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Tim Bivins

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Prior offices

Illinois Country Senate District 45

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Tim Bivins was a Republican fellow member of the Illinois State Senate, representing Commune 45. He was outset elected to the chamber in 2008, and he served until January 2019 as he did non file to run for re-election. He served as Minority Whip from 2013 to 2014.

Bivins was a commune-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Illinois. Bivins was i of nine delegates from Illinois bound by land party rules to support Ted Cruz at the convention.[1] Cruz suspended his campaign on May 3, 2016. At the time, he had approximately 546 bound delegates. For more on what happened to his delegates, see this page.

Biography

Bivins' professional experience included working in constabulary enforcement for 32 years. He was the Lee County sheriff for xx years and served as president of the Illinois Sheriffs' Clan.[2] [3]

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Illinois committee assignments, 2017
• Commission of the Whole
• Criminal Constabulary
• Authorities Reform
• Human Services
• Insurance
• Local Government
• Veterans Diplomacy

2015 legislative session

At the showtime of the 2015 legislative session, Bivins served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the outset of the 2013 legislative session, Bivins served on the following committees:[4]

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Bivins served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Bivins served on these committees:[5]

Campaign themes

2014

Bivins' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[6]

  • Budget
Extract: "Our country faces some major challenges, and one of the greatest is putting our fiscal firm in gild. Unless nosotros are on a firm financial basis, Illinois can not possibly hope to exist able to provide its citizens with necessary services. This is why I believe that we need to become our budget nether control and repeal the income tax increase passed in January of 2011."
  • Concern
Extract: "I besides believe that working to promote a better business climate in Illinois is a fundamental role of building a potent and prosperous state. A amend business climate is ane that is fair to employers and leads to the creation of jobs for Illinois citizens. Edifice a ameliorate business climate will not simply encourage businesses already located in Illinois to expand and abound, but will besides attract new business and create new opportunities."
  • Reform
Extract: "I will continue to push for a responsible approach, for long overdue reforms to a arrangement that clearly does non piece of work. Someone has to stand up for the difficult-working taxpayers of Illinois.'

The following tabular array lists bills sponsored by this legislator. Bills are monitored past BillTrack50 and sorted by activity history. The post-obit listing may not exist comprehensive. To see all bills sponsored by this person, click on the legislator'south proper noun in the title of the table.

Elections

2014

See also: Illinois Country Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Illinois Country Senate took place in 2014. A chief election took place on March 18, 2014. The general ballot was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was December ii, 2013. Incumbent Tim Bivins ran unopposed in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[vii] [eight] [9]

2012

Encounter also: Illinois State Senate elections, 2012

Bivins won re-election in the 2012 election for Illinois State Senate District 45. Bivins was unopposed in the Republican primary on March 20 and was unopposed in the general ballot on November 6, 2012.[10] [xi] [12]

Illinois Land Senate, District 45, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Republican Green check mark transparent.png Tim Bivins Incumbent 100% 78,179
Full Votes 78,179

2008

On November 4, 2008, Republican Tim Bivins won re-election to the Illinois State Senate District 45 receiving 61,310 votes, ahead of Democrat Marty Mulcahey receiving 35,728 votes.[13]

Illinois State Senate, Commune 45 (2008)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Tim Bivins (R) 61,310
Marty Mulcahey (D) 35,728

Campaign donors

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Tim Bivins campaign contribution history
Year Office Event Contributions
2014 Illinois State Senate, District 45  ✔ $121,257
2012 Illinois State Senate, District 45  ✔ $84,706
2010 Illinois State Senate, District 45 $88,940
2008 Illinois State Senate, District 45  ✔ $787,224
Grand total raised $ane,082,127

Source: Follow the Money

2014

Bivins won re-election to the Illinois State Senate in 2014. During that election wheel, Bivins raised a full of $121,257.

2012

Bivins won re-election to the Illinois State Senate in 2012. During that election cycle, Bivins raised a total of $84,706.

2010

Bivins was not upwardly for election to the Illinois State Senate in 2010. During that election cycle, Bivins raised a total of $88,940.

2008

Bivins won election to the Illinois State Senate in 2008. During that election cycle, Bivins raised a total of $787,224.

Scorecards

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2018

In 2018, the Illinois State Legislature was in session from Jan 8 through May 31.

  • Illinois Environmental Council
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills related to environmental issues.
  • Illinois Parents of Adults with Developmental Disabilities
Legislators are scored on their votes on bills that "assistance or hinder Illinois citizens with developmental disabilities admission more included lives in their homes and communities."'
  • Technology and Manufacturing Clan
Legislators are scored on their votes on manufacturing issues.
  • The American Conservative Matrimony
Legislators are scored on their votes on bourgeois problems.

2017

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

2016 Republican National Convention

Come across also: Republican National Convention, 2016

Bivins was a district-level delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Illinois.

Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Illinois, 2016 and Republican delegates from Illinois, 2016

District-level delegates from Illinois were elected directly past voters at the state main election on March 15, 2016. At-big delegates were selected at the state convention in May 2016. District-level delegates to the national convention could run as "uncommitted" delegates or they could declare their support for a specific candidate. 2016 Illinois GOP bylaws considered a vote for a delegate to exist an "expression of sentiment" and "merely advisory to the Delegate or Alternate Consul and so elected, unless otherwise directed by the Rules of the Republican Party." At-large delegates were jump to support the winner of the statewide vote in Illinois' principal election for an undetermined number of ballots.

Illinois primary results

See likewise: Presidential ballot in Illinois, 2016
Illinois Republican Main, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Green check mark transparent.png Donald Trump 38.8% 562,464 54
Ted Cruz 30.ii% 438,235 9
John Kasich 19.7% 286,118 6
Marco Rubio 8.seven% 126,681 0
Ben Carson 0.8% xi,469 0
Jeb Bush 0.8% 11,188 0
Rand Paul 0.3% iv,718 0
Chris Christie 0.ii% 3,428 0
Mike Huckabee 0.2% two,737 0
Carly Fiorina 0.1% 1,540 0
Rick Santorum 0.1% one,154 0
JoAnn Breivogel 0% 16 0
Totals 1,449,748 69
Source: The New York Times and Illinois State Board of Elections

Delegate allocation

Run across too: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules

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Illinois had 69 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 54 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state'due south 18 congressional districts). According to the Republican National Committee, Illinois' district-level delegates were "elected directly on the primary ballot and bound to the candidate for whom they [alleged] themselves."[16] [17]

Of the remaining fifteen delegates, 12 served at large. Illinois' at-large delegates were allocated on a winner-take-all basis; the candidate who won a plurality of the statewide principal vote received all of the state'due south at-big delegates. In addition, 3 national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as leap delegates to the Republican National Convention. The RNC delegates were required to pledge their support to the winner of the land'south primary.[16] [17]

Personal

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Bivins and his wife, Terri, live in Dixon. They have two children and seven grandchildren.[iii]

Meet also

  • Illinois State Senate
  • Senate Committees
  • Illinois State Legislature
  • Illinois state legislative districts

External links

  • Search Google News for this topic
  • Biography, bills and committees at the Illinois General Assembly
  • Profile from Open States
  • Summary, biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
  • Profile at Wikipedia
  • Sen. Bivins on State Surge
  • Tim Bivins on LinkedIn
  • Campaign Contributions via Follow the Coin: 2012, 2010, 2008

Footnotes

  1. ↑ WBEZ 91.five, "2016 Illinois Primary Election Results," March xiv, 2016
  2. ↑ Projection Vote Smart, "Tim Bivins' Biography," accessed February xx, 2014
  3. ↑ 3.0 three.1 Tim Bivins Land Senator, "About Senator Bivins," accessed February 20, 2014
  4. ↑ Illinois General Assembly, "Senator Tim Bivins," accessed Feb xx, 2014
  5. ↑ Illinois General Assembly, "List of Illinois Senate Committees," July 28, 2009
  6. ↑ Tim Bivins Illinois State Senator, "Problems," accessed February 20, 2014
  7. ↑ Illinois Secretarial assistant of Country, "Official candidate list," accessed March xviii, 2014
  8. ↑ Illinois Lath of Elections, "General Main Ballot Official Sheet," April 18, 2014
  9. ↑ Illinois Secretary of Land, "Official full general election candidate listing," accessed March 18, 2014
  10. ↑ Illinois Land Board of Elections, "Candidate List," December 5, 2011
  11. ↑ Illinois Country Lath of Elections, "Official 2012 Primary Results," accessed February twenty, 2014
  12. ↑ Illinois State Board of Elections, "Official Vote - November 6, 2012 General Ballot," accessed December 31, 2012
  13. ↑ followthemoney.org, "Illinois Senate ballot results for 2008," accessed Feb 20, 2014
  14. ↑ Denizen Action Illinois, "99th Full general Assembly Legislative Scorecard 2016," accessed July 11, 2017
  15. ↑ Illinois Parents of Adults with Developmental Disabilities, "2016 Illinois Community Living Report," accessed July 11, 2017
  16. ↑ 16.0 xvi.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October half-dozen, 2015
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention ringlet call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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