I'm excited to report that John Laesch (IL-14) scored one of the biggest endorsements a progressive could get in Illinois: Pat Quinn
Statment from Pat Quinn
That's why I am for John, why I am endorsing him today. He's a man after my own heart. He's a grassroots candidate who believes in everyday people. Its very important we have a champion in Congress who fights for the men and women who get up in the morning, raise the kids, get them off to school.work hard at a job then come home at night and pay those bills and keep it going. Those are our heroes as far as I am concerned in Illinois .We have to fight hard for them.
Pat Quinn is the most visible progressive in Illinois. He's fought for consumer rights and middle class voters for as long as i've been alive.
John Laesch is running for two positions in Dirty Denny's district (Dennis Hastert that is):
- Replace Dennis Hastert (who has resigned) as the IL-14 congressman on feb 5
- Be the Democratic Nominee to run for that seat in the general
John's a veteran and is fighting aggressively for the middle class.
John's a carpenter and he's gonna help us build a better nation.
John's website: http://www.john08.com/
PLEASE DONATE: John's fighting against humongous odds with 2 well financed millionaire candidates
He reminds me most of my favorite presidential candidate John Edwards. Like him the main theme of his campaign is "Strengthening the Middle Class" (click on "Issues" on his website). In fact the day after Iowa John Laesch sent out an email celebrating JRE's second place finish.
DISCLAIMER: i donated 100 bucks to his campaign and have done a couple hours worth of volunteer work