John Christian Bambenek
John Christian Bambenek (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 15th Congressional District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on March 17, 2020.
Bambenek was a 2012 Republican candidate for District 52 of the Illinois State Senate.
Biography
Bambenek received his B.A. in Physics and Astronomy with a minor in Math from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and did graduate study at the University of Illinois in Law, Economics and Philosophy. As of 2012, he was studying for an M.A. in Theology from Franciscan University of Steubenville.
Babmenek's professional experience includes being a small business owner and information security expert specializing in electronic fraud prevention and response. He has been a member of the Board of Springfield Infragard Members Alliance and a Policy Advisor with For the Good of Illinois and Vice-Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Illinois.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Illinois' 15th Congressional District election, 2020
Illinois' 15th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Democratic primary)
Illinois' 15th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Illinois District 15
Mary Miller defeated Erika Weaver in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 15 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Mary Miller (R) | 73.4 | 244,947 |
 | Erika Weaver (D)  | 26.6 | 88,559 | |
| Total votes: 333,506 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 15
Erika Weaver defeated Kevin Gaither, Craig Morton, and John Hursey Jr. in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 15 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Erika Weaver | 51.9 | 17,778 |
 | Kevin Gaither | 22.3 | 7,653 | |
 | Craig Morton | 19.2 | 6,576 | |
 | John Hursey Jr. | 6.6 | 2,244 | |
| Total votes: 34,251 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 15
Mary Miller defeated Darren Duncan, Kerry Wolff, and Charles Ellington in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 15 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mary Miller | 57.4 | 48,129 |
 | Darren Duncan | 21.8 | 18,309 | |
| Kerry Wolff | 13.4 | 11,208 | ||
 | Charles Ellington | 7.4 | 6,200 | |
| Total votes: 83,846 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Kimberly Wade (R)
- Lori Fuller (R)
- Ron McCuan (R)
- Jacob Lane (R)
- Alex Walker (R)
- John Christian Bambenek (R)
- Kent Gray (R)
2012
- See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2012
Bambenek ran in the 2012 election for Illinois State Senate District 52. Bambenek was unopposed in the Republican primary on March 20, 2012, and was defeated by Democratic incumbent Mike Frerichs in the general election on November 6, 2012.[2][3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Mike Frerichs Incumbent |
64.8% | 48,493 | |
| Republican | John Christian Bambenek | 35.2% | 26,310 | |
| Total Votes | 74,803 | |||
Endorsements
Bambenek was endorsed by Family-Pac.[5]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
John Christian Bambenek did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2012
Bambenek stated that two of the main issues of his campaign are to "Reform the business climate of Illinois to attract jobs and new investment," and "Reform the budget to bring spending within sustainable levels and reduce the overall tax burden."[1] Bambenek's campaign website listed the following issues:[6]
- Business Climate
- Excerpt: "We need a simplified corporate tax code that is free of tax giveaways and breaks for connected businesses. We need to simplify our regulatory systems and reduce duplication and remove obsolete rules. We need to dramatically reduce the number of professions that require licensure and supervision."
- Budget and Tax Reform
- Excerpt: "I will only vote for budgets that are balanced and fight to ensure that any surplus is used to pay down our past due bills and then pay down our massive and crippling debt. I will scour the budget, line-item by line-item to ensure your tax dollar is spent efficiency and remove any waste, fraud, abuse and duplicative spending I find."
- Pension Reform
- Excerpt: "Depending on how you calculate the numbers, Illinois’ unfunded pension liability is anywhere between $100 and $200 Billion dollars and the number only continues to grow. We can no longer afford to ignore the problem or kick the can down the road. Our children and grandchildren will be faced with crippling debt if we don’t take serious steps to curb this debt."
- Government Reform
- Excerpt: "We need to clean up government from those elements still left over from corrupt administrations and enact real reforms to ensure that the looting of the public treasury can never happen again. We need term limits for all elected and appointed officials to end career politicians ruling without any regard for the public. We need true transparency so the public can see how their money is spent."
- Conservative Values
- Excerpt: "Government is involved in too many things and is interfering in too many ways in our private lives. Government should be limited to only what must be done by government and then at the lowest level of government possible. I am pro-life, pro-gun rights and pro-family."
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information provided by Bambenek to Ballotpedia on December 28, 2011
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed December 5, 2011
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed May 14, 2014
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, “Official Vote - November 6, 2012 General Election,” accessed December 31, 2012
- ↑ Family-Pac, "Endorsements," accessed June 22, 2012
- ↑ John Bambenek, "Issues," accessed October 21, 2012
