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===Non-profits=== ===Non-profits===
====Mercy Multiplied====
McCarter and his wife, Victoria, lived and worked in ] for ''Each1Feed1'', a Christian ministry that gives care and education for orphans and widows, in 1987-1988 and built Faith Medical Clinic.<ref name="Each1Feed1">{{cite web | title=Our Team - Each1Feed1 | url=http://eachonefeedone.org/who-we-are/ | date= | publisher=''eachonefeedone.org'' | accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref> Kyle currently is the International Director and Victoria is the Director of Education for ''Each1Feed1''.<ref name="Each1Feed1"/>
Mercy Multiplied is a Christian social service organization formerly known as Mercy Ministries. Mercy Multiplied has extensive operations overseas. The organization wrote of McCarter and his wife, "Over the past few years, Kyle and Victoria have taken on the role of 'mom and dad' to the residents in our St. Louis home. Not only has this couple spent a lot of time in the home encouraging the girls, but they have also been faithful advocates of and financial supporters of Mercy Ministries."

Mercy Multiplied is very controversial in Australia for requiring its clients to sign over their government benefits to the organization while offering little medical or psychiatric care. The organization favors Bible study and exorcisms over conventional medical treatments for mental illness. Numerous women have been expelled from the program without warning or follow-up support. Clients are often forced to sign "separation contracts" designed to prevent them from making friends with each other. Mercy Multiplied's clients suffer from conditions such as bipolar disorder, anxiety, and anorexia.<ref name="Aus"></ref>


===Illinois State Senate=== ===Illinois State Senate===
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McCarter has received ] support, as well as support from other conservative groups, including the ].<ref>{{cite news | last1=Bustos | first1=Joseph | title=Club for Growth Endorses McCarter Over Shimkus | url=http://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/election/article53343265.html | date=January 6, 2016 | publisher=''bnd.com'' | accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="RunDown">{{cite news | last1=McDermott | first1=Kevin | title=A Short Run-Down of Illinois' Primary Situation Headed Toward March 15 | url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/kevin-mcdermott/a-short-run-down-of-illinois-primary-situation-headed-toward/article_fa92320a-283d-55ba-8e9e-1e65aba8d860.html | date=February 16, 2016 | publisher=''stltoday.com'' | accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref> McCarter is running to the right of Shimkus, saying he is unsufficiently conservative and an "insider."<ref name="Conservative"/> McCarter has received ] support, as well as support from other conservative groups, including the ].<ref>{{cite news | last1=Bustos | first1=Joseph | title=Club for Growth Endorses McCarter Over Shimkus | url=http://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/election/article53343265.html | date=January 6, 2016 | publisher=''bnd.com'' | accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref><ref name="RunDown">{{cite news | last1=McDermott | first1=Kevin | title=A Short Run-Down of Illinois' Primary Situation Headed Toward March 15 | url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/kevin-mcdermott/a-short-run-down-of-illinois-primary-situation-headed-toward/article_fa92320a-283d-55ba-8e9e-1e65aba8d860.html | date=February 16, 2016 | publisher=''stltoday.com'' | accessdate=February 19, 2015}}</ref> McCarter is running to the right of Shimkus, saying he is unsufficiently conservative and an "insider."<ref name="Conservative"/>


==Campaign finance==
Prior to announcing his candidacy for congress, McCarter spent over $33,000 from his state campaign fund on a political consultant, leading to some accusations that he violated Illinois law that states that money from a state campaign fund cannot be used for a federal campaign.<ref name="Spending">{{cite news |last= |first= |date=November 5, 2015 |title=McCarter, seeking congressional seat, faces questions over spending from state campaign fund |url=http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article43251459.html |newspaper=Belleville News-Democrat |location=Illinois |access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref> Prior to announcing his candidacy for congress, McCarter used about $33,000 from his state campaign fund to pay a political consultant even though we was not facing re-election as a state senator until 2018. That consultant, Elizabeth Van Holt of Isaiah Consulting, appeared with McCarter when he announced his congressional candidacy on October 7, 2015. State law prohibits the use of such campaign funds for federal races. McCarter claims the money was paid for work related to his state senate seat. Kent Redfield, a retired political science professor at the ], said Van Holt’s presence at the congressional announcement makes McCarter's denial hard to believe. Redfield said McCarter's violation would probably result in a fine.<ref name="Spending">{{cite news |last= |first= |date=November 5, 2015 |title=McCarter, seeking congressional seat, faces questions over spending from state campaign fund |url=http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article43251459.html |newspaper=Belleville News-Democrat |location=Illinois |access-date=January 10, 2016}}</ref>

At the announcement of his congressional campaign, McCarter said that he was not running for reelection to his state senate seat. He said, “I'm term limiting myself in the state Senate. I am saying today that I am not going to be running again.” He admitted to making preparations for his congressional campaign "all summer." Prior to the second quarter of 2015, McCarter's campaign committee never reported more than $50,354 in any quarter since the 2010 election cycle.<ref name="Announce">{{cite web|url=http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2015-10-07/update-rauner-backing-shimkus-over-mccarter.html|title=Update: Rauner backing Shimkus over McCarter|publisher=|accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref>

McCarter's campaign had to refund tens of thousands of dollars in illegal contributions. McCarter accepted thousands of dollars in contributions from corporations, which are banned. His campaign also accepted an illegal $40,000 contribution from a single donor; the limit on individual donations is $2,700 per election. McCarter had to refund more than half the money he raised in 2015.<ref name="IllegalContribs"></ref>


==Issues== ==Issues==
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===Bullying=== ===Bullying===
On May 22, 2012, McCarter voted against a bill in the ] that would have encouraged public schools to implement anti-bullying programs, as he believed such programs could be used to promote homosexuality.<ref name="bullying">{{cite web | last1=McDermott | first1=Kevin | title=Illinois Conservatives Defeat Anti-Bullying Measure, Citing Gay 'Agenda' | url=http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/illinois/illinois-conservatives-defeat-anti-bullying-measure-citing-gay-agenda/article_1310d016-a437-11e1-8d9e-0019bb30f31a.html | date=May 22, 2012 | publisher='']'' | accessdate=February 28, 2016}}</ref> While answering questions about his vote, McCarter said, "Some of these programs are very good. They indeed encourage kids not to bully. But there are programs throughout the United States, used in some high schools and universities, that really have just a pro-homosexual agenda, and nothing but that.”<ref name="bullying"/> In May of 2012, McCarter voted against a bill in the state senate that would have encouraged public schools to implement anti-bullying programs. McCarter voted against the bill because he believed such programs would be used to promote homosexuality. While answering questions about his vote, McCarter said, "Some of these programs are very good. They indeed encourage kids not to bully. But there are programs throughout the United States, used in some high schools and universities, that really have just a pro-homosexual agenda, and nothing but that.”<ref name="bullying"></ref>


== Personal == == Personal ==
McCarter and his wife Victoria live in ], and they have three children: Zach, Austin, and their late daughter Amber, who died in 2006 at age 21 due to a ].<ref name="PVS"/><ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Gerstenecker|first=Alan Lewis|title=Fentanyl overdose killed daughter of County Board member, coroner's official says|url=http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/article_406767a8-2c9b-568b-9fc6-b96844aed955.html|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=February 14, 2007}}</ref><ref name="drugs">{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-reeder-heroin-st-0924-20150923-story.html|title=A state senator's unusual vote|author=Chicago Tribune|date=September 23, 2015|work=Daily Southtown|accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref> The McCarters are supporters of ], a charitable Christian organization.<ref>{{cite news | title=Mercy Ministries Close Friend and Supporter Kyle McCarter Appointed to Illinois State Senate | url=http://www.mercyministriesnews.com/2009/04/mercy-ministries-close-friend-and.html | date=April 28, 2009 | publisher=''mercyministriesnews.com'' | accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Meet Kyle | url=http://www.kylemccarter.com/about | publisher=''kylemccarter.com'' | accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref> McCarter and his wife Victoria live in ]. They have two children: Zach and Austin. Their daughter Amber died in 2006.<ref name="PVS"/><ref name="ILGA"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Gerstenecker|first=Alan Lewis|title=Fentanyl overdose killed daughter of County Board member, coroner's official says|url=http://www.stltoday.com/suburban-journals/article_406767a8-2c9b-568b-9fc6-b96844aed955.html|newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|date=February 14, 2007}}</ref><ref name="drugs">{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-reeder-heroin-st-0924-20150923-story.html|title=A state senator's unusual vote|author=Chicago Tribune|date=September 23, 2015|work=Daily Southtown|accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref>

Amber McCarter died from a ] at the age of 21. Amber became a drug user as a teenager. In 2006 she was found dead near railroad tracks in Brooklyn, Illinois, described by the media as a "hard-luck village." She died immediately after leaving a drug rehabilitation center.<ref name="drugs">{{cite web|url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-reeder-heroin-st-0924-20150923-story.html|title=A state senator's unusual vote|author=Chicago Tribune|date=September 23, 2015|work=Daily Southtown|accessdate=February 19, 2016}}</ref>


== References == == References ==

Revision as of 14:59, 3 March 2016

Kyle McCarter
Member of the Illinois Senate
from the 54th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 9, 2013
Preceded byJohn O. Jones
Member of the Illinois Senate
from the 51st district
In office
February 23, 2009 – January 9, 2013
Preceded byFrank Watson
Succeeded byChapin Rose
Personal details
Born1962 or 1963 (age 61–62)
Political partyRepublican
SpouseVictoria
Children3
ResidenceLebanon, Illinois

Kyle McCarter is a Republican member of the Illinois Senate, serving in the Senate since February 2009. He replaced former Senate Minority Leader Frank Watson after the latter resigned due to poor health. After the Senate redistricting, parts of the old 51st, 54th, and 58th districts were combined to create the new 54th Senate District; McCarter ran successfully for the 54th district.

McCarter is currently running for U.S. Congress in the Illinois's 15th congressional district.

Career

McCarter graduated from Oral Roberts University in 1984 with a degree in accounting. McCarter was a member of the St. Clair County board from 2000 until 2009, when he was appointed to the Illinois State Senate. McCarter also served for six years on the O'Fallon Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, including two years as President and four years as Chairman of the Economic Development Committee.

Businesses

McCarter owns and operates Custom Product Innovations and Custom Coating Innovations in Lebanon, Illinois. McCarter's companies outsource parts of their production to China. McCarter said, "I go to China four to six times a year to visit with our manufacturers. It's a capitalist's dream over there."

Non-profits

Mercy Multiplied

Mercy Multiplied is a Christian social service organization formerly known as Mercy Ministries. Mercy Multiplied has extensive operations overseas. The organization wrote of McCarter and his wife, "Over the past few years, Kyle and Victoria have taken on the role of 'mom and dad' to the residents in our St. Louis home. Not only has this couple spent a lot of time in the home encouraging the girls, but they have also been faithful advocates of and financial supporters of Mercy Ministries."

Mercy Multiplied is very controversial in Australia for requiring its clients to sign over their government benefits to the organization while offering little medical or psychiatric care. The organization favors Bible study and exorcisms over conventional medical treatments for mental illness. Numerous women have been expelled from the program without warning or follow-up support. Clients are often forced to sign "separation contracts" designed to prevent them from making friends with each other. Mercy Multiplied's clients suffer from conditions such as bipolar disorder, anxiety, and anorexia.

Illinois State Senate

After Republican State Senator Frank Watson resigned, shortly after suffering a stroke, McCarter was appointed to fill his place in the Illinois State Senate in February 2009.

On May 31, 2011, McCarter accused Democratic state Sen. Mike Jacobs of punching him after a debate over an electricity rate increase, a claim Jacobs denied by saying in a televised interview that "the senator was full of shit" and "someone who couldn't even really polish my shoes". McCarter had noted that Jacobs' father was a registered lobbyist for the utility, but Jacobs' response was that "one thing he would not allow to happen would be for anyone to question my integrity." Jacobs also said this information had been fully disclosed, his constituents were aware of it, "and they would make a decision based on that". It was reported that McCarter filed a police statement over the incident.

Committee assignments

As of the 99th General Assembly, McCarter sits on the following committees:

  • Agriculture;
  • Environment and Conservation (Minority Spokesperson);
  • Higher Education;
    • Subcommittee on Public Higher Education Executive Compensation
  • Labor;
  • State Government & Veterans Affairs;

2016 campaign for U.S. Congress

Main article: United States House of Representatives elections in Illinois, 2016 § District 15

In October 2015, McCarter announced he would be running for the United States House of Representatives for the 15th district against fellow Republican incumbent John Shimkus, rather than run again for State Senate. While McCarter does not live in the 15th district, he lives close to the border and has said he is looking to move to Effingham.

McCarter has received Tea Party support, as well as support from other conservative groups, including the Club for Growth. McCarter is running to the right of Shimkus, saying he is unsufficiently conservative and an "insider."

Campaign finance

Prior to announcing his candidacy for congress, McCarter used about $33,000 from his state campaign fund to pay a political consultant even though we was not facing re-election as a state senator until 2018. That consultant, Elizabeth Van Holt of Isaiah Consulting, appeared with McCarter when he announced his congressional candidacy on October 7, 2015. State law prohibits the use of such campaign funds for federal races. McCarter claims the money was paid for work related to his state senate seat. Kent Redfield, a retired political science professor at the University of Illinois-Springfield, said Van Holt’s presence at the congressional announcement makes McCarter's denial hard to believe. Redfield said McCarter's violation would probably result in a fine.

At the announcement of his congressional campaign, McCarter said that he was not running for reelection to his state senate seat. He said, “I'm term limiting myself in the state Senate. I am saying today that I am not going to be running again.” He admitted to making preparations for his congressional campaign "all summer." Prior to the second quarter of 2015, McCarter's campaign committee never reported more than $50,354 in any quarter since the 2010 election cycle.

McCarter's campaign had to refund tens of thousands of dollars in illegal contributions. McCarter accepted thousands of dollars in contributions from corporations, which are banned. His campaign also accepted an illegal $40,000 contribution from a single donor; the limit on individual donations is $2,700 per election. McCarter had to refund more than half the money he raised in 2015.

Issues

Energy

In a debate in 2012 and later public statements McCarter expressed strong support for a "clean coal" plant in Taylorville. The day after Archer Daniels Midland and Tate & Lyle, both major employers in McCarter's senate district, expressed concern about the project he changed his position and voted against the bill. Both companies were also donors to his campaign. In response Kurt Erickson of The Southern Illinoisan wrote, "In the process, he became the quintessential politician that voters love to hate: He said one thing on the campaign trail and then reversed himself once safely elected."

Bullying

In May of 2012, McCarter voted against a bill in the state senate that would have encouraged public schools to implement anti-bullying programs. McCarter voted against the bill because he believed such programs would be used to promote homosexuality. While answering questions about his vote, McCarter said, "Some of these programs are very good. They indeed encourage kids not to bully. But there are programs throughout the United States, used in some high schools and universities, that really have just a pro-homosexual agenda, and nothing but that.”

Personal

McCarter and his wife Victoria live in Lebanon, Illinois. They have two children: Zach and Austin. Their daughter Amber died in 2006.

Amber McCarter died from a heroin overdose at the age of 21. Amber became a drug user as a teenager. In 2006 she was found dead near railroad tracks in Brooklyn, Illinois, described by the media as a "hard-luck village." She died immediately after leaving a drug rehabilitation center.

References

  1. "Kyle McCarter". Belleville News-Democrat. February 23, 2009.
  2. "O'Fallon alderman named to St. Clair County Board". Belleville News Democrat. March 27, 2009.
  3. "State Senator Frank Watson Resigns from Senate Will Focus on Health". WGEL. February 2, 2009. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Brueggemann, Brian (October 7, 2015). "McCarter kicks off campaign against Shimkus; declares himself more conservative". Belleville News-Democrat. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  5. ^ "Kyle McCarter's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved February 19, 2016. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ "Senator Kyle McCarter (R)". ilga.gov (99th General Assembly). {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  7. Wuerz, Scott (August 8, 2005). "East Meets Metro-East". Belleville News-Democrat. Illinois.
  9. Spates, Alicia (February 22, 2009). "Kyle McCarter of Lebanon Picked by GOP for State Senate Seat". herald-review.com. Retrieved February 19, 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  10. ^ Illinois Senator Claims Sen. Mike Jacobs Punched Him After ComEd Rate Hike Debate (VIDEO) Huffington Post AOL News. June 1, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  11. Ill. senators get physical, involve police St. Louis Today.com. June 1, 2011. Retrieved June 2, 2011.
  12. ^ "Update: Rauner backing Shimkus over McCarter". Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  13. Bustos, Joseph (January 6, 2016). "Club for Growth Endorses McCarter Over Shimkus". bnd.com. Retrieved February 19, 2016. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  14. McDermott, Kevin (February 16, 2016). "A Short Run-Down of Illinois' Primary Situation Headed Toward March 15". stltoday.com. Retrieved February 19, 2015. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  15. "McCarter, seeking congressional seat, faces questions over spending from state campaign fund". Belleville News-Democrat. Illinois. November 5, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  17. "Some enter, others leave". The Southern. January 9, 2011. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  19. Gerstenecker, Alan Lewis (February 14, 2007). "Fentanyl overdose killed daughter of County Board member, coroner's official says". St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
  20. ^ Chicago Tribune (September 23, 2015). "A state senator's unusual vote". Daily Southtown. Retrieved February 19, 2016.

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