Jim Dodge is hoping voters will be looking to the future when they go to the polls.
“You have to ask yourself, ‘Do you or do you not want (House Speaker) Mike Madigan’s power to go uncontested for the next 14 years given the remap that’s coming up,” Dodge told the Prairie State Wire. “Every seat we pick up lessens Madigan’s chances of continuing to ruin the state. No Dem will speak truth to power, but with our taxes already the highest in the country, they all still want to raise taxes.”
Dodge, an Orland Park Republican who has no challengers in the GOP primary for state treasurer, said the key to changing things is for Republicans to remain united and keep in mind the big picture about all the different shades of red that comprise the Republican Party.
“I’m reminding everyone how high the stakes are and how, as a party of ideas with the God-given right to argue among each other about philosophical differences, we still have to come together to do what needs to be done in November’s general election," he said. "We have to keep in mind that our goal is to show voters just how much our plan for leading them and this state is the best one for them.”
Dodge said he has been talking with voters about the issues that matter most to them, namely taxes, out-migration and the overall financial outlook of the state.
“Illinois has a lot going for itself with the people that are here and the talent that they bring,” he said. “It’s just a matter of putting the right policies in place and having the right leadership in Springfield to do that.”
Dodge said his run is about being part of that movement.
"It’s going well,” he said. “You go to different areas and talk to different people, and it’s all the same – they’re all concerned about how this state is nowhere near the place it can be.”
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