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Lawrence Oliver

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Lawrence Oliver
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Republican Party

Elections and appointments
Last election

March 17, 2020

Education

Bachelor's

University of Missouri at Rolla, 1976

Ph.D

University of Missouri at Rolla, 1981

Military

Years of service

1974 - 1975

Personal
Birthplace
East Cleveland, Ohio
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Lawrence Oliver (Republican Party) ran for election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 95. He lost in the Republican primary on March 17, 2020.

Oliver completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Oliver was born in East Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Missouri at Rolla in 1976 and his Ph.D. in chemistry from the University of Missouri at Rolla in 1981. His career experience includes working in the envionmental field conducting field sampling, consulting, remediation, and teaching environmental classes. He served in the United States Air Force from 1974 to 1975.[1]

Elections

2020

See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 95

Incumbent Avery Bourne defeated Chase Wilhelm in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 95 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Avery Bourne
Avery Bourne (R)
 
70.1
 
36,245
Image of Chase Wilhelm
Chase Wilhelm (D) Candidate Connection
 
29.9
 
15,475

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

Total votes: 51,720
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 95

Chase Wilhelm advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 95 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Chase Wilhelm
Chase Wilhelm Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
6,349

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,349
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 95

Incumbent Avery Bourne defeated Lawrence Oliver in the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 95 on March 17, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Avery Bourne
Avery Bourne
 
85.5
 
6,965
Image of Lawrence Oliver
Lawrence Oliver Candidate Connection
 
14.5
 
1,181

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

Total votes: 8,146
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2019

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Lawrence Oliver completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Oliver'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 am a PhD Chemist and have worked in environmental consulting, sampling and remediation for over 30 years. I am a life member of the National Rifle Association and the Illinois State Rifle Association. Recreationally, I work with my wife to train our English Springer Spaniels and I enjoy pheasant hunting. I am pro-life and served for 5 years on the board of directors at the Godfrey, IL pregnancy resource center. I am active in my local church and serve as a deacon and teach junior high age children.
  • I oppose tax or fee increases in Illinois, and support a balanced budget and cutting taxes to grow the economy.
  • I oppose restrictions on the second ammendment to the constitution and support the right to self defense.
  • I am pro-life and I believe abortion clinics need to be regulated as any other outpatient clinic for the safety of women.
Due to high taxes, Illinois is experiencing a loss of population of approximately 100 people a day. I support the Trump agenda of lower taxes and less regulation resulting in higher growth and more employment. Illinois needs to have the budget lowered so that taxes can be reduced to create business friendly environment and attract more tax paying residents. I also support the use of Illinois coal through clean coal technologies for electrical generation. Coal fired plants in Illinois are being forced to close, this short sighted move by regulators has reduced the availability of good paying jobs in some areas of Southern Illinois. The majority of Illinoisans don't support or want their tax dollars to go for this infanticide. Third trimester abortions are being performed in Illinois, this is when a child is well developed, can survive outside the womb and can thoroughly feel this horrific procedure. I would support the elimination of the Illinois FOID car, citizens do not have to pay fees of taxes to exercise other rights, so they should not have to pay fees to exercise their second amendment rights.
I look up to President Ronald Reagan who brought our country out of the great recession of the late 1970's with his confidense, reduction in regulations and massive reduction in the tax rates. President Trump has been following this model, and has had the same results since early 2017.
One of the first books to impact me was None Dare Call it Treason by John Stormer. In it I saw the political battle of the Left to erode the freedoms in our constitution.
The legislator must have a sense of what his decisions will mean to his constituents, whether the legislatures action will result in more or less liberty and econimic freedom for the constituants.
I have always stood for the truth revealed in the actual facts, even when it was to my detriment economically or career wise,
I believe the greatest responsibility of someone in publice office is protect constitutional liberties of the citizens.
I would like to leave an Illinois that is a desirable place to live and work.
I remember the election of John F. Kenedy in 1960, I was 6 years old.
My first job was as a teacher in a christian high scnool for six years, I taight science and math courses.
The Bible, because it shows or struggles and weakness as mankind, the redemptive power of God through Jesus Christ.
I have not desired to be a fictional character, but I love history and wish to emulate the life of historical figures such as William Bradford, George Washington and Ben Franklin.
Amazing Grace
In Illinois the biggest differences between the House and Senate, is that the senators represent twice as many residents and have terms in that last on average are longer.
I believe that state legislators should have experience as wage earning tax payers so that have an understanding of what the are doing to the citizens when they seek to raise taxes.
Illinois has a very large unfunded liability problem, the current Democratic controlled legislature only looks to increase the current budget and increase taxes. Due to the higher taxes, Illinois is losing residents and the budgets will only continue to be short and the unfuded debt cannot be covered. Because of this situation, the Illinois state bonds have nearly been downgraded to junk statusm resulting in higher debt payments for the tax payers.
There should not be a tight political connection betweem leaders of the legislature and the governor where he becomes a rubber stamp.
It is important to build relationships with other legislators in order to build supprort for legislation that one desires to pass.
I would desire to be on an appropriation committee, the Environment and energy commettee, and the revenue and finance committee.
I do not have plans for any other political office.
What I remember most about the comments from people while collecting signatures to get on the ballet, was the many said they plan to leave Illinois as soon as they retire, This included a number of state employees.

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  1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on December 15, 2019


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