In this issue:
Jennifer Davis challenges Melissa Bean for US Congress
Jennifer Davis is a highly accomplished businesswoman and entrepreneur who started a software company, Davisware, along with her husband, when she was only 17. Davisware focuses on contractors and trades. Jennifer told the Kane County Reporter, “I got to teach plumbers and HVAC guys how to use a tablet to make money just like they turned a wrench. It was a pretty fabulous career.” Jennifer says she is running to address voter engagement, families and technology policy. KaneCountyReporter Jennifer is a dynamic business leader who knows how to balance the demands of her career with the needs of her family, her husband and 10 children. She even wrote a book, Living Exponentially: Unlocking the Power of Every Moment in Your Business and Life. In it she shows others how to maximize their time for extraordinary success without sacrificing joy. “37% of our district are independent voters. People aren’t independent about politics; they just hate both sides.”Jennifer told the Kane County Reporter, “My motivation for getting involved is watching the politicians steal our votes with gerrymandering and allowing them to be stolen through voter apathy in our district and in our state. My entire goal out of this whole thing is to change the vision that people have of their engagement in politics and to get people who are outside of politics engaged in politics. You can only do that by winning, which is why I have been fixated on making sure I’m running a race that is strategically designed to win.” If you’re wondering how conservative Jennifer Davis is, she tells us plainly, “I have always been conservative, I've never been anything other than conservative, pro-life, pro-Second Amendment and pro-First Amendment…I think families and freedom are the most important things that we do in everything we do.” “We have to be fighting voter apathy,” she said. “You note the silent majority, and then you look at our district, 37% of our district are independent voters. People aren't independent about politics; they just hate both sides.” Jennifer understands you can’t win the seat if you can’t inspire the independent voter to vote for you. But along with that, we must motivate committed Republicans to get out and vote on November 3. Voter participation has been historically low in midterm elections. When Illinois Republicans sit it out, Democrats walk away with an easy win. If you want the House to pass the SAVE America Act, vote for true conservatives, like Jennifer Davis, in the midterm election cycle. Learn more about Jennifer Davis by reading the Kane County Reporter article (referenced above) and by visiting her website Jennifer Davis for Congress | Illinois 8th District candidate.
Rhys Read challenges Michelle Mussman for Illinois 56th
When Rhys Read saw that Michelle Mussman was again running unopposed, he knew he couldn’t let that happen. “I know I have a skill set in analyzing budgets, installing internal control systems, and managing a $20 Billion pension fund. When I look at state finances in Illinois, I see a lot that’s wrong, and no one’s doing anything about it.” (Rhys is pronounced Reese.) Rhys believes in transparency. “We have been dominated by Democrat policies in Illinois that make it so expensive to live here.…Homeowners can look at their tax bill to see where the money goes, but renters have no idea. I want every lease for rental properties to show how much money goes to property taxes and for every business to show how much it pays in property taxes, just to be transparent.” With 40 years of experience in finance, Rhys was one of the founding members of the risk management committee for West Path Pension, the board of pensions for the United Methodist Church. Along with being a CPA, Rhys has an MBA and was a CGMA (Chartered Global Management Accountant). Illinois doesn’t need politicians with little real-world experience. It needs business and finance leaders who are willing to wrestle with boards and agencies to improve systems so less money is being wasted. “There’s a lot of things I can see that are wrong; Illinois needs a DOGE. When I become state legislator, one of the first bills I’ll introduce will be to create a DOGE study of Illinois finances, not just to eliminate fraud but to modernize systems and eliminate redundancies.” When Rhys last looked at the schools, he saw there was too much overhead. For instance, CPS has 324,000 students, over 20,000 teachers, and 26,000 employees in non-teaching positions. That adds up to one teacher for every 16 students and 1 non-teaching position for every 12 students. Illinois has 851 overlapping school districts. In Illinois, less than 40% of school funding goes into the education process, the rest is spent on non-classroom costs. Rhys wants Illinois officials to consolidate some districts to reduce the need for so much overhead. Rhys wants to raise the personal exemption. “Currently, we have a personal exemption of less than $3,000. It should be raised to $15,000 for each person, so a family of four would be exempt to $60,000 on their State of Illinois income tax.” There’s a lot of things I can see that are wrong; Illinois needs a DOGE.Rhys lives in Des Plaines, in an area that is part of Elk Grove Township. He has served on the Des Plaines Public Library board for 9 years, from 2000-2009. He is married with three grown children. Rhys has been retired since 2020 and is ready to roll up his sleeves for Illinois. Please go to his website readforil56.com There you can give him your financial support to mount a successful campaign against Michelle Mussmann, who has $100,000 in her war chest.
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