{"id":217420,"date":"2010-01-22T11:01:06","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T16:01:06","guid":{"rendered":"tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d8341c60fd53ef0120a7fd51b2970b"},"modified":"2010-01-22T12:25:25","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T17:25:25","slug":"schillerstrom-drops-out-of-republican-governors-race-endorses-ryan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/217420","title":{"rendered":"Schillerstrom drops out of Republican governor&#8217;s race, endorses Ryan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Posted by Tribune staff<\/em> at 9:59 a.m.; <strong>updated at 11:25 a.m.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Citing a lack of campaign money, Republican governor candidate Bob Schillerstrom dropped out of the race today and endorsed Jim Ryan.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;As Election Day nears, it is clear that we lack the financial resources necessary to communicate with voters statewide and win the Feb. 2 primary. Given that reality, I have decided to end our campaign for governor,&quot; Schillerstrom said at a Loop news conference. &quot;This decision was not made lightly, and was particularly difficult given the incredible investment that so many have made in this campaign. Words cannot express how grateful and humbled I am by the work of our volunteers, staff and supporters.&quot;<br \/><\/br><br \/><\/br>Schillerstrom said Ryan, the former Illinois attorney general, is the best Republican choice to lead Illinois at a time of crisis.\n<\/p>\n<p>&quot;In a political arena where individuals are only as good as their word, Jim Ryan stands out as a man of integrity. He is tested. He is honest. I&#8217;ve known Jim Ryan for nearly 30 years and I&#8217;ve seen him deal with<br \/><\/br>difficult challenges whether they were personal, political or professional,&quot; Schillerstrom said.<br \/><\/br><br \/><\/br>Schillerstrom, an attorney and DuPage County Board chairman, had 2 percent support in a December Tribune poll. He struggled to gain traction with four Republican governor candidates in the contest who hail from DuPage, a Republican stronghold.<\/p>\n<p>He began airing a TV ad largely on cable stations with the theme that Illinois needed a &quot;Schiller-storm,&quot; but it wasn&#8217;t enough to create buzz for his candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>Schillerstrom was scheduled earlier this week to announce his endorsement by an abortion rights group, but canceled the appearance.<\/p>\n<p>While Schillerstrom asked voters to support Ryan, Schillerstrom&#8217;s name will still appear on the Feb. 2 primary ballot. Early voting already has begun.<\/p>\n<p>Also running in the Republican governor primary are former Illinois GOP Chairman Andy McKenna, state Sens. Kirk Dillard of Hinsdale and Bill Brady of Bloomington, government transparency advocate Adam Andrzejewski of Hinsdale and political pundit Dan Proft of Chicago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by Tribune staff at 9:59 a.m.; updated at 11:25 a.m. Citing a lack of campaign money, Republican governor candidate Bob Schillerstrom dropped out of the race today and endorsed Jim Ryan. &quot;As Election Day nears, it is clear that we lack the financial resources necessary to communicate with voters statewide and win the Feb. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3992,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3992"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217420\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}