83rd Assembly Candidate Releases Statement about Budget Bill

Dave Craig, the Republican candidate for the 83rd Assembly District seat that includes Muskego, released a statement on Mon. Feb 21 supporting Governor Scott Walker's proposed budget repair bill.

Craig will face Democratic candidate Jim Browlow in a special primary election on April 5. Scott Gunderson was the 83rd District Assemblyman, but he was recently appointed to a position with the state Department of Natural Resources.

Here is Craig's full statement:

Governor Walker and the Republican majority were elected with a mandate to put our state’s fiscal house in order.  Governor Walker’s modest proposed reforms must be enacted soon, with or without the Democratic minority’s help.  This proposal is one step out of the ditch that the previous administration helped dig our state into.  For the very same legislators who also helped dig that ditch to now impede common sense budget reforms in the name of ‘democracy’ is laughable.

We elect legislators to represent us in Madison, not in Illinois.  It’s time for the Senate Democrats to come back to the Capitol and do their jobs.