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Harvard-educated attorney Gupta launches bid against Yang Rohr, blasts one-party rule and tax policies

Attorney Ajay Gupta has officially announced his candidacy for Illinois House District 41, setting his sights on unseating incumbent State Rep. Janet Yang Rohr (D-Naperville) in 2026.

By DuPage Policy Journal Reports | Aug 22, 2025

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Parrilli questions Pritzker’s redistricting record: ‘Political power often outweighs promises of good governance’

Gina Parrilli, a Westmont Village Trustee and Republican candidate for Illinois’ 45th House District, is raising concerns about the state’s redistricting process and Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s handling of it.

By DuPage Policy Journal Reports | Aug 20, 2025

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45th House District candidate Parrilli vows to fight sky-high taxes, government waste: ‘I'm just fed up’

By DuPage Policy Journal Reports | Aug 20, 2025

Gina Parrilli, a Westmont Village Trustee and longtime resident, has announced her campaign for Illinois’ 45th House District, vowing to challenge what she calls “a broken political system” and take on incumbent Democrat State Rep. Martha Deuter (D-Elmhurst) in the 2026 election.

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Illinois House candidate Trussell: Legislators who fled Texas 'are not heroes'

By DuPage Policy Journal | Aug 19, 2025

Stephanie Trussell, a candidate for the Illinois House of Representatives District 42, expressed her views on what constitutes true heroism.

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Councilman Syed’s role in advocacy group draws scrutiny ahead of IMEA decision

By DuPage Policy Journal Reports | Aug 15, 2025

As the Naperville City Council prepares for an Aug. 19 vote on whether to renew the city's long-term energy contract with the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency (IMEA), questions have emerged about whether Councilman Ashfaq Syed should recuse himself due to affiliations with organizations that have publicly opposed the deal.

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Mottl on Gary Grasso’s bid for DuPage County Chair: ‘He’s got more baggage than a 747’

By DuPage Policy Journal Reports | Jul 29, 2025

Burr Ridge businessman Zach Mottl is raising concerns about fellow Republican Gary Grasso’s bid for DuPage County Board chair, pointing to a record of property tax increases, a series of unsuccessful campaigns, and allegations involving a campaign donor tied to federal election law violations and past criminal convictions.

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Hois running again for House District 81: ‘The will of the people is being subverted to the Radical Leftist Agenda’

By DuPage Policy Journal Reports | Jul 25, 2025

A 2024 bill introduced by State Rep. Anne Stava-Murray (D-Downers Grove) that would redefine “abused child” to include minors denied gender-affirming care is a key issue in the 2026 House District 81 race, where attorney and former Downers Grove Township Clerk Laura Hois is seeking a rematch after losing to Stava-Murray in 2020.

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DuPage GOP Chair Coyne vows ‘aggressive’ comeback ahead of 2026 elections

By DuPage Policy Journal Reports | Jul 17, 2025

Kevin Coyne, chair of the DuPage County Republican Party, says the GOP will take a “far more aggressive approach” in 2026 as it works to rebuild after election losses and reduced influence in the county.

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DuPage County GOP Chair Coyne: ‘We have a clerk in Jean Kaczmarek who's now under criminal investigation’

By DuPage Policy Journal Reports | Jul 15, 2025

As DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek faces a criminal investigation by the Illinois Attorney General’s Office, DuPage County Republican Chair Kevin Coyne is calling the matter a warning sign of local Democratic mismanagement.

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Newsome sounds alarm on Facebook censorship: ‘I didn’t do anything wrong’

By DuPage Policy Journal Reports | Jul 11, 2025

Terry Newsome, a GOP precinct committeeman, host of the Behind Enemy Lines podcast, and leader of Illinois Parents Involved in Education, is the latest Illinois conservative alleging that Facebook is censoring his posts—despite Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s January pledge to end the platform’s U.S. fact-checking program and turn content oversight over to users.

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Coyne on Addison Township hiring Democrat consulting and lobbying firm: ‘It's shocking to us that they would do something so brazen’

By DuPage Policy Journal Reports | Jul 11, 2025

Republican leaders in DuPage County are questioning the decision by Addison Township supervisors to hire Veritas Strategies, a consulting and lobbying firm with ties to Democratic politics—a move they say lacks transparency and raises ethical concerns amid the township's shift in leadership.

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Pierce on anti-ICE protests as he enters 11th Congressional District race: 'looting, attacking police and others is not going to win over the majority'

By DuPage Policy Journal Reports | Jun 19, 2025

Naperville Republican and retired U.S. Army Major Michael D. Pierce entered the race for Congress in Illinois’ 11th District a week before violent anti-ICE protests in downtown Chicago resulted in vandalism of police cars, federal buildings, public monuments, and even someone's Tesla that was defaced with swastikas.

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McCloy says protests led by Wheaton’s Casa DuPage Workers’ Center part of ‘coordinated left-wing chaos’

By DuPage Policy Journal Reports | Jun 14, 2025

As a wave of politically charged demonstrations prepares to sweep across northern Illinois on Saturday, June 14—including the “No Kings” protests including Casa DuPage Workers’ Center’s Flag Day march—one suburban activist is sounding the alarm, calling the events a “deliberately coordinated attack” on law-abiding communities.