DeKalb Times

Illinois state Rep. Tom Demmer (R-Dixon) recently appeared on the Bishop On Air radio show to discuss his run for state treasurer.

"Thank you Bishop On Air for having me on before the Illinois State Fair to talk about the race of IL Treasurer," Denmer said in an Aug. 20 Facebook post. "IL families deserve a watchdog who will fight for them."

"In the last seven years or so, I've been the chief budget negotiator for the House Republicans and spent an inordinate amount of time working on state fiscal issues and having that familiarity, but also understanding how some of the arguments are made, how people sometimes cast finances in a certain light in order to suit a political outcome and we're certainly seeing that with the governor, at one time saying the state' s finances 'we must pass this tax or we'll never survive' and now painting a very rosy picture as he seeks reelection," Demmer said during the interview. "So I think you need to be able to see through some of those arguments and be able to present a little bit more of a fact-based approach and, you know, that's what I've been working to do in the legislature, that's what I do as State Treasurer."

Demmer announced he would run for state treasurer in January and also filed a bill to combine the state comptroller and treasurer's offices, a release on his campaign website said.

Demmer represents the 90th District, which includes portions of LaSalle, DeKalb, Lee and Ogle counties; his legislative bio said. He is the Deputy House Republican Leader and is also on the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR).