Illinois Valley Times

Ogle County GOP Chairperson Stacy Flanagan celebrated Representative Tom Demmer’s birthday with a baby photo of the young Demmer smiling.

“We had some fun at the Ogle County GOP Lowden Dinner yesterday — chairwoman Flanagan got the laughs with her belated birthday wishes to me,” Rep. Demmer wrote on Facebook.

Demmer took to the office to represent Illinois’ 90th district in 2013 and his term is expected to end in 2023.

Demmer thanked his constituents for birthday wishes in an Aug. 3 Facebook post.

“Thanks to all for the birthday wishes,” he wrote. “I got the best gift in this painting of the home I grew up in on Second Avenue in Dixon. Lots of nostalgia of us six Demmers living here.”

The Illinois Newsroom reported Demmer wants to be the state’s treasurer and will face incumbent Treasurer Mike Frerichs for the role.

“Unfortunately, in Springfield right now, the politicians’ answer to every problem is higher taxes and more spending,” Demmer said in a statement to the Newsroom. “We know Springfield politicians won’t change overnight, but we can take an important first step by electing a proven fiscal watchdog as state treasurer. As treasurer, I’ll be on the side of Illinois families working to protect their hard-earned dollars and shining a light on how our tax dollars are spent.”

Demmer ran for State Treasurer as the Republican candidate in the primary election in late June. He will face Frerichs in November.

NBC Chicago reported Demmer voted against having same-sex marriage in Illinois in 2013.

He has been vocal about his opposition to the current fiscal year's budget, which was spearheaded and passed by the state's democrats.

Demmer spoke out against the recently passed state budget at a May 12 press conference in the capitol.

“The budget the Democrats passed this year sets Illinoisans up for a series of tax increases in future years, as a result of their inevitably increasing spending at a time when revenues are declining,” Demmer said. “We talked a lot about the last couple of years how unusual some of these state budgets have been, given the heavy reliance on federal COVID relief dollars. If we just look at normal state spending, normal state operations for education and public safety and health care, normal state spending is growing by over 10% in this year's budget.”