Posted on 03/13/2024 5:38:36 AM PDT by cotton1706
Half of the Kane County Board is up for election this cycle. With the reshuffling of county board districts after the 2020 Census, a return to the days of majority Republican rule is unlikely. But the March primary will serve as a crucible for the local GOP.
Several self-described moderate incumbent Republicans face opposition from peers who have aligned themselves with the arguably more conservative political positions of former President Donald Trump.
Since Trump’s loss in 2020, a faction of local Republicans has commandeered public comment periods at most county board meetings. They’ve unleashed a torrent of concerns ranging from unproven allegations of local election tampering to emotional pleas for the board to take a stand against the busing of migrants into their communities.
With only eight Republicans on the 24-member county board, including several who do not share all of those concerns, the political waves made by the commenters haven’t changed the course of the county’s policies. But this election could bring more Republicans who resonate with those concerns on board.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailyherald.com ...
Too many of Illinois’ “Republicans” are of the country club, milquetoast, variety. Glad I no longer live there.
This is in the suburban jungles of ChiCongo where the Hutu and Tutsi reign supreme. A lost cause.
Bring it on. It's time for Trump to clean up the GOP.
The ILLINOIS GOP is all DEMOCRATS, who put “R” AFTER their names!
The Illinois GOP put RICHARD IRVIN up to run for
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR even though he votes DEMOCRAT, the EVIDENCE was revealed
and Richard Irvin is Pro-Black Lives Matters,
Pro-DEFUND THE POLICE
Pro-Abortion,
ANTI-2nd Amendment
That’s the ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY.
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