By Adam Studzinski

BLOOMINGTON – McLean County State’s Attorney Jason Chambers is looking for four more years in office.

Chambers announced Thursday afternoon he will seek re-election when his first term ends next year. He said he knew he would like the job, but he’s surprised by how much he likes it. He’s also surprised by the amount of management that comes with being state’s attorney.

“Sometimes I get managed back and I think it’s a good thing. It shouldn’t just be a one-way street,” Chambers said.

Chambers said he would like to continue working to improve mental health care in the county.

“We have a lot of work to do. And that’s not taking away from what’s been done so far. We were just starting from scratch,” said Chambers. “There were a lot of services in our community, but a lot of them were siloed. Whenever you have that you have people who fall in those gaps; between those silos.”

Chambers would also like to see more work done with veterans.

“A veteran’s court in McLean County,” said Chambers. “A lot of times (with) specialty courts you need to have more volume, but even if we’re talking about a half a dozen people that’s still half a dozen people who were serving our country who have issues now, because of what they did for us, that are still falling through the cracks.”

As of now, Chambers is unopposed in his re-election bid.

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