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Adam Beaty
Adam Beaty (Republican Party) ran for election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 80. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Beaty completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Adam Beaty was born in Hinsdale, Illinois. He earned a bachelor's degree from Lewis University in 2009. His career experience includes working as a law enforcement officer.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 80
Incumbent Anthony DeLuca defeated Adam Beaty in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 80 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Anthony DeLuca (D) | 59.2 | 27,366 |
 | Adam Beaty (R)  | 40.8 | 18,892 | |
| Total votes: 46,258 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 80
Incumbent Anthony DeLuca advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 80 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Anthony DeLuca | 100.0 | 5,818 |
| Total votes: 5,818 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 80
Adam Beaty advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 80 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Adam Beaty | 100.0 | 3,187 |
| Total votes: 3,187 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Beaty in this election.
Pledges
Beaty signed the following pledges.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Adam Beaty completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Beaty's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am seeking the office of Illinois State Representative for District 80 as a Republican.
I believe I am a candidate that can work well with either side of the aisle to get the best results for my constituency and the State of Illinois. I will be tough on crime by empowering law enforcement and working to create incentives to recruit and retain police within our communities. I will work to improve education by working with school districts and school boards to encourage greater parental participation when deciding on the curriculum in our classrooms. I will work with my colleagues within the legislature to improve Illinois, to entice people to make Illinois home, and encourage American businesses to come to and anchor in Illinois.
Illinois, I believe, is a beautiful state with so much potential. We need to unlock that potential by renewing the State Legislature and electing the next generation of leaders. I want to be that impassioned and confident voice our state needs in Springfield.- "The first step to getting anywhere is deciding you're no longer willing to stay where you are." So many people and businesses have lost faith in Illinois and thousands have left this State behind. I believe Illinoisans are no longer willing to see Illinois go down the path it is on. I believe a new generation of leaders endeavoring toward results rather than lengthy terms is key to breathing new life into Illinois.
- "Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it." - Henry Thomas Buckle. Illinois has become a key example for crime It is policy and/or the lack of enforcement thereof that has caused the criminal mind to become empowered. Throughout the state we have seen property crimes and crimes against persons sky rocket. Businesses are leaving and the most mundane of items now must be kept under lock and key for businesses to provide the goods we seek. This is wrong. We need common sense crime prevention. Policies like the SAFE-T act have hurt Illinois. We need law and order. We need energetic police officers who are treated fairly and retained/rewarded on merit. Finally, we need to get to the root causes that inspire the criminal mind.
- Education, especially higher, has become a hostage of the dollar and ideas and values forced rather than understood. Parents should be at the center of their children’s education. Parents should guide the curriculum through their local school boards, not a politician with a pen and an agenda. Community colleges and vocational schools should be more accessible. We need to value our educators more and incentivize those who endeavor to teach. I’m reminded of a quote by a Scottish poet sharing a variation of my name, “The aim of education should be to teach us rather how to think than what to think—rather to improve our minds, so as to enable us to think for ourselves, than to load the memory with the thoughts of other men.” – James Beattie
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on January 19, 2024
