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Voters choose to keep Jed Davis representing Illinois’ 75th State House District · Kendall County News - Shaw Local

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  Voters choose to keep Jed Davis representing Illinois seventy-fifth State House District.
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  by Everlet. Republican Jed Davis appears to have won re-election in Illinois's
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  75th House district edging out Democratic challenger Caroline McCree in Tuesday's election.
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  With all precincts reporting in the district, Davis garnered 20,271 votes
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  to McCree's 17,395. Both candidates are from Yorkville.
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  The district covers portions of Kendall, Grundy, LaSalle and Will counties. Davis's
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  biggest margin of victory came in LaSalle County. Davis was first elected
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  to the seat in 2023. His career is in civil engineering. He
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  previously served as the board president of Parkview Christian Academy in Yorkville
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  from 2010 to 2023. He also previously served as a village trustee
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  for Newark. Following election night, Davis said it's a great honor and
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  responsibility to continue being the voice of the people. I'm excited to
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  get to work, he said. I know the Republicans as a whole
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  in the State House took some hits last night. I'm not totally
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  dismayed by that. I'm excited to keep building relationships and we've got
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  some amazing legislation on the table we'll be refiling. Davis
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  said the economy and the war are huge federal issues People are
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  fed up on several levels, he said. Cost of living is a
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  huge issue in our state. The divisiveness is sucking the life out
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  of the people in this nation. We need that bipartisanship spirit. Davis
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  said He is open to working with McCree on some issues like
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  data centers because she has a strong voice and a lot of
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  really good knowledge. Davis campaigned on holding the line on spending and
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  tax hikes. In Springfield, Davis serves on the Illinois Department of Children
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  and Family Services Working Group, he also sits on the Adoption and
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  Child Welfare, Appropriations, Health and Human Services, and Energy and Environment Committees,
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  among several others. Davis previously filed a bill to require Illinois to
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  participate in the Federal Tax Credit School Choice Program establishes under the
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  Federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The program has funneled federal money
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  from public schools to private schools. Davis also previously filed a bill
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  to enable local residents to decide on data centers in their own
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  backyards through a referendum process. Davis said he did not support the
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  Power Act, which establishes energy and water usage regulations on data centers
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  because he believes state regulatory mandates would not meet environmental and health
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  goals. McCree has a career in health information technology. She has been
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  active with the Kendall County chapter of Indivisible, a liberal activist group.
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  Following election night, she said she was proud of her campaign. I
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  was extremely proud of the fact that I lost Kendall County by
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  only thirteen votes. That was pretty amazing, McCree said. It's been traditionally
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  Republican, so I'm very proud on how close I got in my
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  own county. She
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  said while canvassing she would encourage other people to run for office
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  and make their voices heard. The two biggest issues people told me
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  about were data centers and property taxes, McCree said. I hope we
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  can find solutions to take that strain off of people. I'm a
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  single mother, and the property taxes are really a strain. She said
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  she agreed to work with Davis on some issues in the future.
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  McCree campaigned on greater regulations on data centers, increasing affordable housing, and
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  expanding social services, especially regarding homelessness treatments. People are getting nickel
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  and dimed to the point where the are getting priced out of
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  their homes, McCree said in a Shaw local questionnaire. McCree said the
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  state should offer incentives to builders to expand affordable housing and increase
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  housing options. She said the state should have stricter data center regulations
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  to protect local water and prevent rising energy costs. She said the
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  property tax burden must be addressed. McCree said she decided to run
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  for office following Yorkville's ordinance to criminalize homelessness. She said the ordinance
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  was ineffective and inhumane as it failed to address the underlying causes
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  of homelessness, according to her campaign website.