Carl Lambrecht
Highland Park optical engineer and owner of Laurel Industries; Army veteran and longtime Republican precinct committeeman; 2024 nominee for Illinois House District 58.
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Highland Park optical engineer and owner of Laurel Industries; Army veteran and longtime Republican precinct committeeman; 2024 nominee for Illinois House District 58.
U.S. Representative for IL-10 (2013–2015, 2017–present); chairs the House New Democrat Coalition; lives in Highland Park.
Supports free enterprise and cutting federal spending to reduce the national debt.
Voted against the 2025 reconciliation tax-and-spending law (H.R. 1) and calls for congressional action to keep Social Security solvent.
In a 2026 questionnaire, chose government-funded insurance alongside private options, explaining with an unrelated objection to an Illinois law; opposed a database of people with ongoing illnesses.
Supports strengthening the ACA, extending enhanced premium tax credits and offering a public option; does not back Medicare for All.
Opposes sanctuary cities and favors legal immigration; in 2024 said migrants without proper visas should be sent back.
Supports bipartisan comprehensive immigration reform; voted against 2026 DHS funding, citing a lack of limits and oversight on ICE.
Supports legal protection of life from conception, with an exception for the mother's life; opposes public funding of abortion providers.
Cosponsored the Women's Health Protection Act of 2025 (H.R. 12), which would establish a federal right to abortion access.
Opposes asking higher earners to pay more; says Illinois residents pay too much in taxes.
Voted against the 2025 tax law; supports closing loopholes for the wealthy and corporations, addressing the SALT cap and targeted family tax breaks.
Said in 2024 the state should support law enforcement; supports keeping guns from people convicted of crimes.
In 2020 backed and in 2021 co-sponsored the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, calling the package of reforms 'long overdue'; also supports gun-safety laws.
Strongly agrees with eliminating the U.S. Department of Education, saying 'local people can do a better job' than federal and state boards of education.
Calls for investing in early childhood education; in 2025 reintroduced the Teachers Are Leaders Act to expand a federal teacher-training grant program.
Names nuclear, natural gas and coal as the most reliable energy sources.
Describes climate change as a serious threat that must be addressed.
Places himself between selective intervention and a sovereignty focus; calls China a serious threat and Israel a key ally.
Voted for 2024 aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan and for a 2026 resolution to end U.S. hostilities with Iran absent authorization.
In 2024, criticized state and federal subsidies for an electric-battery plant linked to China ('Stop donating to China'); in 2026 agreed the Chinese Communist Party poses economic threats.
Supports tariffs only as targeted tools coordinated with allies; welcomed the 2026 Supreme Court ruling against emergency tariffs.
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