Ken Arnold Pondering Run Against Melissa Bean

For the second time in two years, Gurnee Republican Ken Arnold is thinking about running against 2nd term 8th congressional district U.S. Representative Melissa Bean. He is the second Republican to indicate an interest. The first was Steve Greenberg. (Greenberg hasn’t sent McHenry County Blog anything yet.)

Here is Arnold’s press release:

Arnold Pondering Run Against Congressman Bean

Within a YouTube interview presently being compiled by an organization called “A Citizens Voice,” recent 2006 8th Congressional District Primary candidate and Gurnee Republican Ken Arnold announced he is an official, exploratory candidate for this office once again.

Mr. Arnold outlined:

“Sadly, all five of my platform issues outlined in 2005 from Health Care to the problems of Illegal Aliens and amnesty are still there. Melissa Bean has done nothing on all of these and so many other issues in Washington. Our time is running out…”

Mr. Arnold went on to outline:

“Our Representative in Washington needs to be original, creative, and of true substance to resolve our many issues before us today. Such Congressman also needs to stand for reform of our two political parties and political processes both here in Illinois and in Washington.”

In addressing the two known contenders for this office (i.e. Democrat incumbent Melissa Bean and already announced Republican Steve Greenberg), Mr. Arnold believes that neither “meets the mark” of the criteria he outlines in his YouTube discussions and feels are so badly needed within the 8th Congressional District.

Exploratory Candidate Ken Arnold outlined that in just the coming few weeks he will make his full decision on the matter of whether he will once again run in 2008. Presently, Mr. Arnold says he will be listening to voters, Party leaders, and community leaders as to what they feel the needs are for the District and how they would welcome Mr. Arnold’s candidacy for this Congressional office.

The 8th Congressional District is composed of half of Lake and McHenry Counties along with far northwestern Cook County. The Ken Arnold for Congress Exploratory Campaign can be reached at 847-782-1688. Citizens may also visit his website at www.ArnoldforCongress.com for further information. His interview for the organization called “A Citizens Voice” can be found at www.ACitizensVoice.com and will be available there starting the latter part of this coming week.


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