Bill Fawell
Bill Fawell (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 17th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on March 17, 2020.
Fawell was a Republican candidate for Illinois' 17th Congressional District in the U.S. House. Fawell lost the general election on November 6, 2018, after advancing from the primary on March 20, 2018.
Elections
2020
See also: Illinois' 17th Congressional District election, 2020
Illinois' 17th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Democratic primary)
Illinois' 17th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Illinois District 17
Incumbent Cheri Bustos defeated Esther Joy King and General Parker in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 17 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cheri Bustos (D) | 52.0 | 156,011 |
 | Esther Joy King (R) | 48.0 | 143,863 | |
 | General Parker (Independent) (Write-in)  | 0.0 | 21 | |
| Total votes: 299,895 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 17
Incumbent Cheri Bustos defeated Spanky Edwards in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 17 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cheri Bustos | 99.7 | 56,388 |
 | Spanky Edwards (Write-in) | 0.3 | 189 | |
| Total votes: 56,577 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- William Swisher (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 17
Esther Joy King defeated Bill Fawell in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 17 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Esther Joy King | 65.1 | 19,464 |
 | Bill Fawell | 34.9 | 10,423 | |
| Total votes: 29,887 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Illinois District 17
Incumbent Cheri Bustos defeated Bill Fawell in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 17 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cheri Bustos (D) | 62.1 | 142,659 |
| Bill Fawell (R) | 37.9 | 87,090 | |
| Total votes: 229,749 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 17
Incumbent Cheri Bustos advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 17 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cheri Bustos | 100.0 | 42,964 |
| Total votes: 42,964 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 17
Bill Fawell advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 17 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Fawell | 100.0 | 38,411 |
| Total votes: 38,411 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Bill Fawell did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2018
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Bill Fawell participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on February 26, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Bill Fawell's responses follow below.[2]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Decentralize all federal agencies 2) Audit the Federal Reserve Bank HR 24/S 26 |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | End America's current toxic financial system, which has infected every aspect of our lives and lies at the core of every problem in America today.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Bill Fawell answered the following:
Who do you look up to? Whose example would you like to follow, and why?
| “ | George Washington. First in Peace, First in War, First in our Hearts. Truly an amazing man who chanced everything to establish a new form of government, a State of Liberty where the people rule over their government.[4] | ” |
| “ | Two books that can be found at www.scienceofliberty.us. "New American Revolution" and "The Science of Liberty"[4] | ” |
| “ | Don't be bought.[4] | ” |
| “ | I won't be bought.[4] | ” |
| “ | Don't get bought.[4] | ” |
| “ | A fully functioning State of Liberty where the people rule over their government in adherence to our U.S. Constitution.[4] | ” |
| “ | I was about 5 holding an "I LIKE IKE" poster at a parade when Dwight Eisenhower looked down at me from an open car he was in and pointed to me.[4] | ” |
| “ | Working in Vie Ziegler's furniture store. I had the job all summer.[4] | ” |
| “ | I forget things like this...[4] | ” |
| “ | Christmas... family.[4] | ” |
| “ | Wow... that's tough.... but if we aren't counting the Bible, it would probably be Crane Brinton's "Anatomy of a Revolution" (1936)[4] | ” |
| “ | I don't do fiction.[4] | ” |
| “ | Too many things...[4] | ” |
| “ | What was the last song I heard...[4] | ” |
| “ | Running for Congress...[4] | ” |
| “ | It is designed to empower the people to rule over their government but something went wrong along the way. I intend to make it right.[4] | ” |
| “ | No. Just experience in history.[4] | ” |
| “ | To return to the tenets of our Constitution.[4] | ” |
| “ | Banking and ending any private central bank.[4] | ” |
| “ | It is set by our Constitution, and so it is right.[4] | ” |
| “ | MUST HAVE.[4] | ” |
| “ | There's a process?[4] | ” |
Ballotpedia survey responses
- See also: Ballotpedia's candidate surveys
Bill Fawell participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on May 7, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Bill Fawell's responses follow below.[5]
What would be your top three priorities, if elected?
| “ | 1) Pass the REINS Act
2) Pass the Federal Reserve Bank Transparency Act 3) Introduce The Liberty Act to decentralized all Federal agencies. Our government is bankrupt so we have only two choices, to liquidate (revolution) or reorganize our government. All Public agencies would see their powers given over to the States, which already has mirror agencies in place (i.e. EPA, Dept of Ed, HHS, USDA etc). Independent and Private agencies powers to create laws, regulations and policy would be returned to the Congress. This would restore the people's rule over our government and rectify nearly every problem that afflicts America today from health care costs, to deficit spending, distortions in wealth, endless war, etc etc. Until this reorganization takes place, America will continue to spiral out of control until we are forced into liquidation and revolution... and I can assure you no one is going to like it.[3][4] |
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What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?
| “ | Monetary policy, it is the means by which America has been enslaved.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[4]
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Ballotpedia also asked the candidate a series of optional questions. Bill Fawell answered the following:
Is there a book, essay, film, or something else that best describes your political philosophy?
| “ | It's not so much a philosophy but reality. I would point to Strauss & Howe's "The Forth Turning" (1998) and Crane Brinton's "Anatomy of a Revolution" (1936).[4] | ” |
| “ | Adherence to our Constitution, which is the operating manual that empowers the people to rule over their government. Anyone who tells you our Constitution is a living document means to kill it, and with it any hope of Liberty and Freedom for the individual,... which is exactly what made America Great in the first place.[4] | ” |
| “ | I've written two books, one on the Revolution I saw coming to America and the other on the Science of Liberty (when the people rule). I grew up in politics and understand how it doesn't work. I have been called relentless over the years, and to restore the peoples rule over our government is going to require a good dose of being relentless.[4] | ” |
| “ | Serve the interests of all the people I represent.[4] | ” |
| “ | The restoration of Liberty, Freedom and the equal opportunity and balanced and increased wealth that comes only from a nation based in Liberty.[4] | ” |
| “ | I met Ike when I was 4 or 5 and I remember that, but the most important date to me is June 5th, 1968, when Bobby Kennedy was murdered. Coming on the heels of Martin Luther Kings murder 2 months prior and JFK's murder in '63 I came to the conclusion the entire world was lying to me. This forced me to begin to clear the table and restructure the world in the truth as I proved it to myself. It is part of what makes me relentless.[4] | ” |
| “ | Working at Vi Ziegler's furniture store in the day and bussing at St. Andrews in the evening when I was a freshman.[4] | ” |
| “ | I can't remember.[4] | ” |
| “ | Christmas. Everyone gets together.[4] | ” |
| “ | That is a tough one. Probably Crane Brinton's "Anatomy of a Revolution" because it really opened my eyes to the future.[4] | ” |
| “ | I don't believe in fiction.[4] | ” |
| “ | Refrigerator.[4] | ” |
| “ | What was the last song that played.[4] | ” |
| “ | Liberty.[4] | ” |
| “ | It is the peoples place in our government. You wouldn't know it today, but that is its role, yet all of its powers have been given over to a cess pool of federal agencies governed from the executive branch and create 90% of the laws we all I've under. It is filled with pimps and grocery clerks... It has to change.[4] | ” |
| “ | No... that can often be fatal. They just have to be honest and think in terms of the best interest of those they serve, not their hold on to power or money.[4] | ” |
| “ | Restoring the peoples rule over our government.[4] | ” |
| “ | I leave things like this up to God.[4] | ” |
| “ | The House of Representatives represents directly the people and therefore they must come before the people more than any other post. Two years is the maximum they can not be held accountable.[4] | ” |
| “ | Term Limits is a must have. Four to five terms for the House (3 is crazy and would result in a possible 67% turn over in the span of 2 years and would impair the House to even function). Two terms for the Senate.[4] | ” |
| “ | What process?[4] | ” |
| “ | I would be interested in joining the Freedom Caucus.[4] | ” |
| “ | Lincoln.[4] | ” |
| “ | They are all compelling and important to each teller and so they are all important to me.[4] | ” |
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ SaukValley.com, "Fawell officially launches another run in 17th District," September 25, 2019
- ↑ Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Bill Fawell's responses," February 26, 2018 Cite error: Invalid
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