A top 10 list for the 6th Congressional

Top 10 reasons to vote for Ben Lowe for Congress in the 6th Congressional District:

10. Ben Lowe lives in the district, just like Peter Roskam.

9. Ben Lowe is a Christian, just like Peter Roskam.

8. Ben Lowe is a 2007 Wheaton College graduate with a degree in environmental studies.

7. Ben Lowe is a member of the generation everyone is worried about. It is about time the youth of America have an honest voice in their future.

6. Ben Lowe is not a career politician; he does not owe his soul to big business. He will owe all his attention to the voters who elected him.

5. Ben Lowe won't be a "yes man" for his party. Ben Lowe will be a "yes man" for his constituents.

4. Ben Lowe won't be warming his seat in Congress waiting for the next opportunity for higher office.

3. Ben Lowe has virtually no war chest. If we are ever going to change politics and elections, we have to stop voting for the candidate with the most money. We might as well be electing BP or Goldman-Sachs.

2. Ben Lowe is for green jobs and a clean energy economy, for holding government accountable (transparency), and for putting America back to work. Peter Roskam, on the other hand, has voted against the American Clean Energy and Security Act, Home Star Energy Bill, DISCLOSE Act, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Jobs for Main Street Act, Small Business Jobs and Credit Act, Financial Reform Bill and numerous times against extending unemployment benefits.

And, the Number One reason to vote for Ben Lowe: Ben Lowe is not Peter Roskam.

Diane Niesman

Wheaton