Richard S. Rudd

Richard Rudd
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Illinois House of Representatives District 54
Former candidate
Party	Democratic
Personal
Birthday	October 22, 1959
Place of birth	Chicago, IL
Profession	Carpenter
Religion	Lutheran
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Richard Rudd was a 2012 Democratic candidate for District 54 of the Illinois House of Representatives.

Issues

Campaign themes

2012

Rudd's campaign website listed the following issues:

• Good paying jobs not minimum wage jobs

Excerpt: "That means working with business to come to Illinois and stay here but without bribing them with huge tax incentives. We need to sell them on our skilled labor pool, our great transportation hub and the fact that this is a great place to live and our strong work ethic."

• Our schools need our support

Excerpt: "The pension problem is not something that happened overnight, the state has not funded these pensions for years and now, they want to push it onto the local school districts, which would mean huge property tax increases. We are already paying high property taxes to support our schools, there has to be another solution."

• Training of our workforce is an issue

Excerpt: "Unions filled this gap by providing apprenticeship and on-going training but with the collapse of union membership, this gap needs to be filled. Labor and management need to work together."

• Wealthy people (the top 1%) need to pay their fair share of taxes

Excerpt: "There is something wrong with the tax system when a secretary, teacher, police officer or carpenter pays a higher percentage of their income in taxes than the top 1% does."

• Our political campaigns are unfair

Excerpt: "The wealthy can ‘buy’ their elections and then pass legislation that benefits themselves and their contributors. We need true campaign finance reform. Elections should be publicly funded and each candidate should receive the same amount."

Elections

2012

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2012

Rudd ran in the 2012 election for Illinois House of Representatives District 54. He filed as a petition candidate after the Democratic primary on March 20, 2012 and was defeated by incumbent Thomas R. Morrison in the general election on November 6, 2012.

Illinois House of Representatives, District 54, General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Thomas R. Morrison Incumbent	59.1%	27,123
	Democratic	Richard S. Rudd	40.9%	18,786
Total Votes				45,909

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