Lisa Ciampoli | Contributed photo
Lisa Ciampoli | Contributed photo
Republican state House candidate Lisa Ciampoli is taking the one vow she argues will make all the difference.
“All legislators well know, nothing will happen with ethics reforms until Mike Madigan is out of power,” Ciampoli said. “As a state representative, I will never cast a vote for Mike Madigan. It’s time for new leadership, and that begins with a new state representative.”
Ciampoli argues that part of the problems stem from lawmakers like her 112th District opponent, state Rep. Katie Stuart (D-Edwardsville).
“Democrats attempt to ignore the elephant in the room – Mike Madigan,” she added. “My opponent continues to remain silent on the Madigan allegations.”
Even now, with a group of Democrats now pushing a slate of ethics reforms proposals in the wake of Madigan recently being implicated in an ongoing federal corruption probe involving utility giant ComEd and a pay-for-play scheme, Ciampoli doesn’t seem overly convinced much will come from it.
“Will Katie Stuart return the hundreds of thousands she has received from Madigan controlled funds?” she asked rhetorically.
For most of her campaign, Ciampoli has been sounding the alarm over what she thinks has fundamentally gone wrong in Springfield. She recently took Gov. J.B. Pritzker to task over talk of another statewide shutdown order as a way of dealing with the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
“If another shutdown order is in place, the damage will be irreparable,” she told SE Illinois News. “It's been estimated that in Illinois, over 20,000 businesses could close if another shutdown order is imposed by our governor.”
Citing rising coronavirus infection rates, the governor recently warned the state could be headed for even more restrictions as at least 11 counties had then eclipsed the “warning level.”
A nurse anesthetist by trade, Ciampoli said she struggles to understand how the governor still hasn’t realized how his one-size-fits-all approach isn’t what’s in the best interest of the state as a whole.
“I believe that every situation needs to be looked at on an individual basis,” she said. “As a CRNA, I understand the benefits of wearing a mask and urge everyone to do so where social distancing cannot take place.”