Ed Rutledge for Lieutenant Governor

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It is easy to make yourself look generous when you are spending someone else's money, and we unfortunately are living in an era of particularly generous politicians.

When our former Governor was indicted for attempting to sell one of Illinois’s two Senate seats, people were justifiably upset. But his alleged actions, while brazen, were not much different than those committed on a smaller scale by most of our other elected officials who continue to promise benefits to special interests in exchange for campaign funding and votes. Our elected officials have consistently taken from us, you and me, and given our resources to their favored few.

My name is Ed Rutledge, and I am the Libertarian Party's nominee for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Illinois. Unlike my challengers in this race, I do not represent the status quo which promises the world but only delivers the bill. Instead, I promise to treat you as a capable adult rather than as a ward of the state, and I promise to get the weight of government off of your back so that you will be free to manage your own life. 

I was raised in the western suburbs of Chicago, graduating from Wheaton Central High School before attending and graduating from Miami University with degrees in Finance, German, and International Business.

My career has led me into progressively more challenging and rewarding endeavors, including the coordination of global business development activities for a large investment company, the corporate reorganization of several prominent financial services companies, and the financing of industrial real estate projects which support hundreds of permanent jobs in Illinois and which generate millions of dollars in tax revenue each year.

I have worked throughout the United States, and have spent several years working overseas, always looking for and implementing techniques which make organizations more effective and efficient.

Given my respect for individual rights and personal responsibility, it has always struck me as incredible that Americans, we lovers of Liberty, would ever allow our government to control our lives. Yet this is exactly what is happening, as citizens abdicate their responsibilities to government bureaucracies in exchange for supposed benefits. This has consistently been a poor exchange.

My wife, Casey, and I recently celebrated our tenth anniversary, and together we have two beautiful daughters and one utterly rambunctious dog. We live on Chicago’s north side, and are active in our daughters’ school, our church, our local food pantry, and our local chamber of commerce.

I am a member of the National Eagle Scout Association, the Sons of the American Revolution, and Mensa, and have served on or chaired several boards including that of the Libertarian Party of Chicago. I am a passionate hunter, an avid angler, and a consistently frustrated golfer.

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