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Brandon Adams
Brandon Adams (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 100. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Adams completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Adams was born on April 30, 1975, in Jacksonville, Illinois. He graduated from Midwest Technical Institute with a tradesman certification in 2000. He went on to obtain further inspection certification from the American Welding Society in 2017. Adams's professional experience includes working as a welder, welding inspector, and alderman. He has been affiliated with Our Revolution and the American Welding Society.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 100
Incumbent C.D. Davidsmeyer defeated Brandon Adams and Ralph Sides in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 100 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | C.D. Davidsmeyer (R) | 75.1 | 38,578 |
 | Brandon Adams (D)  | 20.5 | 10,533 | |
| Ralph Sides (Pro-Gun Pro-Life Party) | 4.4 | 2,250 | ||
| Total votes: 51,361 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Thomas Kuna-Jacob (Bullmoose Party)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 100
Incumbent C.D. Davidsmeyer advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 100 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | C.D. Davidsmeyer | 100.0 | 9,319 |
| Total votes: 9,319 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Brandon Adams completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Adams' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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During recovery, I earned my Certified Welding Inspector credentials with endorsements to inspect pipelines, bridges, structures, and aerospace. I know the value of hard work from my years of experience as a union steelworker and work on the road. It is crucial that we provide the education and training to get these great jobs.
I'm thankful to be living in public housing but everyone should own a home. I'm recieve power bill relief and food assistance to make up for the same inadequacies that many Americans deal with weekly, especially for the elderly and disabled. These human services deserve better funding so people can get more of the essential relief to meet life's everyday needs.
I began giving back to this country as a public servant by getting appointed Precinct Committeeperson in 2018 to get out the vote in the 200 unit public housing location where I still live. My neighbors helped elect me as Alderman on Earth Day of 2019. I'm running as the 100th District State Representative because I know from experience about the hardships of life and also how to overcome them. I am the community I will represent!- Top quality affordable healthcare for all people is essential, especially during COVID-19.
- Living-wage employment is long overdue to reverse the decades of income inequality, and will give a boost to the entire working-class.
- Internet has recently become essential for virtual classrooms, telehealth, and telework because of the pandemic. Connecting every residence and business with affordable gigabit speed fiberoptic internet is crucial to staying productive and bridging the digital divide during COVID-19 and beyond.
The government is OUR voice, we just need public servants who will write laws that fund human services to provide the population with what they need, some include making sure retirees can live with dignity, the disabled get individual coverage for all their needs, universal healthcare, public pre-K through community college, early civics education to lower the voting age to 16, training for living-wage employment, a guaranteed jobs program, gigabit speed fiber optic internet everywhere, and make homeownership attainable.
None of this can be done without reforms. The powerful have too much influence in democracy. Ending the obscene influence money has on politicians will allow our government functions to get redirected from assisting the wealthy, into lifting up average people and the working-class.
I would later learn how President Regan cut taxes on the wealthiest from 72% down to 28%, just above the Trump tax plan at 24.7% effective. This "Trickle Down" approach has only increased the austerity measures that have destroyed the middle-class. The relief burden was shifted from the wealthy onto those who weren't.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 17, 2020
