVATIVE
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (5)
Dale Fowler
Jeanne Ives
Mark Batinick
Mike Lee
Paul Schimpf
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (3)
Brad Halbrook
David McSweeney
Family-Pac
LIBERAL
GIVEN BY CANDIDATE (0)
RECEIVED BY CANDIDATE (1)
International Union of Operating Engineers
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.
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 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.
Strongly Agree
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.
Agree
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.
Disagree
17. Election of judges by the people for a definite term of office is the best way to select judges.
Strongly 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?
No answer.
21. Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
Reggie believes that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God, and that he rose on the third day in accordance with scripture. He is at God's side in Heaven and will return someday to judge the unbelievers.
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