Endorsement: Glowiak Hilton for Illinois Senate District 23

Suzanne Glowiak Hilton has been the state senator in Illinois District 23 since 2019. Evidently, west suburban voters continue to like her work in Springfield, re-electing her in 2020 and 2024. She did not face a party challenge in the March primary.

We, too, think the Western Springs Democrat has acquitted herself well, as a state senator who works hard, leads in a bipartisan fashion and is easily accessible to her constituents. She has co-sponsored legislation (alongside a Republican state senator) that would limit state spending to the level of Illinois economic growth. A former Western Springs village trustee, she has good relations with local municipal leaders in DuPage County and takes their needs into account.

A mechanical engineer by profession, Glowiak Hilton has far-ranging interests in climate change, improving education, public safety and gun violence prevention, good government and doing what the state can to empower health insurance exchanges.

Her Republican opponent, Linda Z. Polacek, of Lombard, is a U.S. Marine Corps veteran and a York Center Park District commissioner. Her platform calls for supporting tax relief and responsible budgeting; stronger governmental ethics laws and independent redistricting. All worthy goals.

But Glowiak Hilton has already shown us she can work productively across the aisle on important issues to the suburbs. She is endorsed.