December 13
Chad Koppie
Candidate for US Congress, in the 7th District
"Patriot – Farmer – Aviator – Family Man"
Meeting # 3,848 -
In March 2025, Chad decided to run for the U.S. House, from Illinois' 7th District.\
Like in previous campaigns, his main goal is trying to ban abortion. He also
supports large spending cuts and tax rate cuts.
Chad Koppie is very active in his local community. He was a member of the Kane County
Regional Board of Schools and is a board member of the Illinois Forum. He's served as
a township trustee and a member of the local school board. Chad believes that education
is the key to the future and that means that – in order to improve the educational system
– everyday people need to stand up and speak out.
"Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. This absolute power's name is tyranny. And tyranny is a loss of liberty."
Chad has been an ardent spokesperson on behalf of his conservative principles for decades. He isn't some guy who just showed up out of nowhere claiming to be a man of principle but having nothing to show for it.
Throughout his life, Chad Koppie has proven himself to be an honorable man. But he doesn't see a lot of honor in the way most public officials conduct themselves these days. He believes that the federal government has grown too big, too powerful, and too corrupt.
Chad Koppie is a lifetime farmer. He currently lives on an 80 acre farm and currently rents 600 acres that he still farms. A retired jumbo jet Captain with Delta Airlines of 35 years, Chad flew jets out of Chicago's O'Hare Airport domestically then retired as the number one jumbo jet Captain out of New York City's JFK.
Chad feels that he is in a unique position to now focus on serving our country because he
understands he middle class values and he understands the blue collar voter.
Chad's family values, duty to God and Country mean everything to him. He grew up in a
Christian family and has been married to his one and only wife Teresa.
Here's Chad's new video:
December 20, 27
Closed - next open dates for speaking are January 17, 24, 31
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Happy Holidays
from the Faculty and Students of the CoC
Schedule will resume on January 4, 2025
December 6
Barbie Spomenka Vajic
Republican Candidate for Congress, in the 3rd District
"People First, No Political Career"
Meeting # 3,847 -
Small Business Owner, Serbian-American, Republican, fighting for America First
Illinois's 3rd congressional district includes parts of Cook County and DuPage County, and has been represented by Democrat DeliaRamirez since January 3, 2023.
Prior to being drastically reconfigured to a different region in 2023, when it was created largely out of portions from the 4th and 6th
districts, the district was represented by Marie Newman from 2021 to 2023, Dan Lipinski from 2005 to 2021, and by Lipinski's father Bill from 1983 to 2005.