Carolyn Schofield Announces Candidacy for State Representative District 66

CRYSTAL LAKE….. McHenry County Board member Carolyn Schofield has announced she will run for the office of State Representative for Illinois’ 66th Legislative House District in the 2016 election.
Schofield, who has represented McHenry County’s 2nd County Board District since 2012, announced her candidacy last Thursday evening at a gathering of friends and family at her Crystal Lake home. “With the upcoming retirement of State Representative Mike Tryon, I feel the timing is right for me to take this next step in my public service life,” said Schofield. “These are critical days for the State of Illinois, and we need lawmakers in Springfield who are willing to work with Governor Rauner and majority party Democrats to find consensus on issues that will address the state’s financial crisis, protect suburban taxpayers, improve the jobs climate, and root out the waste, fraud and abuse that has crippled Illinois.”
At the County Board level, Schofield currently serves as the Chair of the Planning & Development Committee and as the Vice Chair of the Natural & Environmental Resources Committee. She also serves on the Legislative Committee, is the Vice Chair of the County’s Stormwater Commission and is the county’s liaison to the McHenry County Conservation District. She is the McHenry County representative to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning and the Northwest Water Planning Alliance.
In addition to these roles, Schofield was recently chosen to lead the McHenry County Township Consolidation Task Force and the McHenry County Census Demographics Task Force, which is studying the county’s recent decreases in population. “For the first time in our county’s history we are actually seeing people leave McHenry County for better opportunities elsewhere,” said Schofield. “The task forces I am heading will focus on County efficiencies, collaboration efforts, and saving taxpayer dollars.”
Prior to being elected to the McHenry County Board in 2012, Schofield served on the Crystal Lake City Council from 2009-2012 and on the Crystal Lake Planning & Zoning Committee from 1999-2009. She earned a Bachelor’s Degree in General Engineering with an Environmental Quality Specialization from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
“District 66 has always been represented in Springfield by a McHenry County legislator and I would like to ensure that we retain that seat,” Schofield said. “I am very familiar with the issues facing McHenry County and have spent the last few months familiarizing myself with transportation and other issues that affect the residents of Northern Kane. I am confident that I could be a respected voice and advocate for the people of the 66th Legislative District in Springfield.”
Schofield resides in Crystal Lake with her husband Steve and their three children.