AURORA — Illinois State Senate candidate Terri Ann Wintermute made one thing clear on Tuesday. If elected to represent the 42nd District, she will “not turn her back on Aurora,” she said to a group of supporters.

To accomplish that, the Bolingbrook resident and former Will County Board member set up a campaign office Tuesday on Aurora’s West Side, at 403 W. Galena Blvd., Suite 108.

Wintermute, 50, a Republican, faces State Sen. Linda Holmes, D-Aurora, on the November ballot. Wintermute was defeated by Holmes in the 2006 election.

State Sen. Chris Lauzen, R-Aurora, joined Wintermute in opening the campaign office on Tuesday.

“In (Wintermute’s) first vote, she will do a better job than her predecessor who gave the first vote to (Democrat Senate president) Emil Jones … who takes care of his family and friends,” said Lauzen. . . (read full)

Visit Wintermute’s campaign website here.