Congressman Don Manzullo-R, currently representing the 16th Congressional District that includes McHenry County, has been endorsed for re-election by the 60 Plus Association over opponent Congressman Adam Kinzinger. The group awarded Manzullo the Guardian of Seniors' Rights Award.
The 60 Plus Association is a 20-year-old nonpartisan organization working for death tax repeal, saving Social Security and Medicare, affordable prescription drugs, lowering energy costs and other issues featuring a less government, less taxes approach as well as a strict adherence to the Constitution.
60 Plus supported the Republican Study Committee's budget alternative last year that would have cut $9.1 trillion in spending over 10 years, strengthened Social Security and Medicare, reformed the tax code, and balanced the budget in 9 years. Manzullo supported the bill, but Kinzinger opposed it and instead supported a budget bill that spent $3.3 trillion more over 10 years.
Manzullo will no longer be representing McHenry County, thanks to the recent redistricting. However, he has not changed his political views and in effect is still representing voters in McHenry County although not directly.
Most of McHenry County is now located in the 14th Congressional District except for Algonquin Township, which is located in the Sixth Congressional District.
Sixth Congressional District Candidates
Democrat – Leslie Coolidge, Geoffrey Petzel, Maureen E. Yates.
Republican—Peter J. Roskam
Fourteenth Congressional District Candidates
Democrat—Dennis Anderson and Jonathan Farnick
Republican – Randy M. Hultgren
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