Lindsay Parkhurst

Lindsay Parkhurst is a Republican candidate running against incumbent Illinois Democratic State Representative Kate Cloonen on the November 8, 2016 the date of the 2016 presidential election.
According to the Daily Journal, "Local republicans recruited Parkhurst for her strong record of advocacy in the courts and her disconnection to politics."
This is her first run at political office.
Issues
Education
She supports fully funding schools.
Term limits
Pankhurst is running in favor of term limits, despite the recent actions by the Supreme Court of Illinois that does not allow a term limit ballot initiative to go on the November 2016 ballot.
Budget
She supports a balanced budget.<ref name=":1" />
Family farms
She opposes privately funded projects that can threaten family farms in Illinois. For example, there is a proposed project called the Great Lakes Basin Railroad Project that would extend 278 miles around the Chicago area. It is a privately funded project. However, it would affect farms local towns and cities and roads.<ref name=":1" />

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