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Terry Martin (Illinois)

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Terry Martin
Republican Party
Elections and appointments
Last election
June 28, 2022
Education
Bachelor's
University of Missouri, 1977
Graduate
American University, Washington, D.C., 1993
Personal
Birthplace
St. Louis, MO
Religion
Christian
Profession
Journalism
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Terry Martin (Republican Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois' 13th Congressional District. He lost in the Republican primary on June 28, 2022.

Martin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Terry Martin was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Missouri in 1977 and a graduate degree from the American University, Washington, D.C. in 1993. His career experience includes working in journalism. Martin has also owned and operated a printing business.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Illinois' 13th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Illinois District 13

Nikki Budzinski defeated Regan Deering in the general election for U.S. House Illinois District 13 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Nikki Budzinski
Nikki Budzinski (D)
 
56.6
 
141,788
Image of Regan Deering
Regan Deering (R) Candidate Connection
 
43.4
 
108,646
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
16

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

Total votes: 250,450
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 13

Nikki Budzinski defeated David Palmer in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Illinois District 13 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Nikki Budzinski
Nikki Budzinski
 
75.6
 
31,593
Image of David Palmer
David Palmer Candidate Connection
 
24.4
 
10,216

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

Total votes: 41,809
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 13

Regan Deering defeated Jesse Reising, Matt Hausman, and Terry Martin in the Republican primary for U.S. House Illinois District 13 on June 28, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Regan Deering
Regan Deering Candidate Connection
 
34.6
 
14,885
Image of Jesse Reising
Jesse Reising
 
32.9
 
14,184
Image of Matt Hausman
Matt Hausman Candidate Connection
 
23.9
 
10,289
Image of Terry Martin
Terry Martin Candidate Connection
 
8.6
 
3,694

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

Total votes: 43,052
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Terry Martin completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Martin's responses.

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Father of three sons, an award-winning journalist of 30 years, a former owner of a printing company, and for the last 20 years, Executive Director of the Illinois Channel, a nonprofit corporation dedicated to in-depth coverage of state and national issues. I am a financial conservative, supporter of the Constitution, support a strong national defense and law enforcement, supporter of securing our borders, and regaining energy independence. I will use my broad background on the issues, my knowledge of government, of business and of the markets, to make America stronger, safer, and more prosperous.
  • We need to guard against the erosion of personal freedoms. to protect our Constitutional rights, and to protect citizens' rights to expect govt to work FOR THEM.
  • We must protect our nation and its citizens. This includes protecting our borders, protecting the nation against international threats, and protecting against the crushing weight of government over-regulation.
  • As we transition the nation's sources of energy, we must ensure to do so in a way which keeps our energy is both reliable and affordable, so Americans can retain their quality of life and a thriving national economy.
America needs to remain a defender of human freedom, and do continue to be the leader of the free world, and to maintain American freedoms domestically. To do so, we need to protect the values and the policies which produces such freedoms, and such prosperity. We must be cautious of those who would seek to alter our structures of government. Those who would want to do away with the Electoral College, pack the Supreme Court, or change the rules of the Senate. Our judges must be true to the laws as written and not undermine the role of the legislative branch.

There will always be challenges to human freedoms. And while we need government to protect the nation from foreign threats, and protection by local law enforcement, we need to also protect the functioning of the private sector. Government is NOT proactive nor creative. The great advancements, of medicine, of modern communications, in our arts and in the advancements in energy production, have come largely from the creative genius of our citizens. We must maintain the proper balance between the role of government services, and that of the private sector, which can then continue to make the creative inventions and services which have always advanced America's quality of life.

We must then always invest in educating the next generation about both the structure of our government and of the American values of freedoms, as enshrined in our US Constitution's Bill of Rights.
There are many great leaders who I admire, but two are Lincoln and Churchill, and for much the same reasons. Both men refused to give up fighting for their nation, even when doing so would have been the easy thing for them to do. Churchill warned Britain's political leaders for years of the growing NAZI threat, but he was ignored and condemned as a War Monger. As we see from Churchill's example, it was those who thought they could have peace by wishing it to be so, who brought on war by leaving their nation unprepared for it. And when war did come, and the nation turned to Churchill at long last when all seemed lost.... it was his iron will to fight for England, to fight for freedom to "Never Quit" which kept England in the war throughout its darkest days.

Lincoln too had so many times and so many disappointments, so many times where allowing the Southern states to leave the Union, would have been the easy course. We learn from such leaders that our own stories of struggle are worth fighting for.

America is worth fighting for, Human Freedom is worth the fight. Our American freedoms, our American nation... our children's futures... these are worth the fight and sacrifices needed to keep America free, safe and prosperous. Each generation must be engaged in the challenges of their times. I'm running to restore Common Sense government, and to restore the idea that government is there to benefit the people, not the people there to benefit the government. As John F Kennedy said in his inaugural addressTerr, "The Rights of Man come from the hand of God, not from the Generosity of the State."
Humility -- and a desire to listen to the views of those he represents, whether or not they agree with his positions. And they hopefully have a good ability to communicate to the public what is happening in Congress, or being proposed which would have a major impact on the citizens
My life experiences, both in business and in journalism, allow me to understand people from all walks of life, and to have an appreciation of their stories and struggles. I am also blessed with a good sense of humor, and a balanced nature so that I don't offend easily. And I am both analytical and creative in my thinking, often coming up with new solutions to old problems.
To represent the district. An elected representative is to act as an advocate for their district, not just an advocate of their political base. They should act just as a lawyer representing a client in a courtroom. In this case, the courtroom is the House Chamber, or the Committee room. The representative should work to pass or kill those bills which would enhance their district broadly. This is not necessarily true of a bill would be of a limited benefit to one company, or a few in an organization, who seek special benefits.
An America still free, still prosperous, still a land of opportunity.
Among my favorites are "Goodbye Darkness" by William Manchester, as he revisits the WWII battlefields in the Pacific where he fought as a young Marine. I would also add to my favorites Manchester's Biography of Churchill, volumes I&II. And as well, Winston Churchill's first volume of his six volume history of WWII, entitled "The Gathering Storm"

These books are really mosaic pieces which together tell us, in "The Gathering Storm" of the folly of the political elite to recognize the growing threat Nazi Germany posed to the free world, and their failure to act to prevent this evil when they had to power to easily confront and stop it. In Manchester's biography of Churchill, we then learn more about the policies, politics and life forming moments of Winston Churchill - the leader who DID finally save England and faced down Hitler, when others wished to surrender. And finally, in "Goodbye Darkness" we learn of who Wm Manchester is, and his being thrust into the South Pacific. Through his eyes and recollections, we see these Americans for what they were - young kids pushed into death struggles, losing friends, shaking in fear, killing the enemy, and carrying the weight of their actions with them for the rest of their lives. Manchester was not just an author and historian, he was a writer with calluses on his soul, and scars in his memories. He was also a master story teller, educator and a great historian.
Superman
My Funny Valentine
Turning around my families' bankrupt printing business, when I took it over four years after my father passed away. Then there was the struggle to raise my sons after my divorce, without their being negatively impacted by the divorce. And finally, to form and keep the Illinois Channel, a "CSPAN of Illinois" operating for the past 20 years, with very limited funds, and yet still build out our network, and increase the hours of programming produced, without any government funding to support our mission.

I've succeeded in all three of these challenges, when in each case many guessed I was wasting my time.
Under the Constitution, spending bills originate in the House. Articles of Impeachment originate in the House.
I don't think it's necessary for members of Congress to have had previous experience in government or politics. What is more important is that the Members of Congress have a diversity of talents and experiences. We benefit by having veterans, doctors, journalists, lawyers, farmers, manufacturers, social workers, all bringing their life experiences and education to the process of addressing our national problems.
There are two. Domestically, we have to revamp our Budget process, which is broken. Because it's broken, 65% of the Federal Budget is spent without Congress voting on these expenditures -- Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid as well as Interest on the National Debt, grow on cruise control. About 18% goes to the Defense Department and all other departments of government combined account for 19% of spending. And despite record revenues, we continue to have $1TRILLION A YEAR in deficit spending.

The Second great challenge is somewhat tied to the first, its China. We face an enormous national security risk from China. Their military is growing, their policies are threatening the security of trade in the South China Sea, through which a vast amount of the world's shipping moves trade goods. And China's using their economic leverage to infiltrate our corporations, our universities, and our cultural industry - movies, music, books. These infiltrations are intended to restrict our free speech and our ability to condemn the practices of China.
While I don't imagine I would be appointed to it -- I would readily take a position on the Ways and Means Committee. Membership on the House Armed Services, Intelligence, Budget, Homeland Security, Oversight and Reform, or Energy and Commerce would be valuable.
yes.
I was previously very much in favor of term limits. But we now see the Federal bureaucracy becoming - not a service to those elected, but increasingly, a power unto themselves. Just recently senators on the Judiciary Committee spoke openly, about the lack of cooperation of agencies in government, who were refusing to provide documents requested by our elected senators. Members of both parties shared their horror stories of requesting information, which was followed by the bureaucracy playing shell games, or just ignoring the requests. The view of the bureaucrats is increasingly that THEY are the government, and the elected representatives of the people are part-timers to whom they do not report.

Placing a term limit on how long a member can be a chairman of a committee, would be a way to allow for change, but without assigning greater control over our lives to the unelected who are employed within the Federal government.
Jesus never played golf before but decides to go golfing with St. Peter to see why people love golfing. So on the first hold he hooks his drive into a roll of trees.

He asks St Peter, "Who is the best golfer in the world, and what would they do here?" Well, that would be Tiger Woods, and he would hit a five iron through the branches to the green, but you should take a penalty stroke and put the ball back in the fairway.

But Jesus figures if Tiger Woods can do it with a 5 iron, so can he and proceeds to try ten times to get out of the woods before tossing the ball back in the fairway, as recommended.

On the next hole he hits the ball into a sand bunker. Again he asks... What would Tiger Woods do here? Well, Tiger would use a sand wedge and pop a nice arc up where the ball would then drop and roll into the hole. Again, Jesus tries to do what Tiger Woods would do, but fails miserably before tossing the ball on the green.

On the third hole there's a water hazard. Jesus is advised to not try and drive over the lake on his drive but to lag up. But again he says, "If Tiger Woods can do it, then Jesus can do it!" and then hits his ball short and it falls into the lake as predicted. Frustrated Jesus walks out on the lake looking for his ball. A nearby golfer seeing this walks up to St Peter, and exclaims, "Who does that guy think he is... Jesus Christ?"

No, says St Peter. He IS Jesus Christ... He thinks he's Tiger Woods.
Compromise is definitely needed to accomplish meaningful policy gains. This is particularly true on MAJOR policy changes, as when we passed Social Security, Medicare, the Civil Right Act, the Voting Rights Act. The lack of compromise when Obama Care was passed, was an indication that the Democratic Majority did not care to compromise as they had the voted to pass it without even one Republican joining it. When this lack of compromise happens on such major legislation, it leads to years of dissent and division, as we see in the on-going efforts subsequently to get rid of the Obamacare law.

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