Safe Suburbs USA started in Naperville in 2020 and largely in response to a local political trend that we found dismissive of police concerns and the warnings of the DuPage County Sheriff and the DuPage and Will County States Attorneys as to the SAFE T Act.
Since then, we have endorsed and aggressively supported seven Naperville City Council candidates in the 2021 and 2023 elections. All seven of our endorsed candidates were first- time City Council candidates and leaned politically to the Right in a City that has been trending Blue, politically. President Joe Biden and governor JB Pritzker each won by more than 20 points in Naperville. Our candidates faced uphill battles, to say the least.
Despite the great disadvantage that our endorsed candidates faced as a result of Naperville’s shifting political demographics, all seven of our endorsed candidates had remarkably strong showings. Four of our candidates won seats on Naperville’s City Council (Taylor, Leong, McBroom and Wilson), and a fifth (Bansal), lost by less than one point.
These new councilmen, once paired with newly sworn Mayor and FOP endorsed Scott Wehrli, give Naperville an exceptionally strong pro-police council. We see no chance that this new majority will be dismissive of police concerns, nor remain passive should future threats to public safety, such as the SAFE T Act, arise.
We are thrilled with this year’s local election results and are very proud of whatever impact Safe Suburbs USA PAC had in producing them. We look forward to future election successes, both in Naperville and throughout Chicagoland.
In addition to the tremendous results witnessed in the Naperville municipal races, we saw numerous other successes including:
Both of our endorsed Naperville Park District candidates won contested races (Jacks and Janor). Janor being this race’s top vote-getter!
Both of our endorsed College of DuPage (COD) candidates won contested races (Fenne and Manno). They will join current COD trustee and former Safe Suburbs USA-endorsed candidate Holan to give COD a tremendous Board of Trustees. Both Fenne and Holan were top vote- getters!
Both of our endorsed Plainfield trustee candidates won contested races (Bonuchi and Wojowski). They join previous Safe Suburbs USA-endorsed candidate Larson to give Plainfield a strong pro-police board!
All three of our endorsed Village of Bolingbrook trustees won elections (Carpanzano, Kelly, Quiroz). They join numerous Safe Suburbs USA- endorsed officials all ready on Bolingbrook’s Village Board, including mayor Basta. All sitting Bolingbrook trustees and mayor are Safe Suburbs USA-endorsed candidates.
Safe Suburbs USA is a political action committee (PAC) founded to promote public safety and the welfare of suburban residents throughout the USA. We advocate and educate on issues relating to crime and its effect on suburban families. We recommend agencies, candidates, and programs, which promote public safety.
— Safe Suburbs USA