Chris Lauzen

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Lauzen officially began his campaign for congress in Illinois's 14th congressional district on September 19, 2007. [14] Lauzen ran to replace Dennis Hastert, who retired mid-term. Lauzen lost the Congressional campaign, receiving 44% of the Republican vote to Jim Oberweis' 56%. [15]

Kane County Board Chairman

Lauzen managed the County during the second year of a freeze on the property tax levy for the county, Forest Preserve, and the Fox Valley Park District. [16] In March 2013, he also led members of the Kane County Board to a unanimous decision to refinance a large number of county bonds. [17] Lauzen has been involved in the Longmeadow Parkway Bridge Corridor, a proposed project to build a bridge in northern Kane County over the Fox River. [18]

In 2018, Lauzen raised questions regarding possible insider payments from the executive director of the Upper Illinois Valley River Development Authority to companies he owns. The authority is one of 10 regional development authority bodies in Illinois. Its executive director is Andrew Hamilton and he is the head of 8 of the 10 bodies, including the Upper Illinois Valley agency that includes Kane County. The Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) had published two reports that focus on over $2 million that IPI says has gone to Hamilton and companies he is affiliated with. Lauzen questioned the liaison to the authority but did not receive satisfactory answers, according to him, and called for a closer investigation. According to the Daily Herald, "The institute [IPI] found Hamilton operates a related private business that has resulted in $2 million in pay and reimbursements since 2010. That total includes an average of about $241,227 in annual pay and reimbursements to Hamilton from the eight authorities combined during the past eight years. It also includes $151,078 paid to one of Hamilton's side businesses, Opportunity Alliance." [19]

Personal life

Lauzen and his wife, Sarah, have four sons. [20]

Electoral history

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References

  1. ↑ "Pages - Board Member". Countyofkane.org. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
  2. ↑ "Project Vote Smart - The Voter's Self Defense System". Votesmart.org. 1952-12-30. Retrieved 2015-03-14.
  3. 1 2 "Visiting President of Romania Awards National Medal of Romania to State Senator Chris Lauzen" Archived 2007-08-13 at the Wayback Machine , July 28, 2006
  4. ↑ Meet Senator Lauzen Archived 2006-09-28 at the Wayback Machine Illinois Senate Republicans. Retrieved May 25, 2007
  5. ↑ Strahler, Steven (May 20, 1995). "Young and Restless;Meet GOP's Fab 5". Crain's Chicago Business . Chicago . Retrieved February 21, 2015.
  6. ↑ Krol, Eric (2007-06-01). "Lauzen ready for a run at Congress". Daily Herald . Retrieved 2008-01-24.[ dead link ]
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  8. ↑ [ dead link ]
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  17. ↑ "Kane County Chronicle | Kane refinances $32 million bonds, saves $2.3 million". Archived from the original on 2013-07-18. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
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Chris Lauzen
Chris lauzen.jpg
Chris Lauzen in 2013
Chairman of the Kane County Board
In office
December 2012 (2012-Dec) –December 2020 (2020-Dec)
Party political offices
Preceded by Republican nominee for Illinois Comptroller
1998 		Succeeded by
Thomas Jefferson Ramsdell
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