Michael Amrozowicz

Michael Amrozowicz

Republican Party

Education

Bachelor's

Southern Illinois University

Graduate

Cameron University

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Navy

Contact

Personal website

Michael Amrozowicz was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 31 of the Illinois State Senate.

Biography

Amrozowicz earned his B.S. from Southern Illinois University and his MBA from Cameron University. His professional experience includes owning and operating a small business for 12 years. He served on active duty in the U.S. Navy as Chief Machinist's Mate for 21 years.

Campaign themes

2016

Amrozowicz's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	Jobs and Economy As someone who owned a small business for 12 years, I know Illinois needs to end the job crushing over-taxation and over-regulation. As your State Senator, one of my top priorities will be fighting to fix our economy so we can get jobs and family incomes growing again. Fiscal Responsibility and Balanced Budgets As your State Senator, I will fight to reduce the cost of government, end wasteful spending, and get the economy growing again. If Illinois had only grown at the national average for the last 15 years we would have had $19 billion more in revenue and no bill backlog. That's why growth and economic reform are so important to the budget process. Tax Reform and Property Tax Relief Illinois has the highest total taxpayer burden in the country, when you add up the state income, property, and sales. Politicians across this state have continually asked for more money from taxpayers, without providing value. And yet, our debt continues to grow. We don’t need higher taxes, we need to reduce spending and reduce taxes on hardworking families. Illinois now has the highest property tax burden in the nation and, out of 102 counties in the state, Lake County has the 5th highest property taxes in Illinois. Tax reform should start with an immediate property tax freeze along with reforms to allow local governments to reduce costs so, sooner rather than later, we can actually reduce property taxes. Term Limits and Citizen Control of Government First, I am a big proponent of term limits at all levels and for all politicians. One of the reasons politicians get so out of touch is they spend too long in office. Over time they end up representing the special interests and their party bosses, rather than the people back home in their district. Too often politicians forget that their only boss is the people and that their first job is to represent them. I've promised to term limit myself to 10 years. Second, I'm fighting to end gerrymandering. Fair-map reform is one of the most important things we can do to return to citizen control of government. Voters should pick politicians, politicians shouldn't pick voters. Only 41% of legislative races statewide in 2016 even have two candidates on the ballot and most of those aren't truly competitive due to rigged districts. This has to end and I will fight tooth and nail for non-partisan map drawing.	”
—Michael Amrozowicz

Elections

2016

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.

Incumbent Melinda Bush defeated Michael Amrozowicz in the Illinois State Senate District 31 general election.

Illinois State Senate, District 31 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Melinda Bush Incumbent	54.06%	48,303
	Republican	Michael Amrozowicz	45.94%	41,044
Total Votes				89,347
Source: Illinois State Board of Elections

Incumbent Melinda Bush ran unopposed in the Illinois State Senate District 31 Democratic primary.

Illinois State Senate, District 31 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Melinda Bush Incumbent (unopposed)

Michael Amrozowicz ran unopposed in the Illinois State Senate District 31 Republican primary.

Illinois State Senate, District 31 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	Michael Amrozowicz  (unopposed)

Personal

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Amrozowicz and his wife, Marta, have three children.

Recent news

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See also

• Illinois State Senate
• Illinois State Senate District 31
• Illinois State Senate elections, 2016
• Illinois State Legislature

External links

Suggest a link

• Official campaign website
• Michael Amrozowicz on Facebook
• Michael Amrozowicz on Twitter
• Illinois General Assembly

Footnotes

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Current members of the Illinois State Senate

Leadership

Senate President:Don Harmon

Majority Leader:Kimberly Lightford

Minority Leader:John Curran

Senators

District 1

Javier Cervantes (D)

District 2

Omar Aquino (D)

District 3

Mattie Hunter (D)

District 4

Kimberly Lightford (D)

District 5

Lakesia Collins (D)

District 6

Sara Feigenholtz (D)

District 7

Mike Simmons (D)

District 8

Ram Villivalam (D)

District 9

Laura Fine (D)

District 10

Robert Martwick (D)

District 11

Mike Porfirio (D)

District 12

Celina Villanueva (D)

District 13

Robert Peters (D)

District 14

Emil Jones (D)

District 15

Napoleon Harris (D)

District 16

Willie Preston (D)

District 17

Elgie Sims (D)

District 18

Bill Cunningham (D)

District 19

Michael Hastings (D)

District 20

Graciela Guzman (D)

District 21

Laura Ellman (D)

District 22

Cristina Castro (D)

District 23

Suzanne Glowiak Hilton (D)

District 24

Seth Lewis (R)

District 25

Karina Villa (D)

District 26

Darby Hills (R)

District 27

Mark Walker (D)

District 28

Laura Murphy (D)

District 29

Julie Morrison (D)

District 30

Adriane Johnson (D)

District 31

Mary Edly-Allen (D)

District 32

Craig Wilcox (R)

District 33

Don DeWitte (R)

District 34

Steve Stadelman (D)

District 35

Dave Syverson (R)

District 36

Michael Halpin (D)

District 37

Li Arellano (R)

District 38

Sue Rezin (R)

District 39

Don Harmon (D)

District 40

Patrick Joyce (D)

District 41

John Curran (R)

District 42

Linda Holmes (D)

District 43

Rachel Ventura (D)

District 44

Sally Turner (R)

District 45

Andrew Chesney (R)

District 46

David Koehler (D)

District 47

Neil Anderson (R)

District 48

Doris Turner (D)

District 49

Meg Loughran Cappel (D)

District 50

Jil Tracy (R)

District 51

Chapin Rose (R)

District 52

Paul Faraci (D)

District 53

Chris Balkema (R)

District 54

Steve McClure (R)

District 55

Jason Plummer (R)

District 56

Erica Harriss (R)

District 57

Christopher Belt (D)

District 58

Terri Bryant (R)

District 59

Dale Fowler (R)

Democratic Party (40)

Republican Party (19)