Janet Silosky

Janet Silosky
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Candidate for
Illinois House of Representatives District 98
Party	Republican
Personal
Profession	Small Business Owner
Websites
Personal website
Campaign website

Janet Silosky was a 2012 Republican candidate for District 98 of the Illinois House of Representatives.

Issues

Campaign themes

2012

Silosky's campaign website listed the following issues:

• Tax Policy/Job Creation

Excerpt: "As an elected state legislator, I will work to overturn the recent tax increases on individuals and businesses in Illinois. Simply put, we have a budget problem because we spend beyond our means - not because we tax too little."

• Budgeting Your Tax Dollars

Excerpt: "State officials must accept that we can no longer increase spending year to year - particularly in a recessionary economy. "

• Cutting State Spending

Excerpt: "For at least one year, freeze all discretionary state spending and require all statewide elected officials to join in the effort."

• Pensions

Excerpt: "Illinois' pension system has unfunded obligations of $86 billion or more. Unfunded retiree health obligations total many additional billions."

• Medicaid Spending

Excerpt: "A managed care program for Medicaid, biddable and run through the existing health insurance framework would be far preferable to any government run program."

• Education

Excerpt: "Having worked in education, I understand that the issues are not just about needing better teachers."

• Legislative Scholarships

Excerpt: " I believe the legislative scholarship program should be abolished - not because of any pernicious and recurring abuse of the system, but because of the perception that such abuse is inherently possible."

• Local Governments

Excerpt: "Illinois has nearly 7,000 local governments. We should actively promote a reduction in the number of local taxing bodies across the state, but believe this issue is best addressed through open discussions and referenda by the citizens directly involved."

• Campaign Finance

Excerpt: " Two years ago, the General Assembly passed a law that limits contributions by individuals, corporations, unions and political action committees - but not those made by political parties or House and Senate leaders."

• Changing the Status Quo

Excerpt: "Running for office and talking with my future constituents about the issues that affect us all, encouraging them to become involved and engage their elected officials, has changed the status quo in at least a limited way because the biggest threat to our republic was voter and citizen apathy. Now that is no longer the case."

Elections

2012

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2012

Silosky ran in the 2012 election for Illinois House of Representatives District 98. Silosky was defeated by Robert Kalnicky in the Republican primary on March 20, 2012.

Illinois House of Representatives, District 96 Republican Primary, 2012
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Robert Kalnicky	55.7%	3,630
Janet Silosky	44.3%	2,889
Total Votes		6,519

Personal

Silosky and her husband, Steve, have four children.

External links

Suggest a link

• Official campaign website
• Project Vote Smart biography
• Janet Silosky on Twitter
• Citizens for Silosky Facebook page