Richard Evans (Illinois)
Richard Evans was a 2016 write-in candidate for District 22 of the Illinois State Senate.
Evans was a 2016 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 8th Congressional District of Illinois. Evans was removed from the ballot prior to the primary.[1]
Evans was a 2012 Republican candidate who sought election to the U.S. House to represent the 8th Congressional District of Illinois. Evans was removed from the official candidate list on January 24, 2012.[2]
Career
Evans is a CPA and a Risk Manager.[3]
Campaign themes
2012
On his campaign website Evans has 2 leading issues that he is concerned about. They are:[4]
- Social Security: Excerpt: "Based on "means testing," retirees with solid pensions, may voluntarily waive immediate receipt of part or all of their social security benefits and transfer those benefits to a designated recipient (say a grandchild) who won't be expected to retire for 40-50 years from now. In other words, using generation skipping-( a standard estate planning tool) the wage earner and retiree would give their Social Security Benefits to their grandchild (ren) or someone else in the skipped generation designated by a Social Security number."
- High Speed Rail: Excerpt: "It would take hundreds and hundreds of billions of dollars to create the type of HSR infrastructure that exists in Europe and Japan. And we as a nation would never benefit from this mode of transportation as they have in those countries. I am against any further tax payer funded High Speed Rail development in the United States."
Elections
2016
State Senate
- See also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Illinois State Senate were held in 2016. The primary election was held on March 15, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was November 30, 2015.[5] Incumbent Michael Noland (D) did not seek re-election.
Cristina Castro defeated Tracy Smodilla in the Illinois State Senate District 22 general election.[6][7]
| Illinois State Senate, District 22 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Cristina Castro |
64.43% | 39,835 | |
| Republican | Tracy Smodilla | 35.57% | 21,991 | |
| Total Votes | 61,826 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections | ||||
Cristina Castro defeated Steve Caramelli in the Illinois State Senate District 22 Democratic primary.[8][9]
| Illinois State Senate, District 22 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Cristina Castro |
66.79% | 13,887 | |
| Democratic | Steve Caramelli | 33.21% | 6,906 | |
| Total Votes | 20,793 | |||
U.S. House
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. The seat was open following incumbent Tammy Duckworth's U.S. Senate run. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D) defeated Pete DiCianni (R) and write-in candidate Andrew Straw in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Krishnamoorthi defeated Michael Noland and Deb Bullwinkel in the Democratic primary on March 15, 2016. DiCianni defeated write-in candidate Andrew Straw in the Republican primary.[10][11]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Raja Krishnamoorthi |
58.3% | 144,954 | |
| Republican | Pete DiCianni | 41.7% | 103,617 | |
| Write-in votes | Andrew Straw | 0% | 5 | |
| Total Votes | 248,576 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections | ||||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Raja Krishnamoorthi |
57% | 44,950 | ||
| Michael Noland | 29.1% | 22,925 | ||
| Deb Bullwinkel | 14% | 11,005 | ||
| Total Votes | 78,880 | |||
| Source: Illinois State Board of Elections |
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2012
Evans ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. House, representing Illinois' 8th District. Evans sought the nomination on the Republican ticket.[12]
Evans was removed from the official candidate list on January 24, 2012.[13]
Personal
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Evans is married to his wife, Marybeth, and together they have 13 children.[3]
External links
- Official campaign website (State Senate)
- Official campaign website (Congress)
Footnotes
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed November 30, 2015
- ↑ Illinois Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed February 10, 2012
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Richard Evans for Congress, "About Me" accessed January 16, 2012 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "bio" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Rich Evans for Congress, "Social Security" accessed February 9, 2012
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election and Campaign Finance Calendar," accessed November 30, 2015
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate list: General Election - 11/8/2016," accessed August 8, 2016
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election results, General election 2016," accessed December 15, 2016
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate Filing Search," accessed January 3, 2016
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Election Results: GENERAL PRIMARY - 3/15/2016," accessed August 8, 2016
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed November 30, 2015
- ↑ The New York Times, "Illinois Primary Results," March 15, 2016
- ↑ Chicago Sun Times, "Switching races doesn’t spare Joe Walsh from being target at Duckworth funder" accessed December 5, 2011
- ↑ Illinois Board of Elections, "Candidate List," accessed February 10, 2012
