Gayla Smith (Illinois)

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Gayla Smith
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Governors State University

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Gayla Smith was a 2014 Republican candidate for District 37 of the Illinois House of Representatives.

Biography

Smith graduated from Governors State University. Her professional experience includes working in the automation field in the insurance and construction industry.[1]

Campaign themes

2014

Smith's official website highlighted the following issues:[2]

Workman's compensation reform

  • Excerpt: "Illinois carries the 3rd highest Work Comp rates in the nation. We are strangling small business owners with these ridiculous insurance prices. Illinois’ work comp rates are 3 to 4 times higher than Indiana. Fraud and abuse are rampant in Illinois. This issue must be addressed, and reforms must be put into place to help our small business partners."

Tax reform

  • Excerpt: "When the Illinois legislature voted to increase our income taxes in 2011 from 3% to 5%, the law was written to sunset on January 1, 2015 dropping down to 3.85%. Illinois politicians are already trying to pass laws to make the tax increase permanent. They want to stick us with the bill for their inability to manage the pension system and the state. This is incomprehensible."

Transparency

  • Excerpt: "Illinois residents should be able to see where their tax dollars are spent. Information about awarded Government contracts and State Grants funds should be easily available to the average taxpayer."

Pension reform

  • Excerpt: "The $100 Billion Unfunded Pension Liability problem continues to haunt Illinois taxpayers. Illinois politicians have been kicking this can down the road for years and years. We need serious reform. The growing pension boondoggle will not be fixed with minor ‘bandaid’ legislation. Current rules allow public sector workers to collect several pensions at retirement. No reform will be complete until this is eliminated. I would like to see the pension system completely phased out and replaced with traditional 401K investment instruments. This allows portability and individual ownership for the employee. It’s better for the worker, and more sustainable for the state of Illinois. Our State pension system is only 39% funded. A healthy pension fund should be at least 80% funded."

Elections

2014

See also: Illinois House of Representatives 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. Nichole Serbin defeated August (O'Neill) Deuser in the Democratic primary, while Margo McDermed defeated Gayla Smith and Arthur Lukowski in the Republican primary. McDermed then defeated Serbin in the general election.[3][4][5][6]

Illinois House of Representatives District 37, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMargo McDermed 68.9% 26,168
     Democratic Nichole Serbin 31.1% 11,797
Total Votes 37,965


Illinois House of Representatives, District 37 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngNichole Serbin 60.4% 1,081
August (O'Neill) Deuser 39.6% 709
Total Votes 1,790
Illinois House of Representatives, District 37 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngMargo McDermed 55.6% 5,630
Arthur Lukowski 24.1% 2,438
Gayla Smith 20.4% 2,067
Total Votes 10,135

Personal

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Smith and her family live in Frankfort, Il.[7]

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Official campaign website, "Biography," accessed February 18, 2014
  2. ↑ Official campaign website, "Issues," accessed February 18, 2014
  3. ↑ Illinois Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed March 18, 2014
  4. ↑ Illinois Board of Elections, "General Primary Election Official Canvass," April 18, 2014
  5. ↑ Illinois Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed March 18, 2014
  6. ↑ The Chicago Tribune, "Results List (Unofficial)," accessed November 5, 2014
  7. ↑ Official campaign website, "Biography," accessed February 18, 2014


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