Candidates for Congress and Your Pocketbook   WMBD/WYZZ-TV—PEORIA Saturday, Jul 12, 2008

We're only a few months away from election time and with Aaron Schock getting an endorsement from President Bush, the local race for 18th Congressional District is heating up.

Voters want the candidates to address their needs and speak up about what the candidates should focus on to get their vote. .View Report

Will Bush's Low Approval Hurt Schock?   WMBD/WYZZ-TV—PEORIA Friday, Jul 11, 2008

President Bush is expected to spice up the 18th Congressional District race for Aaron Schock later this month, and some are questioning if it's a wise idea. .....As for whether Schock’s opponents Colleen Callahan and Sheldon Schafer should feel threatened... .View Report

Plenty of scientific evidence for climate change   Peoria Journal Star Op Ed Sunday, June 29, 2008

Commentators are again raising suspicion over global climate change, calling it a cult. They seek to discredit it because Al Gore and other liberals support it and because some scientists question it.... .Read Sheldon's opinion.

McCain spurned for ethanol comment   Peoria Journal Star Friday, June 20, 2008

Green Party 18th candidate Sheldon Schafer argues corn-based ethanol isn't as efficient as cellulose-based and switchgrass-based ethanol, the latter from a fast-growing variety of prairie grass, which he said have higher energy yields. "We should be looking at the highest efficiencies. Corn-based isn't giving us those efficiencies," Schafer said. ....Read Entire Article

Green Party Candidates Challenged   Press Release, Friday, June 13, 2008

The removal of four Green party Congressional Candidates from the November election ballot for improper filing procedures will not stop the Green Party campaign efforts in Illinois, said Sheldon Schafer, 18th Congressional District candidate. “There remain ten Congressional Candidates including myself, ....Read More

Peoria Journal Star, Monday, April 21, 2008

Sheldon Schafer, the Green Party candidate for the 18th Congressional District, said House Bill 5263 would eliminate "for all intents and purposes" the mechanism that will put him on the November general election ballot even though he didn't run in the February primary....Read More