Illinois House Minority Leader discusses upcoming election

Posted on September 17, 2024
Illinois House Minority Leader Tony McCombie (R-Savanna). (Dave Dahl/WJBC)

By Dave Dahl

SPRINGFIELD – A top Republican in Springfield is optimistic of gaining ground on supermajority Democrats this election year. Even though Democrats hold 78 of 118 seats in the House, Minority Leader Tony McCombie (R-Savanna) says voters who put them there are dissatisfied.

“We were polling all over the state, and one of the questions we asked was, do you feel the state is on the right track or the wrong track?” said McCombie. “We haven’t found any district yet that they think we’re on the right track. and that’s a real problem. So our job is to help our colleagues on the other side get it to the right track. But if they’re not, then we’re just going to take over, we’re going to win those seats, and we’re going to put it on the right track.  

“And that’s what we’re going to do.”

McCombie told an audience at the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale the voters’ top issues are the economy, immigration, and abortion.

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