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School board chief to seek [Rep] Hyde's [IL-6] seat
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| Last Edited | ArmyDem Nov 23, 2005 08:52pm |
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| Media | Newspaper - Chicago Tribune |
| News Date | Thursday, November 24, 2005 02:00:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By John Biemer
Tribune staff reporter
Published November 19, 2005
A real estate developer and Glen Ellyn School District 41 board president said Friday he is taking steps to challenge state Sen. Peter Roskam in the Republican primary for the congressional seat long held by retiring U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde.
John Vivoda, 47, said he is disappointed and frustrated with the way GOP leaders have rallied around Roskam, a Wheaton attorney, whom he described as too partisan and conservative and "way, way outside of what I think the district needs."
Vivoda said he is building an organization to support his run and collecting signatures to get on the ballot by the Dec. 19 filing deadline. He doesn't expect to get the support of the district's traditional Republican leadership, who he says "winked and nodded at George Ryan forever.
"There should be some choice, some contest on the Republican side rather than an anointing by all the same cast of characters," Vivoda said.
Roskam has been the sole Republican in the 6th District race since July, when state Sen. Carole Pankau (R-Roselle) and former DuPage County Recorder J.P. "Rick" Carney dropped out. That has allowed Roskam to rack up high-profile endorsements, including Hyde's, and $681,451 in campaign contributions as of the end of September. |
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