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Michelle Mussman has held this seat 15 years.
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Rhys Read is a CPA, retired corporate Controller, and Des Plaines Public Library Trustee running to bring real fiscal oversight to Springfield — and real property-tax relief to Des Plaines and the northwest suburbs. He's not a career politician. He's the guy who reads the budget line by line. Your gift right now builds the name ID and ground game to win in November.

Nov 3General Election

10 yrsFiscal Oversight, Library Board

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Why Your Gift Matters

A challenger campaign runs on gifts like yours — not on 15 years of incumbency.

Michelle Mussman has represented this district since 2011, with the name ID, mailing lists, and donor base that come with it. Rhys Read is starting this race the way every serious challenger does: door by door, dollar by dollar. Your contribution doesn't pad a war chest — it buys the very first round of mail, signs, and canvassers that gets Des Plaines voters to even know there's a choice on the ballot.

A quiet suburban street of single-family homes, representative of Des Plaines and the northwest Cook County neighborhoods Rhys Read is running to represent.

The property-tax problem is a math problem — so send a CPA to fix it.

Illinois has some of the highest property taxes in the country, and Des Plaines homeowners feel it every bill cycle. Rhys spent a career as a corporate Controller and a decade as a Library Trustee holding a public tax levy accountable, line by line. That's the skill set Springfield is missing.

Real fiscal oversight from someone who has actually managed budgets, not just talked about them
Property-tax relief grounded in numbers, not slogans
A safe, fiscally sound suburb our neighbors can afford to stay in

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Prints a voter mailer reaching 10 households

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Puts yard signs on an entire block

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Funds a canvasser knocking doors for a full shift

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Buys a full day of digital ads reaching IL-56 voters

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This campaign runs on neighbors, not special interests.

No corporate PAC is going to hand this campaign the resources to compete. It's built by Des Plaines and northwest Cook County residents who are tired of paying more every year for the same results. Whether it's $25 or $500, your gift goes into the same fight: real fiscal leadership for Illinois House District 56.

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