Kinzinger |
Illinois' primary elections will be held on March 20.
So far Kinzinger has visited all 14 counties in the new district and he says he has "held 15 open town hall forums in just over a month."
Kinzinger criticized Manzullo's support of the cash for clunkers program and raising the debt ceiling 12 times. He called Manzullo "one of the top earmarkers among the Republican delegation."
Putnam County, new 16th dist. |
Interestingly, although Kinzinger has only been a congressman for 13 months, he has outraised Manzullo--who has been a member of Congress since 1993--by 70 percent.
While Kinzinger doesn't have the experience of Manzullo, he points to his own drive. Manzullo hasn't been a committee chairman since 2006, Kinzinger said, and "since then you can't really find any pieces of unique legislation that he has passed."
Dixon, new 16th dist. |
"What is he going to do in the first two years," Kinzinger rhetorically asked about his primary opponent, "that he wasn't able to do in the first twenty." He added, "I think twenty years makes you a career politician."
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3 comments:
It is unfortunate that Kinzinger didn't stay in the 2nd district which includes his home. Now Halvorson or Jackson will go virtually unopposed in November. ugh!
Money isn't everything, reminder, Kinzinger was under-funded when he ran against Halvorson. Manzullo is the more conservative candidate. Manzullo is endorsed by:
State Senator Tim Bivins (R-Dixon)
State Senator Dave Syverson (R-Rockford)
State Senator Christine Johnson (R-Shabbona)
Former State Senator Brad Burzynski
State Rep. Joe Sosnowski (R-Belvidere/Rockford)
State Rep. Bob Pritchard (R-Hinckley)
Winnebago County Board Chairman Scott Christiansen
Boone County Board Chairman Bob Walberg
Ogle County Board Chairman Jim Barnes
Rockford Mayor Larry Morrissey
Loves Park Mayor Darryl Lindberg
Machesney Park Mayor Tom Strickland
Rochelle Mayor Chet Olson
Oregon Mayor Thomas Stone
Genoa Mayor Todd Walker
Mt. Morris Village President Greg Unger
Rockton Mayor Dale Adams
Roscoe Mayor Dave Krienke
Franklin Grove Mayor Bob Logan
Jason Anderson, Director of Economic Development, City of Rochelle
Bob Trojan, President of Rockford Linear Actuation
Jeffrey J. Kaney, Sr., CEO, Kaney Group, LLC
Organizations also endorsing Manzullo include:
Illinois Tea Party
Illinois Conservatives (4,000 conservatives under age 35 throughout Illinois)
Illinois Citizens for Life
Illinois Family PAC
The Livingston County Tea Party has not endorsed Adam Kinzinger or Jason Barrickman. The event was open to the public and in fact the non-tea party voters far outnumbered the tea party members. As a result, in no way does this straw poll reflect Livingston County Tea Party preferences. We will have a tea party caucus on March 6 and we may announce endorsements after that.
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