Dave Syverson Endorsed by Chicago Tribune

From Thursday’s Chicago Tribune:

35th District

Dave Syverson in the rainy Marengo Settlers Days Parade.

The primary election race for a district that includes sections of Winnebago, Boone, DeKalb, Kane and McHenry counties features businessman and veteran incumbent Republican Sen. Dave Syverson, 64, a member of the Illinois Senate since 1993, facing challenger Eli Nicolosi, the 43-year-old former Winnebago County Board member and chairman of the Winnebago County Republican Central Committee.

Nicolosi, who owns a design and marketing firm, Astute Web Group, is from Loves Park and is running for state office for the first time.

In May, the Rockford Register Star reported on an emergency order of protection filed by Nicolosi’s wife on April 19 and voluntarily withdrawn on May 4. According to the paper, Nicolosi described the allegations as “political shenanigans.” Separately, some Republicans objected to Nicolosi running in a primary while committee chairman and called for him to step down. He demurred.

Syverson said he has never run a negative campaign in his life and does not intend to start now.

“The simple solution to turning Illinois around is improving the jobs climate,” Syverson told us.

“We have to compete nationally and internationally.

“It’s frustrating because with simple adult changes, especially in the workers comp system and regulatory environment, we can make Illinois competitive again.

” If we do that, we’d quickly see Illinois turn itself around.

“We can grow our way into prosperity. We just can’t tax our way into prosperity.”

Syverson also is highly critical of gerrymandering: “Legislators should not be drawing their own districts,” he told us, “that leads to people being beholden to leaders, not the people who elected them.”

Syverson, who comes with rich experience, especially in understanding the needs of the industrial sector long important to Rockford, clearly is the better choice for the district.

Since he long has represented districts on the edge of the state, he’s especially shrewd when it comes to ensuring that Illinois remains competitive with its Midwestern neighbors.

And he told us that the issues surrounding inflation are providing “common ground” for all Americans seeking change.

“As Reagan said,” Syverson noted, “let’s work together on the things in which we all can believe.” Amen. Syverson has our endorsement.


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Dave Syverson Endorsed by Chicago Tribune — 4 Comments

  1. Syverson, Shanes, Irvin, Bailey, Tadelman: All Frauds!

    Bailey voted to raise taxes every chance he got as a school bard toad downstate.

    Sullivan won me over with his pro life, anti-Trans ads….. just like Ives did!

  2. The school board down in Southern IL aren’t funded like they are in the burbs of Chicago.

    Those taxes raised equated to $5 per household.

    Bailey NEVER voted to raise our taxes in Springfield !

  3. All anyone would have to do is google ‘Eli Nicolosi’ to see he doesn’t care about or possess family values.

  4. @casey Amos –

    I’m an open book – feel free to ask about anything.

    I love my family and my community – enough to endure fake accounts like this taking jabs.

    If you google a bit more, you’ll see those negative stories debunked – and as the Winnebago county chair and having access to GOP database, i can your name doesn’t exist as a voter, so….

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