Mid-Terms Week Meeting

Despite it being mid-terms week, we had an excellent, and decently-attended, College Republicans meeting, featuring the Hon. Greg Stumpf. Mr. Stumpf is the father of one of our new College Republicans members, and was one of the few incumbent Republican Sangamon County Board members in a contested race for re-election.

Unlike many candidates, who look to CRs mainly just as a source for free labor, Mr. Stumpf made clear that the primary reason he was there was to communicated with us, and to foster a relationship between college students, and the local Republican leaders - while allowing us to get involved in local and statewide affairs and issues. It was so refreshing to see a candidate who had that type of attitude; I wish there were more like him!

We discussed "Career Pursuit" - the UIS 'reality television' contest. Several of our CR members were contestants, including Gretchen Ross, who explained to us what this show was about.

Our CRNC Field Representative, Jeffrey Isbell, talked about the next northern Illinois congressional candidate event, a rally for Mr. Roskam and Mr. McSweeney, featuring President George W. Bush and U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert.