Scheduled Tribes. Charles-Ulambi Kane County Board Member Mark Devast, R-Sent. Charles, who primarily faces Challenger Jonathan Gip for District 14, said that an ultraconsorwaist group within the Ken County Republican Party has asked him to leave his seat to support Grip as his choice.
Dewast said the group is known as Warriors and is led by the residents of Campton Hills Larry and Mitchell Betag, the same people who helped defeat Democrat Tom Hodge in 2022.
“When I lost my filter,” said Devost. “Did you invite me here that I should help me take me steps and take my seat to take my seat?” He asked the group. “This is one of the most humble ideas that I think I have ever heard.”
Grip said Mitchell Betag encouraged him to run, as by other friends.
Mitchell Betag said that he is part of the group at a grassroots level of friends who meet together and support the candidates.
“He has been on a 19 -year -old board. This is a long time, ”Mitchell Betag said about Dest. “Mark Dest is a very good man. I like him. This is nothing personal. … We are not a radical right group. We are conservative. We are about family and strength in Ken County. They are not watching their budget. ,
As a support for the group of Grip, Mitchell Betag said he was Edward Jones representative over the years. And when Grip said that he was retiring, he talked to him about serving in the county board.
Her husband, Larry Bettag refused to comment.
For the 2022 election, Dewost said, “Larry Betag invited me to come out and meet her group. I said, ‘Sure, it feels very good.’ I get out of there and they are favorable and want to help pass the palm card and walk list. They left and I defeat Tom Hodge. ,
As he continued to attend the meetings of Warriors, Dewost said he realized that he had a separate agenda.
“It did not have a lot of trips … to realize that they occupy a place that is far ahead of the lane I used by me,” said Dewost. “They are prone to bending slightly on the Bible, which I am not sure. They are very focused on the plot of all things. They strike me more interested in fighting more than a resolution.”
‘Republican not enough’
This time, Mitchell Betag invited him to talk to another person in his group, Brian L Anderson, said Dewast. Anderson did not return a sound mail message demanding a comment, but Mitchell Betag confirmed that he and Anderson met with Dewost about their reunion bid.
“He said that he is meeting with the candidates and I will come and sit with him,” said Devast. “It was a bit uncomfortable for me, but they were helpful earlier [in 2022] And I won. I got the message that they still wanted to help. While I do not embrace all his positions, they are ready to support Republican – and they are Republicans. ,
Dewost said that after some pleasures, he said to him, “Our goal as warriors is to bring back those 15 Democrat seats to Republican.”
At this time only eight places are available, as the county board seats are stored with the districts with odd and even numbers.
“I said,” this is a wonderful plan. Very ambitious, “said Dest.
Davoust suggested selecting four or five races and focused on where the best opportunities were to bring back GOP dominance on the board.
He said that he told him, “We want to make sure that we have good candidates. We have recruited some people – for the county board, ”said Dewost. “A real true Republican speaks and should make more sound like David does in young meetings.”
Dewast said he spoke to Young, who was elected in 2022, and tried to advise him as a new board member.
Young refused to comment.
“We want you to look like David Young. You talk to Democrat, “Dewost said he was told. “We are just worried that you are not enough Republicans.”
“I said, ‘You realize that many of them are many of them?” Dewost said about the Democrat on the board. “They beat us up 2: 1. Yes I talk to them. In this way we try to do anything. ,