Jim Geldermann

Jim Geldermann was born in Evanston, Illinois. He earned a high school diploma from Campion Jesuit High School and attended Hillsdale College. Geldermann's career experience includes working as a software consultant.[1]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Citizen of Illinois

Not a Subject of the Democrat Party

I will standup to:

• The Big Crime Lobby (let’s make our streets safe for criminals);

• The Let’s Keep Our Kids Dumb Lobby (destroying low income educational choices);

• The DEI Lobby(racism, anti-semitism, misogyny);

• The Death Lobby (prenatal, suicide, addiction, aid-in- dying)

• The Government Spending Lobby (overspending, appropriation of the citizens’ property)

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

I will fight the The Big Crime Lobby (let’s make our streets safe for criminals) and work to repeal all of the pro-criminal legislation the democrat's and my opponent have passed and currently support.I will fight the The Let’s Keep Our Kids Dumb Lobby (destroying low income educational choices) and work to repeal all of the pro-criminal legislation the democrat's and my opponent have passed and currently support.I will fight the The Government Spending Lobby (overspending, appropriation of the citizens’ property) and work to repeal all of the pro-criminal legislation the democrat's and my opponent have passed and currently support.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Life - from prenatal to natural death. I have lived my life, by accepting to call to serve people in crisis. Whether it is a woman with an unexpected pregnancy, a drunk or a junkie that wants to share the desperation of their life and be relieved of the mental obsession that they are unable to find relief for, to the actively dying that have a gift of hope and faith that they are called to share.

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

Professional Experience

• President of Wireless.dev Corporation, a software and development company providing high-level business-to-business solutions

• Software Designer of over 50 Information Technology Solutions

40+ years of Information Technology and Software Design Experience

Financial Services Expertise

Board & Volunteer Experience

2018 - present: Board of Directors First Step House - a men’s halfway house for recovering alcoholics

2017 - present: Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church (OLPH) Digital Ministry Leader;

Developed the program to livestream Masses and Special Events

2016 - present: OLPH Careers Ministry

2016 - 2022: Member Illinois Cemetery Oversight Board

2010 - 2022: Journey Care Hospice and Palliative Care Volunteer

1988 - 2013: Religious Education Teacher (various churches)

1975 -1994: Member Board of Directors Grant Hospital, Chicago

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

I believe it is the duty of a citizen when called to serve.

I believe that the authoritarian state wants us to isolate, to believe that the problems are so large and complex that mere citizens are incapable of understanding the nuances and don’t have the background to make rational decisions. We should say to them we have not ceded these powers to you. You do not have the authority to rule without my consent. You were elected to represent me against the power of the government, not act like an extortionist and pass laws to harm me, my family and livelihood, then turn around and tell what a great job you’re doing protecting me.I am running to speak for the disenfranchised, from the low income citizen to those that are financially sound. The counter voices are systematically silenced by the cry bullies and the accomplice media.

My platform is to repeal and defund the policies and programs that the super majority has passed and are destroying the state and the lives of its citizens.

I am running against the Big Crime Lobby. The democrats' legislative goals is to make our streets safe for the criminals.I am running against the Death Lobby. The democrats have passed and proposed legislation that denies a mother the choice of life consoling, promotes pre and post pubescent programs that not only promotes life altering procedures, but increases the incidence of suicide, without the notification of their parents. Their solution to any addiction is to enable the addict through government run dope dens, distribution of anti-overdose drugs, legalization of gateway and drugs that have a high propensity of overdose. and needle exchanges. Finally, they are now proposing to allow assisted suicide for those that they deem have nothing to contribute to their families and neighbors.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

There is a movement in the country to fund the student and not the school. This requires the elimination of all aspects of the Blaine Amendment, both implicit and explicit. This also means the removal of all state mandates of programs that do not promote the core skills of education, reinstate mandatory education of state and federal civics and teach basic personal and family finance.

I would add that we know that the three attributes needed to be a good citizen and escape poverty are 1) graduate high school; 2) have a job; 3) wait to be in a committed loving relationship before having children.

Is there a book, essay, film, or something else you would recommend to someone who wants to understand your political philosophy?

Atlas Shrugged

What characteristics or principles are most important for an elected official?

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

What do you believe are the core responsibilities for someone elected to this office?

To represent the people of their district. To keep the executive branch in check.

What was your very first job? How long did you have it?

10 years old I had a lawn care business.

What do you believe is the ideal relationship between the governor and state legislature?

Adversarial. The governor needs to be accountable to the citizens of their district state through their representatives.

What do you perceive to be your state's greatest challenges over the next decade?

Dismantling the Democrats super majority.

Do you believe that it’s beneficial for state legislators to have previous experience in government or politics?

No. If fact the less experience the better. That way the executive branch will need to speak in simple terms.

Do you believe it’s beneficial to build relationships with other legislators? Please explain your answer.

Yes. By stating one’s core principles conversation is possible.

Is there a particular legislator, past or present, whom you want to model yourself after?

Peter Fitzgerald.

Are you interested in running for a different political office (for example, the U.S. Congress or governor) in the future?

Haven’t thought about it.

Should the legislature oversee or grant the use of emergency powers?

Representatives should not grant powers to the governor that suspends the constitution.

What is the first bill you would introduce if elected?

Directing the department of revenue to make sure that everyone who is registered to vote has filed a state income tax return. If they haven’t that should be prosecuted for tax fraud.

Do you support or oppose changes to the current state ballot initiative process? If so, what kind of changes would you consider?

Oppose ranked choice voting and support voter id.