Mark Carroll
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Mark Carroll (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 11th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on June 28, 2022.
Carroll completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Mark carroll was born in Naperville, Illinois. He earned a bachelor's degree from Hillsdale College in 1996. He earned a graduate degree from Northern Illinois University in 2001. Carroll's career experience includes working as an attorney.[1]
Elections
2022
See also: Illinois' 11th Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Illinois District 11
Incumbent Bill Foster defeated Catalina Lauf and Donald Wagner in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 11 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bill Foster (D) | 56.5 | 149,172 |
 | Catalina Lauf (R)  | 43.5 | 115,069 | |
| Donald Wagner (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 0 | ||
| Total votes: 264,241 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 11
Incumbent Bill Foster advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 11 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Foster | 100.0 | 44,096 |
| Total votes: 44,096 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 11
The following candidates ran in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 11 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Catalina Lauf | 31.0 | 15,360 |
 | Jerry Evans | 22.5 | 11,158 | |
 | Mark Carroll | 20.1 | 9,955 | |
 | Susan Hathaway-Altman | 12.1 | 6,017 | |
| Cassandra Tanner Miller | 7.5 | 3,730 | ||
| Andrea Heeg | 6.7 | 3,334 | ||
| Total votes: 49,554 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Mike Pierce (R)
- Grace Green (R)
- Dean Seppelfrick (R)
- Juan Ramos (R)
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Mark Carroll completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Carroll's responses.
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I am a well versed person that is prepared to present a message of optimism and hope; a message that inspires people to greatness; a message that is blind to race, gender, religion or economic condition. I am seeking to unite us, working toward healing our divisions who is prepared to share my message with every person in the 11th Congressional District who believes that tomorrow can be a better day than today; who still believes that their children’s futures can be brighter than their own; and who believe that America’s glory has not come and gone, but who believe that America’s best days are always ahead of us.
- Return the power of the Government to States and localities as established by the Founders.
- Give the People their voice back in Washington.
- Hold our elected officials accountable through Term Limits and a Constitutional Amendment requiring any Act of Congress apply equally to Congress and all federal workers.
I am most passionate about addressing economic concerns and unleashing America’s prosperity through deregulation, reduced spending and reducing taxes. In addition, I am passionate about Comprehensive, bipartisan Immigration reform.
I look up to both of my parents. Prior to my father’s passing my parents had been married for 60 years. I know that I have been very blessed to have parents that instilled in me an abiding Faith, loyalty and unconditional love for family, a commitment to service of my community and Country, and an wavering sense of optimism for the future. My parents planted the seed in me to love and respect people in spite of our differences.
Service to the People who have elected him. Service is not something you do when the cameras are on or to pad your resume. A servant’s heart is something that is demonstrated in the things that a person does when no one is watching. Service is something you do because it is the right thing to do. Service is a key indicator of the character of an elected official. It provides a glimpse of how that person views the power that is entrusted to him. The power that is entrusted to our elected officials by the People is a sacred trust, that is not to be squandered, taken advantage of or self-serving.
At the end of my life, I would like people to say “Mark loved his neighbor, and he demonstrated it in every way he could.”
I love the book “To Kill A Mockingbird.” I love the way Atticus Finch was willing to sacrifice his livelihood, reputation and sometimes even his own safety, to stand up for what is right. The image of him providing legal work for someone and being paid with a sack of potatoes has resonated with me for my entire legal career.
I believe that one of the greatest dangers to our Republic is the attack and erosion of the checks and balances the Founders built into the Constitution and the structure of our Federal Government. Therefore, our greatest challenge is to not just govern for the “Now,” but to think about what we want our Republic to look like one year from now, 10 years from now or 100 years from now. As a Republican, it is critical to ask the question when we win the majority, “How will we govern?” Will we use the power granted to us to dictate our will on the People and continue with business as usual just to see that work undone with the next “blue wave.” Or, will we Restore America to the principles of the Founding and returning the power of government to the States and localities.
It is imperative to Restore the checks and balances that the Framers so ingeniously established, with a return to a LIMITED, DECENTRALIZED FEDERAL Government with the POWER of the Government returned to the STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, where it belongs….so that the TRUE POWER OF AMERICA, ITS PEOPLE, can once again be unleashed for job creation, technology and innovation restoring that uniquely “CAN-DO” AMERICAN SPIRIT that has generated the greatest, most prosperous County in the HISTORY OF MANKIND!
It is imperative to Restore the checks and balances that the Framers so ingeniously established, with a return to a LIMITED, DECENTRALIZED FEDERAL Government with the POWER of the Government returned to the STATES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, where it belongs….so that the TRUE POWER OF AMERICA, ITS PEOPLE, can once again be unleashed for job creation, technology and innovation restoring that uniquely “CAN-DO” AMERICAN SPIRIT that has generated the greatest, most prosperous County in the HISTORY OF MANKIND!
The first step to Restore America is to restore faith in our leaders. For this reason, I am a firm supporter of Congressional term limits. Our Founders built checks and balances into our Constitutional structure aimed at limiting the power of any one branch of government and prevent one branch from becoming too powerful. Our Founders believed that the competing ambitions of the three branches would be a check against them trying to steal the power reserved to the People. However, there is no way the Founders could have contemplated the way the three branches would consort to create and uphold the “Fourth Branch” of government with the sole intention of deflecting all accountability for decision-making and enforcement. Our National Leaders believe that what is most important is not serving America’s Citizens, but rather winning the next election. Deflecting any accountability from the tough choices inherent in governing makes it much easier for them to get reelected.
If elected, I will introduce and support a Constitutional Amendment requiring term limits limiting election to the U.S. House of Representatives to 4 terms of 2 years and to the U.S. Senate to 2 terms of 6 years. There are only two possible reasons why a politician would argue against term limits: 1) you are only concerned about maintaining your own power, or 2) you are so arrogant, that you think that you are the only one capable of solving America’s problems.Both of these reasons fly in the face of a true, citizen legislature contemplated by the Founders - it stifles the diversity of thought and ideas that leads to real solutions for the American People.
I believe that compromise and bipartisanship is critical in lending legitimacy to our laws. People are much more willing to adhere to the a law when they feel that the process for creating the law is fair and just. Historically, we have seen repeatedly, when one Party unilaterally advances its agenda without compromise or bipartisanship, it leads to discord, and the law is never settled. These type of unilateral actions become wedge issues for our ruling class with every new election wave. This is more about winning the next election, than serving the will of People.
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See also
2022 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 6, 2022
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