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Illinois State Senate District 27 candidate surveys, 2022
This article shows responses from candidates in the 2022 election for Illinois State Senate District 27 who completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey.
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Candidates and election results
General election
General election for Illinois State Senate District 27
Incumbent Ann Gillespie defeated Bill Robertson in the general election for Illinois State Senate District 27 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ann Gillespie (D) | 59.1 | 40,774 |
 | Bill Robertson (R)  | 40.9 | 28,265 | |
| Total votes: 69,039 | |||
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Survey responses from candidates in this race
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Bill Robertson (R)
I will respect your hard-earned tax dollars. Illinoisans pay among the highest taxes in the nation, including the 2nd highest property taxes and 2nd highest gas taxes. Add on top of that record inflation and a weak state economy, and Illinois families are struggling to make ends meet. It’s clear Illinois has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. We need to live within our means, because people in this state can’t afford any more taxes. As a fiscal conservative, I have delivered balanced budgets while keeping taxes low. I will work to make government more efficient, finding some early wins for taxpayers while collaborating on long-term solutions to our more systemic problems.
I will protect local control of education. Decisions in each school district should be made by the parents, students, and local leaders in those communities, not bureaucrats in Springfield or Washington. While the state needs to do more to support education, we must reduce mandates because there is no one-size-fits-all solution to education—every district is different. High-quality schools are the fabric of our communities. That’s where people want to work and live. We need to be sure we’re providing educational opportunities for all our children by investing our available resources into classrooms where they can provide the most value to students, their parents, and the community as a whole.
Bill Robertson (R)
Illinoisans have a right to be and feel safe. We need to support, not defund, our law enforcement. It’s time we end catch-and-release policies and hold violent criminals accountable for their crimes. And we have to simultaneously provide resources and supports to help rehabilitate these individuals and keep them from becoming career criminals.
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