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Charles Roeske

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Charles Roeske
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Republican Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

Bachelor's

Ashley University, 2010

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Army

Personal
Birthplace
Chicago, Ill.
Religion
Catholic
Profession
Information technology professional
Contact

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Charles Roeske (Republican Party) ran for election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 59. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Roeske completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Charles Roeske was born in Chicago, Illinois. He has experience serving in the U.S. Army. He earned a bachelor's degree from Ashley University in 2010. His career experience includes working as an information technology professional.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 59

Incumbent Daniel Didech defeated Charles Roeske in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 59 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Daniel Didech
Daniel Didech (D)
 
66.5
 
20,619
Image of Charles Roeske
Charles Roeske (R) Candidate Connection
 
33.5
 
10,398

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 31,017
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 59

Incumbent Daniel Didech advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 59 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Daniel Didech
Daniel Didech
 
100.0
 
6,430

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,430
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Charles Roeske completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Roeske'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, Charles Roeske (Republican Party) have served most of my adult life in some form or other in the military. I would like to work for the people of Illinois to return to the personal liberties that I have enjoyed most of my life but have been seeing eroded over the years through government overreach. People should be able to live their lives as they see fit as long as they are not hurting others or stealing from others. For too long there has been an increasing sense that the government should control what we do and say and I feel we need to get back to the freedoms our country was founded on. I feel too often today people are being told what they can't do or say for the sake of political correctness. People should be free in the persons and effects to the extent where they are not calling for or executing violence on others.
  • Economic freedon through reponsible and accountable spending by our goveernment. Leave more money in people's pockets to allow them to be charitable as they see fit.
  • Parental rights - It is the parent's right and responsibility to oversee the rearing of their children and to be able to question the decisions of the school board the teaching their children, get meaningful answers, and not be harassed for their involvement and concern
  • More personal liberties - People should be free to live their lives, have their own opinions and state them openly even if others find them offensiv
Responsible spending by the government and rooting out and ending corruption in our government.

More personal liberty. Getting government out of our personal lives.

Safety - We should be able to raise our families in safety. Support training for our officers, accountability for all of law enforcement, from the cops to the AG. We don't need a hundred new laws, we need to enforce the laws we already have.
My father. Throughout his life he could have always given up but instead he fought everyday of his life against his hardships and always found a way to smile. He taught me that following your dreams is always a good thing and to never compromise your honor.
I love the books of Aym rand, the film 1776, the positions of Sowell and Laffer, the writings and speeches of Ronald Reagan, and more contemporaneously the movie V for Vendetta. I wish more people read the federalist papers and other writings of the period like Alexis de Tocqueville There are quite a few more I am sure,
First that they truly have the welfare of the people in mind. They should never forget they are not the leaders of the people, but a servant of the people. Whenever possible they should be voting the will of their constituents not the will of their party. In the absence of direction from their district, they should vote their conscience. They should always comport themselves with dignity and honor.
The ability to work well under pressure and to make logical decisions with the information available to me.
To remember they are servants to the people of their district and serve their will. To vote as often the will of the people and to make themselves available as much as possible to the people to hear their will.
A community that cherishes the personal liberties our founders intended for us.
Probably the 1976 Bicentennial. I was 8 years old..
US Army and I have been doing it in one capacity of the other for over 20 years
The hobbit. Not for any particular reason other than I have loved it my entire life since I read it in junior high.
Racism and intolerance.
Regardless of party they should all be working to do what is best for the people of the state. We might have different ideas of what that is, but we should all be working for the best interests of the citizens.
The out of control spending and rampant corruption in our current times have only seemed to get worse as the years progress.
The benefit of a unicameral legislature is the speed with which concensus is reached within the chamber but it is also it biggest weakness. It does not allow for dissent or discussion as in most cases this chamber would have to find a majority even if no one party held it. This would lead to the same issues you see for example in the United Kingdom right now where the majority decides what is best to the exclusion of the minority in the discussion or even the people's will.
No, I do not. I think too often we have seen people who have set out to be politicians as a career and they do not take into account the will of the people only the will of the party. Our government was founded on the idea of citizens serving and then returning to their lives. Part of the reason for that is that those who served would know they would go back to the society in which they wrote those laws as opposed to today where politicians have specifically excluded themselves from the legislation.
It would be silly to not think there is an advantage to building relationships with others. Teamwork is still key in a situation such as this just as there is in most things. You should always be able to find some common ground with just about any situation.
I personally have been waiting for politicians to set aside their party affiliation and redistrict in as much as possible nice even regular shapes, such as squares. Where they don't redistrict to give a party an advantage. It is an unrealistic hope but sometime you can't help but dream.
I personally don't have any committees I would want to be a part of, but would not turn down any position I am asked to serve in that the chamber feels I have something to add to.
I would say the last politician I really feel was philosophically similar to my positions was probably Ronald Reagan.
I never actually thought about running for office until now and don't really have any aspirations for higher office. I am seeking office now because I am just tired of watching people destroy people's lives and the fabric of our country for political gain.
I speak to people who keep telling me how bad things have gotten. That they can't provide for their families because there is always a new tax, a higher tax, and increased tolls to get to work. At the center of most of those issues are the same things over and over. Irresponsible spending by our government requires them to raise more taxes.
The executive needs to have some emergency power to account for true emergencies, but those powers should never exceed a reasonable amount of time for the legislature to put a more durable solution in place. As an example 30 days of emergency power for the executive, after which time it is not renewable for the same emergency and if the event is still going on then the legislature will have to vote to put a more durable solution in place.
Yes, that is the nature of our government, polite discourse. We should be able to come to a compromise to get things accomplished, though never at the cost of your true moral foundations.

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    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on August 21, 2022


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