The Tribune Editorial Board endorses Nikki Budzinski (13th), Lauren Underwood (14th) and Esther Joy King (17th) for U.S. House.
This is the last installment of the Tribune Editorial Board’s endorsements for U.S. House races in the Nov. 8 general election.After Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election, then President Donald Trump’s loyalists ginned up a lawsuit in Texas in a spurious bid to overturn Biden’s legitimate victory. Many of Trump’s enablers in Congress signed onto a court brief in support of that half-baked effort, including U.S. Rep. Mike Bost, a Republican from downstate Murphysboro. The U.S.
“I don’t think that’s the best way to tackle college affordability,” Democrat Nikki Budzinski said during a candidates forum organized by Illinois Public Media this month. “I’m concerned about how we’d be paying for that type of initiative.” Budzinski thinks a better approach would be to allow students to refinance their loans the same way homeowners refinance their mortgages. That makes sense.
U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood talks with students about mental health concerns at Neuqua Valley High School on April 18, 2022, in Naperville.Democratic incumbent Lauren Underwood from Naperville likes to tout her track record for getting things done in Washington — and she should.After joining Congress in 2019, she has gotten 10 of her bills signed into law, six during Trump’s presidency and four under Biden. One of those bills made lower-cost, generic insulin available to patients more quickly.
We endorsed him in 2016, 2018 and 2020, viewing him as a principled, independent conservative who called out Democrats for spending recklessly and backed free and fair trade agreements that were good for farmers in his district.
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