On January 9, 2021 The League of Women Voters of Greater Rockford sent a questionnaire to reachable candidates in the Municipal Elections being held April 6, 2021. Early voting started March 12, and mail-in ballots available when a request is sent to: Rockford Board of Elections at voterockford.com, Boone County Clerk’s office and the Winnebago County Clerk’s office.
The results below are for the Rockford and Belvidere city races only. Candidates not submitting questionnaire information will have their names present, all candidates are in ballot order.
General Voting and Election Information
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Belvidere 1st Ward General Election - 2021
| Name | Thomas Porter ✔︎ | Unopposed |
| Street Address | No response | |
| City | No response | |
| Preferred public campaign contact method | No response | |
| Highest Education Achieved | No response | |
| Field of Experience, either paid or volunteer | No response | |
| Candidate Party | Independent | |
| Elective Office | No response | |
| Constituent Area | No response | |
| Candidate Status | No response | |
| Why do you want to be on the City Council? What prompted you to run for office? | No response | |
| How much time, in hours, do you think you will have to spend each week in committee meetings? | No response | |
| How much time, in hours, will you have available each week to address constituents concerns, discuss issues, and personally meet with some constituents? | No response | |
| Do you have any plans, or ambition, to seek other elected positions in government after serving on the City Council? | No response | |
| Do you plan to hold regular public constituent meetings? | No response | |
| What are the special challenges of your constituent area and how do you plan to address those needs? | No response | |
| What specific talents from your previous experiences make you a good candidate for your office? | No response | |
| For Rockford aldermanic candidates: On which committees do you wish to be a member? | No response | |
| What specific skills do you bring to the committees? | No response | |
| What is your experience in group negotiations for stated goals? (In partisan situations certain guidelines may need consensus.) | No response | |
| If you feel strongly about a particular issue and your constituents feel the opposite, how would you vote when the issues comes up on the Council? | No response | |
| In decisions where your constituent area will gain at the expense of the community as a whole, where does your allegiance to your constituent area end and your concern about community-wide issues begin? | No response | |
| What is the core reason(s) for crime in your constituent area and the community as a whole. | No response | |
| What ideas do you have to reduce crime in your constituent area and the community as a whole? Please include funding ideas. | No response | |
| Do you support retraining police to reduce confrontational police tactics? | No response | |
| What method would you support to pay for additional social resources to keep the peace? | No response | |
| What do you think the community can do about the increase in gun violence that has not already been done? | No response | |
| What ideas do you have for more commerce that brings jobs to the community for middle-class wages and benefits? | No response | |
| What do you think needs done to address the issues of social-economic and race inequity this community? | No response | |
| Please state any other areas, important to you, that you want the public to know. | No response |