2022 IL Governor's race: on Energy & Oil


Paul Schimpf: Opposed energy bill as "environmental virtue signaling"

Two Illinois nuclear plants would be saved from closure and carbon-emitting coal plants would be closed in the next quarter-century in a clean-energy package the state Senate approved.

"Democrats have once again chosen special interest groups over the people of Illinois. Their environmental virtue signaling will not impact global climate change but will result in the largest rate increase in Illinois history, raising utility prices for working families and making our energy supply less reliable."

Source: WPSD Local NBC-6 on 2022 Illinois Gubernatorial race Sep 13, 2021

Richard Irvin: Opposes radical total phase-out of fossil fuel power plants

[On alternative energy sources]: "J. B. Pritzker pushed a radical total phase-out of fossil fuel power plants with massive spending and facility closures to begin over the next few years," said Irvin. "Now, residents in central and southern Illinois are going to pay the price for Pritzker's misplaced priorities with the possibility of no power at all this summer."
Source: City Journal on 2022 Illinois Gubernatorial race May 25, 2022

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Retired Senate as of Jan. 2015:
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IA:Harkin(D)
MI:Levin(D)
MT:Baucus(D)
NE:Johanns(R)
OK:Coburn(R)
SD:Johnson(D)
WV:Rockefeller(D)

Resigned from 113th House:
AL-1:Jo Bonner(R)
FL-19:Trey Radel(R)
LA-5:Rod Alexander(R)
MA-5:Ed Markey(D)
MO-9:Jo Ann Emerson(R)
NC-12:Melvin Watt(D)
SC-1:Tim Scott(R) 		Retired House to run for Senate or Governor:
AR-4:Tom Cotton(R)
GA-1:Jack Kingston(R)
GA-10:Paul Broun(R)
GA-11:Phil Gingrey(R)
HI-1:Colleen Hanabusa(D)
IA-1:Bruce Braley(D)
LA-6:Bill Cassidy(R)
ME-2:Mike Michaud(D)
MI-14:Gary Peters(D)
MT-0:Steve Daines(R)
OK-5:James Lankford(R)
PA-13:Allyson Schwartz(D)
TX-36:Steve Stockman(R)
WV-2:Shelley Capito(R) 		Retired House as of Jan. 2015:
AL-6:Spencer Bachus(R)
AR-2:Tim Griffin(R)
CA-11:George Miller(D)
CA-25:Howard McKeon(R)
CA-33:Henry Waxman(D)
CA-45:John Campbell(R)
IA-3:Tom Latham(R)
MN-6:Michele Bachmann(R)
NC-6:Howard Coble(R)
NC-7:Mike McIntyre(D)
NJ-3:Jon Runyan(R)
NY-4:Carolyn McCarthy(D)
NY-21:Bill Owens(D)
PA-6:Jim Gerlach(R)
UT-4:Jim Matheson(D)
VA-8:Jim Moran(D)
VA-10:Frank Wolf(R)
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