Martin McLaughlin, the village president of Barrington Hills since 2013, is an advocate for reducing spending and cutting taxes.
He is running in the state’s 52nd House District against Marci Suelzer, a Democrat from Island Lake, and Alia Sarfraz, a Green Party candidate from South Barrington.
The three are seeking to replace longtime state Rep. David McSweeney, who isn’t seeking reelection.
McLaughlin criticized the state for passing a budget this past spring that included a projected $6 billion deficit.
He said that in Barrington Hills, village officials started having conversations in the spring about what the pandemic’s economic impact would look like and what that would mean for village revenues.
“I just want the state to recognize the revenue will not be there and to be proactive about that, whatever that takes as far as reductions in spending or cuts or an overall look,” he said in a group interview with the editorial boards of the Northwest Herald and the Daily Herald.
Read the full Northwest Herald endorsement here.
Marty McLaughlin is one of the few politicians that has integrity! He will go far!