Incumbent Democratic Commissioner Kevin Morrison is running for the 8th Congressional District seat being vacated by Raja Krishnamoorthi, who is locked in a battle for Dick Durbin’s Senate seat. Morrison’s chief of staff, Ted Mason, is uncontested for the Democratic nomination to replace him, while two GOP contenders are facing off to represent a largely northwest suburban district that has elected Republicans in the past.
Gabriella Hoxie, who will be 26 years old on Election Day, is a staffer for Illinois House Republican Leader Tony McCombie. She promises to make property tax relief and affordability centerpieces of her service and rightly laments the “unbalanced partisan breakdown of the county board.”
GOP opponent Daniel Lee, who serves on Hoffman Estates’ Plan Commission and Economic Development Commission, describes himself as “unapologetically conservative.” Given Democrats’ stranglehold on the board, we appreciate Hoxie’s realistic commitment to work across the aisle and unify voters across the district.
Hoxie is endorsed.
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