I figured I would wait minute before expressing my thoughts on the recent election. Being a fairly competitive person obviously the results are upsetting. But getting beyond the sting of simply losing I find myself being pretty upset for a number of other reasons. The quality of some the ...candidates that won these local races is atrocious. I find it hard to believe the majority of the voters would choose who they chose. I do not believe much consideration was given to which candidate would better serve their community. Everything I am hearing and reading is this was simply an anti-Trump vote. Maybe that’s true but if it is then shame on the voters. Especially the Republican voters who switched sides to ‘punish’ Trump or some such nonsense. Shame on you for turning your back on people who have supported your local community, in some cases, for over 25 years. They have faithfully served the entire community whether it be on the County Board or in Springfield. They have been there for you and your families all these years and you think it was appropriate to vote them out because you don’t like the President. They have zero control over what the President does, and the President is not impacted one little bit by whether they win or lose. But our communities are. This is the epitome of cutting off your nose to spite your face. You have effectively removed the most qualified people from their positions and replaced them with people who have absolutely no understanding of how to do the job for which they were just elected.
I feel terrible for our new candidates as well. They worked so hard knocking on doors, walking precincts and attending all the events. Most of them have served in other roles supporting their communities some elected some not. All of them with an eye toward helping DuPage County and Bloomingdale Township. Hopefully they will consider running again in the future, they are good people and we will need them.
I also want to thank all the volunteers who helped all the candidates along the way. Whether it was knocking doors, stuffing envelopes or bags with literature, helping with mailers, or any of the other myriads of activities necessary when running for office. They could not have done it without your help. Please stay involved. Contact your Township Republican office, we need you help!
I’m sure there will be many articles written in the coming weeks about how the Republican Party is dead because of this election. Probably written by the same people who wrote the same thing about the Democrat Party when they lost in 2024. It seems the political cycle is ever shortening. We will be back at it in no time. I had a boss that would tell me, after a particularly tough week, “Go home, pour yourself a stiff drink and come back next week full of piss and vinegar”. That is exactly what I intend to do. In the words of Rocky Balboa, “But it ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward; how much you can take and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done!”

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