http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/publications/detail/illinois-2014-candidates-for-congress-where-they-stand?f=must_reads
The primary was held on March 18, 2014. This is the final slate of incumbents and challengers from the major parties for the election in November.
FAMILY SECURITY MATTERS IS STRICTLY NON PARTISAN…..THESE ARE MY CHOICES UNDERLINED IN RED. FURTHERMORE, I INCLUDE THEIR RANKING BY THE AMERICAN ARAB INSTITUTE, http://www.aaiusa.org/
AND THE YALLAH VOTE http://www.aaiusa.org/pages/yalla-vote-2013/: Their goal is to promote Arab American Candidates and to rate how incumbents voted on key issues like civil liberties, Israel-Palestine, and US-Arab relations.
To see the actual voting records of all incumbents on other issues such as Foreign Policy, Second Amendment Issues, Homeland Security, and other issues as well as their rankings by special interest groups please use the links followed by two stars (**).
ILLINOIS 2014
The primary was held on March 18, 2014. This is the final slate of incumbents and challengers from the major parties for the election in November. Filing Deadline for Third Party Candidates is June 23, 2014.
U.S.SENATE
Mark Kirk (R ) Next election 2016
Richard (Dick) Durbin (D) Incumbent
http://www.dickdurbin.com/
http://www.ontheissues.org/senate/richard_durbin.htm **
http://www.durbin.senate.gov/public/
Rated +5 by AAI, indicating pro-Arab pro-Palestine voting record. (May 2012)
Keynote speaker at CAIR gala, on March 15, 2014…..
HOT BUTTON ISSUES
IMMIGRATION
STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE DREAM ACT
http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/09/18/Dick-Durbin-s-Dreamer-F-Israel-Ex-Congressional-Staffer-LIKE
Alaa Mukahhal, the “Dreamer” who has been praised on the floor of the Senate by Dick Durbin (D-IL) as an activist “in the finest American tradition,” wrote a short and obscene assessment of Israel and its supporters on her Facebook page
HEALTHCARE
The Illinois health insurance marketplace is open and ready to help get you and your family covered. This marketplace was created by the Affordable Care Act and will expand coverage to more than 1.4 million in Illinois who currently are uninsured while adding important consumer protections to those already have insurance.Because of this law, insurance companies can no longer discriminate against you and your family for a pre-existing condition. They can’t drop you from coverage when you or someone in your family gets sick. And they can no longer place caps what they’ll cover for your care. Practices like these have caused millions of families to fall deep into debt and helped push the cost of health care higher and higher.So we said enough and worked to rein in costs while expanding coverage and protections for all Americans.
ENERGY
VOTED NO ON KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE
Jim Oberweiss(R ) Challenger
http://www.jimoberweis.com/