Spanky Edwards
Spanky Edwards (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 17th Congressional District. He lost as a write-in in the Democratic primary on March 17, 2020.
Edwards completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. Click here to read the survey answers.
Edwards was disqualified after the Illinois State Board of Elections determined that his nominating petition lacked the requisite number of signatures. He ran in the same race's Democratic primary as a write-in candidate.[1][2]
Elections
2020
See also: Illinois' 17th Congressional District election, 2020
Illinois' 17th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Democratic primary)
Illinois' 17th Congressional District election, 2020 (March 17 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Illinois District 17
Incumbent Cheri Bustos defeated Esther Joy King and General Parker in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 17 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Cheri Bustos (D) | 52.0 | 156,011 |
 | Esther Joy King (R) | 48.0 | 143,863 | |
 | General Parker (Independent) (Write-in)  | 0.0 | 21 | |
| Total votes: 299,895 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 17
Incumbent Cheri Bustos defeated Spanky Edwards in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 17 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Cheri Bustos | 99.7 | 56,388 |
 | Spanky Edwards (Write-in) | 0.3 | 189 | |
| Total votes: 56,577 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- William Swisher (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 17
Esther Joy King defeated Bill Fawell in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 17 on March 17, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Esther Joy King | 65.1 | 19,464 |
 | Bill Fawell | 34.9 | 10,423 | |
| Total votes: 29,887 (100.00% precincts reporting) | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Spanky Edwards completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2019. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Edwards' responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Economic Reconstruction: Create more $100,000 Job Opportunities
- Education Reconstruction: Free College for All, High School Trade Schools, Power to the Principals
- Environment Reconstruction: Pass the Green New Deal
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, because a Progressive Democrat upset a popular Corporate Democrat in New York, who has been in office for decades, in 2018. I look to also beat a powerful Corporate Democrat in IL-17 Congressional District.
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.
Edwards requested on December 30, 2019, that Ballotpedia replace his answer to the question "If you could be any fictional character, who would you want to be?" In his December 12 submission, Edwards answered "Tyrion Lannister from Game of Thrones."
See also
2020 Elections
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Footnotes
