{"id":18361,"date":"2025-09-12T14:54:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T19:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=18361"},"modified":"2025-09-12T14:54:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T19:54:43","slug":"dabrowski-running-for-republican-nomination-for-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/18361-dabrowski-running-for-republican-nomination-for-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"Dabrowski Running for Republican Nomination for Governor"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By BEN SZALINSKI<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"mailto:bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ted Dabrowski, the leader of a conservative research publication, officially announced Friday he will run for Illinois governor in the 2026 Republican primary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dabrowski\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wirepoints.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wirepoints.org<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> publishes research and commentary on state policy issues and advocates for conservative solutions on pensions, taxes, governance and other public policy issues. Before joining Wirepoints in 2017, Dabrowski was vice president of policy for the conservative Illinois Policy Institute think tank after spending nearly 20 years in banking.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI am not from the political system,\u201d Dabrowski said from his Wilmette home. \u201cI know the system; I know the players. I know how the sausage is made and why it tastes so bad. And I know that if we don&#8217;t revitalize the Republican Party with strong executive leadership, we cannot resuscitate the state of Illinois.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Read more: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/new-republican-to-run-for-illinois-governor-as-election-season-begins\/\"><b>New Republican to run for Illinois governor as election season begins<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though Dabrowski has built his reputation in Illinois politics by leaning into analytical, data-driven arguments, he signaled that his message on the campaign trail might be different.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe will win this race by laying out a competing vision for Illinois, one rooted in conservative reform principles,\u201d Dabrowski said. \u201cAnd as much as I like charts and graphs, the main feature of my candidacy will be the moral clarity on those matters which impact the quality of life for productive Illinoisians who play by the rules.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dabrowski announced that his running mate will be Carrie Mendoza, an emergency room doctor from the Chicago area. She <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fairforall.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Documents\/FAIR-in-Medicine-Response-to-the-AAP-AMA-CHA-DOJ.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">previously held<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a director position at the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism, a group that has <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/evanstonnow.com\/activist-group-challenges-d65-race-and-gender-curriculum\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">opposed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lessons on gender in schools.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dabrowski did not take questions from reporters following his announcement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Fundraising leader<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dabrowski enters the race as the immediate leader in fundraising after first saying last month that he planned to run for governor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dabrowski has raised $1.2 million, including from his own seed money, in contributions of $1,000 or more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State Board of Election records show Dabrowski loaned $250,000 to his campaign at the end of August \u2014 a move that eliminated fundraising restrictions for all candidates in the race.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other contributions reported to the State Board of Elections over the last month show he has received several other large contributions of $100,000 or more from various people in finance and philanthropy in the Chicago area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The stiffest competition for Dabrowski and other Republican candidates for governor \u2014 former state Sen. Darren Bailey \u2014 is likely to officially enter the race in the coming days. Bailey was the party\u2019s 2022 nominee for governor, and sources confirmed he\u2019s planning a second run to try to beat Gov. JB Pritzker. He received 57% of the vote in the 2022 primary.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Read more: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/news\/sources-darren-bailey-to-run-for-governor-again-in-illinois\/\"><b>Sources: Darren Bailey to run for governor again in Illinois<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s still unclear who Bailey\u2019s financial backers will be as he has not been actively fundraising for state office. He had just $2,800 in his campaign fund as of June 30. Lake Forest billionaire Dick Uihlein was his primary funding source in 2022.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI&#8217;m very aware of the skepticism about the Republican Party&#8217;s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prospects<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Illinois&#8217; future, but we have a strong team, and we are and will be well-funded,\u201d Dabrowski said. \u201cIllinoisans have Pritzker fatigue, and they&#8217;re looking for a credible alternative.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other two candidates in the race have also not reported substantial fundraising. DuPage County Sheriff Jim Mendrick\u2019s financial records show he had $100,588 on hand at the end of June and has reported $11,000 in contributions of $1,000 or more since then. Joe Severino, a Lake Forest resident who is also running for governor, has not reported any contributions to the State Board of Elections.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of Dabrowski\u2019s earliest supporters is Sen. Jason Plummer, R-Edwardsville, who is chair of his campaign.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHe has spent 15 years researching, digging and offering solutions, highlighting the failings,\u201d Plummer said \u201cA lot of people in the state may not know the name Ted Dabrowski yet, but I assure you they know his work. He has shed light on so many of our problems.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/capitolnewsillinois.com\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Capitol News Illinois<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. 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