GOP to tap Martin Ozinga III for 11th CD slot
The GOP will select Martin Ozinga III to replace New Lenox mayor Tim Baldermann on the ballot in the 11th congressional district. He’ll face off with State Sen. Debbie Halvorson in November.
Ozinga is president of Ozinga Brothers, a concrete and construction firm. He meets the first qualifier for the ILGOP and national Republicans: he’s self-funding. Baldermann griped about not being able to raise funds, but then again he confessed in essence that he was too lazy to do the legwork. Ozinga has the money to fund his own race, or at least a good portion of it.
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