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Bob Bednar
Bob Bednar was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 51 of the Illinois House of Representatives.
Bednar was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Illinois. Bednar was one of 54 delegates from Illinois bound by state party rules to support Donald Trump at the convention.[1] As of July 13, 2016, Trump had approximately 1,542 delegates. The winner of the Republican nomination needed the support of 1,237 delegates. Trump formally won the nomination on July 19, 2016.
Biography
Bednar earned his B.S. in accounting from Lewis University in 1979. His professional experience includes working as a bank controller and lending officer.[2]
Campaign themes
2014
Bednar's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[3]
Economy & Jobs
- Excerpt: "If we overhaul our Workman’s Comp and enact meaningful tort reform, the economic risk and cost to Illinois businesses of hiring new employees would dramatically decrease. More jobs in Illinois translates into more gross sales and income for other Illinois businesses. It also increases tax collections for the state in a natural way, Economic Growth."
Taxes
- Excerpt: "Working families in Illinois that are barely making ends meet cannot afford the Quinn-Madigan 67% tax increase. High Income Taxes are driving working families out of Illinois. Pass legislation that eliminates unfair property tax increases when your property value or assessment decreases. We can invite Illinois businesses to continue investing in Illinois by rolling back the Quinn-Madigan 45% Corporate tax increases."
Budgets & Spending
- Excerpt: "Dramatic reforms are needed to stop the Billions in wasteful spending. Our next Governor, (a Republican), needs to have the ability to line-item veto wasteful spending."
2nd Amendment
- Excerpt: "Defend the 2nd Amendment against all attacks!"
Pension Reform
- Excerpt: "After the Illinois Supreme Court declares the Pension Reform Act to be unconstitutional, I will work to draft meaningful and constitutionally stable pension reform legislation that will help put Illinois on a path to financial stability. We need to eliminate the pension boost loopholes that are used right before retirement to inflate pension benefits. The Illinois Reciprocal Act is a classic example. Over 400 retired Illinois legislators have used this legislation to dramatically inflate their pensions. The present system needs to be converted to a defined contribution plan (401-K) model."
Government Reform
- Excerpt: "We need term limits for ALL Illinois elected officials serving in Springfield. A return to a more citizen based Legislature will help curb long time cronyism and insider dealings. Bigger government means more corruption. We need to give the next Governor (a Republican), the ability to line-item veto spending."
Education
- Excerpt: "The Chicago School System is the only school system in the world that has more administrators than teachers. We need to stop rewarding failure."
Elections
2014
Elections for the Illinois House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on March 18, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was December 2, 2013. Incumbent Ed Sullivan, Jr. defeated Bob Bednar in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[4][5][6]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
 Ed Sullivan, Jr. Incumbent |
58.9% | 7,184 |
| Bob Bednar | 41.1% | 5,018 |
| Total Votes | 12,202 | |
2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Bednar was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Illinois.
Delegate rules
District-level delegates from Illinois were elected directly by voters at the state primary election on March 15, 2016. At-large delegates were selected at the state convention in May 2016. District-level delegates to the national convention could run as "uncommitted" delegates or they could declare their support for a specific candidate. 2016 Illinois GOP bylaws considered a vote for a delegate to be an "expression of sentiment" and "only advisory to the Delegate or Alternate Delegate so elected, unless otherwise directed by the Rules of the Republican Party." At-large delegates were bound to support the winner of the statewide vote in Illinois' primary election for an undetermined number of ballots.
Illinois primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Illinois, 2016
| Illinois Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald Trump |
38.8% | 562,464 | 54 | |
| Ted Cruz | 30.2% | 438,235 | 9 | |
| John Kasich | 19.7% | 286,118 | 6 | |
| Marco Rubio | 8.7% | 126,681 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 0.8% | 11,469 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.8% | 11,188 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.3% | 4,718 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.2% | 3,428 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 2,737 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 1,540 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.1% | 1,154 | 0 | |
| JoAnn Breivogel | 0% | 16 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,449,748 | 69 | ||
| Source: The New York Times and Illinois State Board of Elections | ||||
Delegate allocation
Illinois had 69 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 54 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 18 congressional districts). According to the Republican National Committee, Illinois' district-level delegates were "elected directly on the primary ballot and bound to the candidate for whom they [declared] themselves."[7][8]
Of the remaining 15 delegates, 12 served at large. Illinois' at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide primary vote received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the state's primary.[7][8]
Personal
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Bednar and his wife, Jo Ann, have one child.[2]
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Bob + Bednar + Illinois + House"
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ WBEZ 91.5, "2016 Illinois Primary Election Results," March 14, 2016
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Official campaign website, "About Bob," accessed February 18, 2014
- ↑ Official campaign website, "Issues," accessed February 19, 2014
- ↑ Illinois Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed March 18, 2014
- ↑ Illinois Board of Elections, "General Primary Election Official Canvass," April 18, 2014
- ↑ Illinois Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed March 18, 2014
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
