American politician

David McSweeney (born 1965) is a Republican politician and investment specialist from Barrington Hills, Illinois.

Contents

• 1 Early life, education, and career
• 2 Political career
• 3 Political positions
• 4 Electoral history
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Early life, education, and career

McSweeney was born in Park Ridge, Illinois and attended Barrington High School (Lake County, Illinois). He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from Duke University in 1987 and a master of business administration degree from the Fuqua School of Business in 1988. He has worked as an investment banker, financial consultant and currently as an investment specialist, working for Banc of America Securities until April 2005. He has claimed a net worth in the millions.

Political career

In 1998, McSweeney unsuccessfully challenged in*bent Republican Phil Crane in the Republican primary for the 8th Congressional District in the 1998 United States House of Representatives elections. McSweeney was the Republican nominee in Illinois's 8th congressional district in 2006. He won in the six-way primary but lost to Melissa Bean in the general election with 44% of the vote to Bean's 51%.

In 2012 McSweeney was elected to the Illinois State Legislature, representing the 52nd Illinois State House District. McSweeney won the Republican nomination over in*bent Kent Gaffney, who had been appointed to the seat after the death of in*bent Mark Beaubien. In the general election, McSweeney defeated Beaubien's widow, Dee Beaubien, who ran as an Independent. No Democrat filed for the seat. McSweeney won re-election in 2014 against Democrat Bill Downs with 70 percent of the vote. McSweeney won re-election in 2016 after running unopposed.

On September 5, 2019, McSweeney announced he would not run for reelection to the Illinois House of Representatives and instead focus on running for either United States Senate against Tammy Duckworth or for Illinois Secretary of State in what is expected to be an open race. He was succeeded in the Illinois House by fellow Republican Martin McLaughlin.

Political positions

On April 15, 2013, McSweeney filed a House resolution opposing a graduated income tax in Illinois. McSweeney also led the charge to oppose extending Illinois' income tax hike beyond the 2015 sunset date. He considers himself a strong conservative in both the fiscal and social sense. Rep. McSweeney is Lutheran.

In 2014, McSweeney co-sponsored HB 983 that helps prevent local governments from issuing bonds for projects that could result in higher property taxes. The measure went into effect on January 1, 2014. In the spring of 2015, McSweeney introduced a measure to freeze property taxes for one year in townships with less than 100,000 people.

In January 2015, McSweeney sponsored HB 173 to ban red light cameras. The legislation included a compromise which exempted the City of Chicago. House Bill 173 p*ed the Illinois House with 79 votes.

McSweeney sponsored a bill that was signed into law on July 26, 2016, that restricts the amount of money that non-home-rule local governments can spend on travelling, meals, and lodging, and bans spending on entertainment.

McSweeney supports capital punishment, In 2019 after two m* shootings in the U.S. McSweeney said he will either sponsor or co-sponsor some version of a measure overturning the moratorium former Gov. Pat Quinn placed on capital punishment eight years ago.

Electoral history

References

External links

• Representative David McSweeney (R) 52nd District at the Illinois General *embly
• Illinois States Representative David McSweeney cons*uency site
• David McSweeney for State Representative
• Profile at Vote Smart
• Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
• Campaign finance (2006 Illinois District 08) at Open Secrets
• 2012 Candidate questionnaire at Chicago Tribune
• 2012 Candidate questionnaire at The Daily Herald
• 2012 Candidate questionnaire at the Northwest Herald