MORE ON TRUAX…STRONG ENDORSEMENT FOR DOUG TRUAX IN ILLINOIS…..
Chicago Tribune strongly endorses Truax for U.S. Senate
DOWNERS GROVE — In a strongly worded endorsement, the Chicago Tribune has recommended Doug Truax be nominated in the GOP primary for U.S. Senate.
If the Republican Party is to outgrow its loss of stature in Illinois, it needs to recruit and promote candidates who are more like Truax. At 43 he’s a West Point graduate, a former Army Ranger and captain, and majority owner of a small Oak Brook firm that helps employers address the costs of their health care, retirement and other benefits programs.
The endorsement continues:
Truax projects confidence in what a growth-oriented federal agenda could accomplish: He stresses that without more vibrant economic activity, America won’t solve chronic joblessness. He impresses us with smart ideas for rescuing entitlement programs, curbing federal tax loopholes, and empowering states to expand school choice: “I favor charter schools and maximum flexibility for parents and students to escape bad schools and a cycle of poverty.” And as a health insurance consultant, Truax offers fresh and detailed proposals for accomplishing what Obamacare cannot: affordably providing good coverage to Americans with pre-existing conditions.
The Tribune sums up the choice:
Oberweis has more name recognition and money than does Truax. If Republicans don’t look deeper, those variables could determine this race. But with one eye on the issues that confront voters and another on Illinois’ imperiled future, the Tribune today endorses Doug Truax.
“I’m pleased that the Chicago Tribune sees the race as I do — a choice between the past and future of the Republican Party and a referendum on the direction we want to take Illinois and America,” Truax said.
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