Although they found common ground on many issues, three Republican candidates for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat expressed different priorities during a public forum in Batavia.
US House of Representatives 11th Congressional District candidate Mark Joseph Carroll said in his questionnaire on abortion: "I would support a Constitutional Amendment defining Life as beginning at conception and ending at natural death."
Two of the Republicans running for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat believe abortion should be banned nationally if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the historic Roe v. Wade decision.
Asked if he would have voted to ratify Joe Biden's presidency, 11th District Congressional candidate Jerry Evans said "I would not have voted to certify these electors until more extensive investigation was done to bring confidence in the outcomes" in certain states.
Asked how he would bring back manufacturing jobs, District 11 Rep. Bill Foster wrote "I believe America needs to focus on being a leader in high-tech manufacturing." Read Foster's full election questionnaire here.
Asked if the country is prepared for another round of the COVID-19 pandemic, or the next pandemic, 11th Congressional District candidate Susan Hathaway-Altman said "America is absolutely not prepared for another pandemic on any level." Read her full questionnaire here.
U.S. Rep. Bill Foster’s has regained the fundraising crown in the 11th District.
Three months after one of U.S. Rep. Bill Foster’s Republican challengers reported raising more money from individual donors than the veteran Naperville Democrat, Foster has regained the fundraising crown in the 11th District.
Two congressional candidates whose filing paperwork had been formally challenged have dropped out of a pair of largely suburban races.