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Rick Laib
Rick Laib (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 11th Congressional District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Laib completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Laib was a candidate who sought election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 86. Laib lost the general election on November 6, 2018, after advancing from the primary on March 20, 2018.
Biography
Rick Laib was born in Joliet, Illinois. He served in the United States Army from 1992 to 2000. Laib earned a B.A. from the University of St. Francis, an M.A. from Biola University, and a Th.M. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. His career experience includes working as a police sergeant with the Will County Sheriff's Office in Joliet, Illinois.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Illinois' 11th Congressional District election, 2020
Illinois' 11th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Republican primary)
Illinois' 11th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Illinois District 11
Incumbent Bill Foster defeated Rick Laib and Jon Harlson in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 11 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bill Foster (D) | 63.3 | 194,557 |
 | Rick Laib (R)  | 36.7 | 112,807 | |
| Jon Harlson (Independent) (Write-in) | 0.0 | 13 | ||
| Total votes: 307,377 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 11
Incumbent Bill Foster defeated Rachel Ventura in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 11 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bill Foster | 58.7 | 46,116 |
 | Rachel Ventura | 41.3 | 32,422 | |
| Total votes: 78,538 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 11
Rick Laib defeated Krishna Bansal in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 11 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rick Laib | 54.1 | 12,474 |
 | Krishna Bansal | 45.9 | 10,603 | |
| Total votes: 23,077 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 86
Incumbent Lawrence Walsh, Jr. defeated Rick Laib in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lawrence Walsh, Jr. (D) | 70.1 | 21,070 |
| Rick Laib (R) | 29.9 | 8,981 | |
| Total votes: 30,051 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86
Incumbent Lawrence Walsh, Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lawrence Walsh, Jr. | 100.0 | 7,579 |
| Total votes: 7,579 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86
Rick Laib advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on March 20, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rick Laib | 100.0 | 3,161 |
| Total votes: 3,161 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Rick Laib completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Laib's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Rick Laib is a pro-life candidate.
- Rick Laib is a pro 2nd Amendment candidate.
- Rick Laib is a pro Free Market Candidate.
Our ability to protect human life by way of the 2nd Amendment.
Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on February 2, 2020
