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Brad Bielert
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Brad Bielert (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 103. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Bielert completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Brad Bielert was born in Urbana, Illinois. Bielert's career experience includes working as an automotive technician and in construction.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 103
Incumbent Carol Ammons defeated Brad Bielert in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 103 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Carol Ammons (D) | 78.6 | 31,127 |
Brad Bielert (L)  | 21.4 | 8,452 | ||
| Total votes: 39,579 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 103
Incumbent Carol Ammons advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 103 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carol Ammons | 100.0 | 12,799 |
| Total votes: 12,799 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Brad Bielert completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bielert'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 running to represent Champaign and Urbana in the Illinois House of Representatives. I was born and raised in Champaign and my family has lived here for 3 generations. As a mechanic, I have a unique perspective on the issues facing our community such as economic development, taxation and social justice. Together, everyone can find real solutions to real problems facing our community and I want to represent your values in Springfield.
- I will work to get fair and unbiased legislative district maps in Illinois.
- I will work to change House rules to deminish the Speaker's power.
- I will fight bad legislation like the "fair tax" which requires married couples to pay more in income tax than two single income earners.
I will work with Democrats and Republicans to pass Bill 4113, The Equal Parenting Time Bill. It proposed a statutory mandate requiring a 50/50 shared parenting time schedule in divorce and parentage cases, except under limited circumstances. This bill ensures fair time for both parents provided there are no allegations of abuse, neglect or other circumstances that endanger the child. Children need and deserve love from both parents.
I look up to my mother. She was always able to keep everything together even when we had some tough times. She instilled a very strong work ethic. She always made sure that we shared our day at the dinner table every night. She was a housekeeper and then came home to take care of her own family. I am amazed to this day how she was able to keep things straight and make the bills balance.
I would recommend I, Pencil. I, Pencil is the story of how a pencil is made without any specific individual outside of the pencil factory knowing what they are making. It is the best explanation for why capitalism, not government controlled socialism, can best provide peoples needs and desires.
I will listen to the people of Champaign and Urbana and represent them to the best of my ability. I am not running to represent myself or my family. I want to be the voice of the people.
Integrity and determination to meet the needs of the people.
To listen to groups and people in my district and vote on issues as they would want. I would propose legislation that would stand up for individual liberties rather than restrict what people can do with their own lives, property or money.
I was a roofer in a family business for 12 years. The most interesting roofing job we did was where the roof of the building was built on the ground. The existing roof was a flat roof and the new one was a pitched roof which allowed the building to have a vaulted ceiling. Once completed, the roof was lifted with a crane onto the building. The measurements had to be very precise to avoid any issues with securing the roof to the building.
"To Build a Fire". Overcoming the hardships within the environment surrounding us.
There are no significant constitutional differences between the Illinois Senate and the Illinois House other than the size of district. The House does impeach state officers and the House has impeached 3 governors under the current state constitution.
The main difference between the Senate and House are in the rules of operation for each. The House is ruled by the Speaker. The Speaker controls the calendar (when the House is in session), decides if bills are called, when they are voted on, who may serve on a committee, and who is the chair of any committee. The Senate has more friendly rules to the minority party and has limits on the powers of the Senate President.
No. I feel that real life situations of the middle class and lower class offer views unforseen by the wealthy. As these classes of people make up the vast majority of the population.
Illinois pension problems are the greatest challenge now and tomorrow. Our constitution guarantees pension payouts and benefits. Illinois already pays out 25% of its annual budget in pension payments, pension entitlements and pension investment fees. Due to a 3% fixed annual adjustment, this will only continue to grow. We continue to tax our residents for retirees who no longer live in our state as many retirees are leaving Illinois to get away from our high property taxes. This leaves us with a shrinking population to pay ever more retiree benefits. Its not sustainable and we must solve it this cycle.
It should be cordial but somewhat hostile. This is because the best laws are made when the governor and legislature must negotiate for legislation, not one side ordering the other. The Speaker has had enormous, near dictatorial, power over all legislation since 1996 and it really didn't matter what party the Governor was, Democrat or Republican. The House body members elected in 2020 must end this when our session begins in 2021.
I do believe that it will be beneficial. The Libertarian Party has never had legislators in either the Illinois Senate or House. We must work with members of other parties to get legislation passed and end the tyrannical house rules that are currently in place.
The Census information for redistricting will be delayed due to COVID-19 so this will be a difficult process for our state. I am strongly in favor of the plan put forth by Change Illinois. This plan establishes an independent commission that must be demographically, politically and geographically representative of our state to draw our maps. It must remove politicians and sitting state legislators from drawing their own districts. It must be transparent and unbiased in communicating the results of the the Commission. It must also give the public the opportunity to participate in the process by requiring 30 public hearings set by geography, not population, before the final vote is taken.
As this plan will not be in place this year, I will work with both political parties and unaffiliated organizations to generate the most fair and unbised maps possible in accordance with population equity, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, ensuring no district is drawn to favor one political party over another, keeping districts as small and as contiguous as possible and ideally, state senatorial districts shall not cross U.S. Congressional district boundaries.
As this plan will not be in place this year, I will work with both political parties and unaffiliated organizations to generate the most fair and unbised maps possible in accordance with population equity, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, ensuring no district is drawn to favor one political party over another, keeping districts as small and as contiguous as possible and ideally, state senatorial districts shall not cross U.S. Congressional district boundaries.
I am not a current legislator.
I would welcome being a member in leadership of the Libertarian caucus of the House. There are 8 candidates running for Illinois House and assuming that some of us are elected, there is enough members to form a caucus within the minority members of the House.
I would like to follow Justin Amash's lead in being a pioneer in tripartisanship.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 20, 2020
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