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Another conservative women’s group has decided to endorse the only woman running for the Republican nomination for Congress in Illinois’ 8th District.

Concerned Women has selected Maria Rodriguez to support for Melissa Bean’s seat. Bean has served four terms, but only run against male Republicans. The press release follows:

Concerned Women PAC Endorses
Maria Rodriguez
for Congress in Illinois’ 8th

WASHINGTON – Concerned Women Political Action Committee (CWPAC) has announced its endorsement of Maria Rodriguez for Congress in Illinois’ 8th Congressional District.

Concerned Women PAC is affiliated with Concerned Women for America Legislative Action Committee, the nation’s largest public policy women’s organization with more than 500,000 grassroots members nationwide.

The 8th District is currently represented by liberal Democrat Congresswoman Melissa Bean. Congresswoman Bean has garnered an anti-family, pro-abortion record in her three terms in Congress. This Congress alone Rep. Bean has only voted with the CWALAC position one time.

Rep. Bean voted against the Stupak Amendment that would have prohibited coverage for abortions by insurance companies in the overall government take over of health care. She also voted in favor of the overall government take over of our health care system.

In addition, she voted in favor of the recent omnibus bill which included an increase of $10 million for Title X funding with the bulk of those taxpayer dollars going to Planned Parenthood. The omnibus bill also gave $103 million to international “family planning” organizations, in effect forcing the American taxpayer to indirectly promote and fund abortions abroad.

“Maria is just the woman to take on Melissa Bean and win,” said Beverly LaHaye, founder and chairman of Concerned Women PAC. “Maria will be a strong pro-life voice in Congress.”

Concerned Women Political Action Committee was started in 2002 to help elect solid pro-family, pro-life conservatives to Congress. Concerned Women PAC sends out a monthly letter to members encouraging them to financially support candidates like Maria Rodriguez.

To learn more about Maria, please visit here.  To see a complete list of Maria’s endorsements, visit here.

Jon Heideman, McHenry County Young Republican Education Committee Chairman, announced today that the YR’s will sponsor a November 20th candidate’s night at McHenry County College’s Conference Center.

Six candidates are listed. Not all have filed their petitions in Springfield.

The winner will face off against Democrat Melissa Bean.

The press release follows:

MCYR will be co-hosting the 8th Congressional District Debate on November 20th, 2009 at the McHenry County College Conference Center Building “B” at 7:00PM.  A representative from each of the groups hosting the event will sit on the panel and ask the participating candidates questions.

The Republican Candidates for the 8th Congressional District are:

Dirk Beveridge
John Dawson
Christopher Geissler
Maria Rodriguez
Joe Walsh
Greg Jacobs

MCYR members have the privilege of crafting questions the candidates will be asked.

Please send your questions to

educate@mchenryyoungrepublicans.com.

Please also let us know if it is OK to use your name when asking the question.

In alphabetic order, four people filed to opposed 8th District Congresswoman Melissa Bean right at 8 AM:

• Dirk Beveridge
• John Dawson
• Christopher Geissler
• Maria Rodriguez

The three men have a Barrington zip code, as does incumbent Bean. Rodriguez is village president of Long Grove.

The simultaneous filing allows them to be in a lottery to determine ballot order on the GOP primary ballot on February 2nd.