Politics & Government

VIDEOS: Kirk Dillard Talks Durbin, Death Penalty and Tax Hike

The state senator and former gubernatorial candidate spoke about his positions on several issues on Saturday.

State Sen. Kirk Dillard (R-Hinsdale,) who lost the 2010 GOP nomination for governor by fewer than 200 votes, spoke before an excited crowd at the Oak Park Avenue Metra station in Tinley Park Saturday. He was there for the Bremen Township Republican Organization's Lincoln/Reagan Breakfast Event.

Watch the videos above for Dillard's takes on – respectively – his opposition to the recent abolishment of the death penalty, a recent decision that Firearm Owner Identification cards are public records, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and the state's recent

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