The Data Crusader Trying to Save Illinois – Wall Street Journal
"Ted Dabrowski knows how the state got off track, but he’s the underdog in the GOP primary for governor."
"Ted Dabrowski knows how the state got off track, but he’s the underdog in the GOP primary for governor."
"What would Ted Dabrowski as Illinois governor mean for the Chicago area? We put the questions below to the Republican candidate and he unloaded on Governor JB Pritzker for betraying Chicago and the rest of the state. Read on for his scorching thoughts on Pritzker, who Ted says is on the wrong side of every issue."
With Republicans largely relegated to the policymaking sidelines in Democrat-dominated Springfield, Dabrowski’s efforts have mostly proven an academic exercise. That could change this year.
Ted Dabrowski, a conservative policy researcher running for governor in Illinois, believes he will have the appeal in the populous Chicago area required to prevent Gov. JB Pritzker from winning a third term.
The response of officials and lawmakers to a West Chicago teacher’s social media post supporting federal law enforcement operations deserves both criticism and condemnation. The West Chicago teacher’s personal Facebook post stating “Go ICE” is a simple statement supporting law enforcement and protected by the First Amendment.
"I was among those who said this was coming from the start. As I wrote in 2021, when the state’s clean energy bill was being debated, the plan’s emissions goals were unachievable and certain to result in higher prices and shortages. Gov. Pritzker nevertheless signed off on an 800-page, pork-filled omnibus favoring special interests."
Ted Dabrowski criticized Heidner’s business operation contributing $2,500 to the campaign of former Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx and $25,000 to Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson — two progressive Democrats frequently targeted by Republicans.
"At the bottom of all these crazy budgets, all these deficits, all these tax hikes are everyday Illinoisans who are just getting whacked," Dabrowski said at a recent press conference on the matter of Illinois’ tax woes and Pritzker’s oversight of state programs.