They say politics is a dirty business, but what we’re watching in Illinois is something far worse: a Democrat Machine that has turned a once-prosperous state into a testing ground for every reckless, money-grabbing scheme the left can dream up. A true grassroots insurgent — Jessica Breugelmans, a homeschool mom and small business owner — just stepped into the ring to take that machine on, announcing her campaign for the 33rd State Senate District as Don DeWitte prepares to step aside.
Make no mistake, this is about money and power. Breugelmans has vowed to fight the tax-and-spend agenda that has squeezed Illinois families for years, pushing back against the very politicians who signed off on hundreds of millions in new levies while telling hardworking people to tighten their belts. Voters in the suburbs and beyond know their paychecks don’t stretch like they used to, and Jessica is staking her candidacy on returning fiscal sanity to Springfield.
She is no career politician wrapped in insider privilege — she’s an educator, philanthropist, former teacher, and mom who learned the value of honest work in a manufacturing household. That outsider credibility matters; when the People speak, the Machine trembles. Jessica’s roots in school stewardship and community service give her the authenticity to fight for parents, veterans, and small businesses that have felt ignored for too long.
On education, she isn’t playing the usual political game of empty promises and woke curricula. Breugelmans has been on the front lines at school board meetings and is a fierce defender of parental rights and school choice — standing up so local families, not far-left bureaucrats, decide what’s best for their children. Her promise to protect girls’ sports for biological females is about common sense fairness, not political theater.
This race matters beyond Kane and McHenry counties because Illinois is a laboratory for national policy. If the Democrat Machine can keep running up taxes and bailing out failed city leadership while stuffing more entitlement spending into the budget, those ideas will be exported. Jessica’s campaign is a rejection of that model — a fight to keep Illinoisans first and to stop wealthy coastal and Chicago elites from writing checks with our future.
Conservatives know revolutions start at the local level. Breugelmans isn’t funded by Washington insiders or Hollywood elites; she’s building a grassroots army of citizens who are fed up with being treated like ATMs for liberal policies. That’s the kind of campaign that scares the left: real people unified by common sense, ready to take back their schools, their wallets, and their neighborhoods.
If you’re tired of politicians who prioritize special interests over public safety, who hand out taxpayer-funded benefits to noncitizens while families struggle, then Jessica’s message resonates. She’s pledged to stand with law enforcement, prioritize veterans and the disabled, and stop the kind of bailouts and open-border giveaways that hollow out communities. It’s time to put citizens first — not the political class.
Mark your calendars: Republican voters will choose their nominee in the March 17, 2026 primary, with the general election set for November 3, 2026, and this race will be watched by activists across the nation. Illinois could be the spark that ignites a wider reclaiming of common-sense governance, and Jessica Breugelmans is offering herself as a real, scrappy alternative to the status quo machine. Patriots across America should take notice and get involved — because when Illinois fights back, liberty wins.
