Political rookie John Laesch will face off against one of America's most powerful men for the 14th Congressional District seat.Onward and upward.
Laesch, of Newark, easily defeated Auroran Ruben Zamora in Tuesday's Democratic primary, moving on to the underdog role in the November election against Republican Dennis Hastert, of Plano, speaker of the U.S. House. Hastert, who has represented the district since 1986 and served as speaker since 1999, ran uncontested in the Republican primary.
Laesch isn't intimidated by those credentials.
"I just beat a guy 2-to-1 who's been campaigning for two years, and I've only been out here for six months," Laesch said from his victory party in Plano.
"Hastert hasn't had a challenge in 20 years. I think people are ready for change and I hope to be that voice of change."
Laesch, 32, works as a carpenter and on his family's Kendall County farm.
A former military analyst for the Navy, he plans to question Hastert's record on health care and demand the troops be taken out of Iraq. (link)
Hastert is next - and we'll do all we can to help :-)
2 comments:
Thanks for the coverage of John's race and well earned victory in the March 21st Primary Race.
Not sure you or your readers are aware, but JOhn is making an attempt to win his 2nd victory in the same
week. He was picked by Sen. Russ Feingold (just prior to the primay) to be one of eight candidates for the
Progressive Patriots Fund.
This has been posted on the Kane County Democrats website (http://www.kanedems.org/)
following John's primary victory:
With your help, John is one step closer to defeating the Speaker of the
House. With your support, we will prevail in November.
Your help is needed. Vote online now to help John secure the endorsement
and financial support of Senator Russ Feingold's Progressive Patriots Fund.
http://www.progressivepatriotsfund.com/vote
You can vote until midnight Sunday, March 26th. After voting, pass along
this request to friends and family!
I would ask, for you support and considerations to make this happen.
The financial contribution and endorsement of Sen Feingold would
be a significant achievment nas go a very long way to defeating
Hastert come Novemeber.
I will also state, for the record, that I am a longterm supporter
for John Laesch, have contributed money, time. grassroots activism
to his campaign for hte past 6-7 months. I have also lived in CD14 for
nearly 40 years, John is the genuine aritcle and the best thing to happen
to us in the last 20 years as a candidate running on the national levels.
Best regards to all
Steve Aldrich
cheers steve
i'll post it
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