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James Lanham
James Lanham (Republican Party) is running for election to the Illinois House of Representatives to represent District 86. He is on the ballot in the general election on November 5, 2024. He advanced from the Republican primary on March 19, 2024.
Biography
James Lanham was born in Joliet, Illinois. Lanham's professional experience includes working as a security professional. He is a minority owner of the Atlanta Braves.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
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General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 86
Incumbent Lawrence Walsh, Jr. and James Lanham are running in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | ||
 | Lawrence Walsh, Jr. (D) | |
 | James Lanham (R) | |
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86
Incumbent Lawrence Walsh, Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lawrence Walsh, Jr. | 100.0 | 4,553 |
| Total votes: 4,553 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86
James Lanham advanced from the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on March 19, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | James Lanham | 100.0 | 3,302 |
| Total votes: 3,302 | |||
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Campaign finance
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2022
See also: Illinois House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Illinois House of Representatives District 86
Incumbent Lawrence Walsh, Jr. defeated Scott Greene in the general election for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lawrence Walsh, Jr. (D) | 57.3 | 16,777 |
 | Scott Greene (R) | 42.7 | 12,487 | |
| Total votes: 29,264 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86
Incumbent Lawrence Walsh, Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lawrence Walsh, Jr. | 100.0 | 5,823 |
| Total votes: 5,823 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86
Scott Greene defeated James Lanham and Dinora Ruiz in the Republican primary for Illinois House of Representatives District 86 on June 28, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Scott Greene | 54.6 | 2,733 |
| James Lanham | 27.5 | 1,374 | |
 | Dinora Ruiz | 17.9 | 898 | |
| Total votes: 5,005 | |||
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Campaign themes
2024
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2022
James Lanham completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Lanham's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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James Lanham .lifelong area resident. Fairly/strongly conservative. VERY strong 2 amendment. Very strong pro police/public safety/VICTIMS rights. Hates property taxes and wasteful spending. I want to eliminate the loophole that allows registered child sex offenders to live next to a school
- Promote public safety. Stop crime
- Protect our children.dont let them be victimized and then re victimized
- Void the FOID
Illinois taxes are out of control.
Crime is out of control.
Illinois gun laws are wrong and hurt law abiding citizens ON PURPOSE
without actually doing anything about crime
My mother...noone has ever tried so hard to do for others. Never missed work. Never missed an opportunity to do for my brother and I.
Superman.
Truth.
Justice.
The American Way
Honesty. Compassion. Common sense.
A duty to The Constitution.
I work well with others. Both sides of the fence.
Listen to your constituents. Not just your financial backers
I want my name remembered not cursed
I remember reggie Jackson's 3 hr game in the 77 world series? And the Reagan assassination attempt. I was 7.
I worked as 1 of those mall survery takers that you all ran from in the 90s..was there a year or so
Answering questions like these is bad because these questions are often answers to security questions for personal passwords
Roy hobbs...there goes the greatest hitter who ever lived.
Batman. Superman.
But honestly? Sonny Crockett is my hero.
Aloe blacc..ticking bomb.
Shooter jennings the outsider.
Like the rest of us..life itself
No blind loyalty. Your loyalty is to your constituents
Our ever increasing taxes ..both in dollar amounts and things taxed
Theres no balance. 1 huge bloated body..
Especially at the state level
Yes. But its not required. In fact new blood is great.
Of course it is.. bills you want to pass start off on committee and you need support to get that far
Is there any non partisan way to do it?
Seems like they really zigzag to fit agendas when they do it.
Police. agriculture conservation. Guns. Crime. National guard.
None come to mind.
Yes...
President Lanham sounds good
All of the people with problems with FOID and CCW issues..the illegal delay in getting them.
The parent who came to me about a registered child sex offender living 100 feet from her child's school and it not being illegal.
Police officers worried about being killed. Or being arrested or sued for lawful on duty conduct.
People worried about being crime victims and then not getting justice.
Granting their use to whom?..
Too broad of a question.
And in general ..no
Its unrealistic to think you can refuse some form of compromise
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 29, 2022
