Hubbard, a retired Navy veteran and former police officer, is running in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate. | Unsplash
Hubbard, a retired Navy veteran and former police officer, is running in the Republican primary for the U.S. Senate. | Unsplash
Peggy Hubbard is planning to offer voters a new face in her run against U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.
Hubbard, a retired Navy veteran and former police officer, is running in the Republican primary on a “Let’s Take Back Illinois Platform,” some of the tenets of which include protecting Second Amendment rights, blocking federal funding for Critical Race Theory, term limits, unmasking children and slowing government spending, she told McDonoughVoice.
“I promise the people of Illinois, you will have a fighter,” Hubbard said in a post to Facebook. “In order to lead a state you need heart. I will not break, I will not bend. I don't belong to Country Club Republicans. From Englewood to Cairo, I will not ignore you the way Tammy Duckworth has.”
Peggy Hubbard
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Hubbard also ran for U.S. Senate in 2020, WTTW reported.
Overall, Hubbard said she stands to bring a different view and perspective to Washington. Her site describes her as "a pro-God, pro-life, pro-Trump, pro-veteran, pro-first responder conservative who will put America and Illinois first."
“I’ve been poor. I know what it’s like to worry about your children’s futures,” she told McDonoughVoice. “I’m living paycheck to paycheck like a lot of Illinoisans are. These politicians do not live in the real world we live in. They’re here for their personal interests.”
After voting for President Obama for both his terms, Hubbard said her view began to turn after the 2014 Ferguson, Mo., protests. Hubbard began to feel Democrats were choosing violence instead of the law.
No matter what, Hubbard said her first obligation will always be to voters.
“I’m not beholden to the Republican Party,” she told McDonoughVoice. “I am beholden to the people who are going to put me in the seat. If it’s not right for the people, I’m not going to budge on it.”
As for Durbin, the mother of six says the time has come for something else.
“He’s been there long enough. It’s time to go,” Hubbard said in the McDonoughVoice interview. “We need to turn over those seats so we can get fresh ideas. The way I see it, I’m his employer. I am signing his checks. I’m going to set the standard of what a senator is supposed to be. I want to talk to the people.”
Hubbard added one of the primary reasons so many people are leaving Illinois is the rising cost of living across the state.
“If you talk to working families like I do, the first thing they tell me is we’re being taxed to death, she told McDonoughVoice. “We have to get a handle on taxes. Businesses don’t want to lay down roots if they’re being taxed to death. If we get these taxes lowered, businesses will come back.”
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