* As expected…

Suburban Republican officials have chosen a replacement to fill the term of former state Rep. Ronald L. Sandack, the outspoken ally of Gov. Bruce Rauner who resigned abruptly on July 24.

David Olsen, 27, a member of the Downers Grove village council, was picked by the Republican Party chairmen of DuPage and Will counties to represent the 81st House district through January.

* I wish I could’ve found a pic of Olsen actually wearing the hat, but this one will have to suffice for now…

       

104 Comments - Anon - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:26 pm: “I’m not Ron Sandack.” - Matt Vernau - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:28 pm: The Children’s Crusade. - 47th Ward - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:28 pm: Everything’s coming up Milhouse! - Cubs in '16 - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:34 pm: Olsen leads a group of supporters safely through a school crosswalk on their way to the playground for some mid-afternoon fun. - Cubs in '16 - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:36 pm: “Mom? Mom! I’m over here. Yes I’ll be sure to change out of my good clothes before I go play. SHEESH” - Give Me A Break - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:39 pm: I’m told this is the way Jason Plummer got his start. - Anon221 - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:41 pm: Plastic boater- $1.00 A Flag to Remember Tie- $13.99 (real price, I looked it up) Snapping a pic with an awkward salute- Priceless - No Longer A Lurker - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:42 pm: “Hey Bruce, thanks for the new suit.” - DS - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:42 pm: I hope Olsen doesn’t get too comfortable #TeamGreg - Ron Burgundy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:42 pm: “No, Sir. I don’t know if it is legal to burn this tie. No, I don’t want to find out either…” - A guy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:43 pm: “I’ll carry this hat. If I wear it, Miller will publish it and let his crew shred me for a day somewhere down the line” Kid gets an A for foresight. - Nieva - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:44 pm: To get candy little boy you have to sit on the side lines not walk in the parade. - Grand Avenue - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:45 pm: Here are 2 pictures of him with a different yet no less patriotic hat (you may need to be logged on to facebook to see them) https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152437812090141 https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151678096440141 - A guy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:46 pm: === Yes I’ll be sure to change out of my good clothes before I go play=== You don’t know him. Those are his play clothes. And.. ===I hope Olsen doesn’t get too comfortable #TeamGreg=== I think Team Greg needs a good cry. Their only decent chance….got hacked. - Cubs in '16 - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:46 pm: Olsen is roundly booed by classmates for not having candy to throw. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:46 pm: “Just remember, finish the parade, you get ice cream, finish the parade, you get ice cream… “ - phocion - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:47 pm: 47th Ward - the winner. But seriously. THAT is the future of the Downers Grove Republican Party? Yeah, that’s going to rock the electorate there. He seems like that good little kid (who we all hated) who wants to please the grown-ups. And I guess he has. - Anonymous - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:49 pm: = I think Team Greg needs a good cry. Their only decent chance….got hacked. = To quote Jake Arrieta: “Whatever helps you sleep at night. Just know, it won’t matter.” Just having some fun here haha - Blago's Hare - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:49 pm: Jason Plummer must be crushed that he is too old for the 20-something revolution that is occurring in the GA. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:50 pm: “I’m as qualified as any person Rauner picks off the street… “ - Anonymous - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:51 pm: Well, they don’t call it Downers Grove for nothing - AlfondoGonz - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:51 pm: Little does Davey know that Rauner only handed him the keys because he thought he was the valet - Grand Avenue - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:51 pm: That picture makes it look like he’s towering over everyone else. Is he that tall, or is it just the camera angle? - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:51 pm: @FakeGregHose - the kid wearing his communion suit in a parade… Thats who I’m going to lose to #JustKidding #CantHelpIt - Anonymous - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:53 pm: Everyone brought their A game in the comments section today lol - Old Shepherd - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:53 pm: Gee, Mr. Zimmer was right! I like the way I look! - Cubs in '16 - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:54 pm: David Olsen proudly displays the voting hand that is now at the governor’s disposal. - Jocko - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:55 pm: I’m over here mom and yes, I have sunscreen on. That’s why I’m not wearing the hat. - A guy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:56 pm: G Ave., the pic is a little deceiving, but he’s tall. 6 or 6′1″. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:56 pm: @FakeGregHose - Maybe Proft & Uihlein will turn on him? #SoYouSayTheresAChance - Joe Cannon - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:57 pm: But where are his 6-pack abs? - Amalia - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:58 pm: 27 is looking mighty young these days - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:59 pm: @FakeGregHose - Olsen isn’t wearing a Carhartt, so maybe Rauner won’t be involved #MoneyQuestion #ComfortableInHisRaunerwear - truth squad - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 3:59 pm: Mike Madigan has been Speaker for longer than I’ve been alive. - JS Mill - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:01 pm: “Who’s the kid? Not really sure, but I got me this new t-shirt for walking in the parade!” - JS Mill - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:02 pm: Desecrating the American Flag, patriotically! - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:03 pm: “Oh Boy! A real life Fire Truck! Hey!… Wave back!” - Grand Avenue - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:05 pm: DuPage GOP Chairman: Does anyone here not have a Twitter account? David Olsen raises hand DuPage GOP Chairman: Say hello to your new State Rep! - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:06 pm: “Does it even matter who it is, he’s Rauner’s now… less the props it seems… “ - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:08 pm: “He wanted to wear the Searsucker suit… shorts, Buster Browns and all… so this was our compromise… “ - Anonin' - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:08 pm: Does he get a double thick layer of tinfoil to protet again those darn “cyber” attacks? - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:09 pm: “I’m not worried, I saw him coloring in a Jeanne Ives coloring book about state government. He’s ready… “ - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:10 pm: “He can’t let go of the hat. Cotton Candy fingers… “ - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:11 pm: “Hello!… Visit me in Washington DC anytime… “ - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:13 pm: “Hello… Hi… If Bruce says so I will… Hi… Hello… “ - Delimma - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:14 pm: You’re? Oops, obviously, I meant your. - zatoichi - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:14 pm: Suit/long sleeves…every one else shorts/tshirts. Act cool…..stay cool. - Cubs in '16 - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:15 pm: “Dear Diary, Oh man, this is SO sweet! There’s no telling how many rare Pokémon Go items can only be found under the dome…” - Anon - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:15 pm: “This is what I’m going to do with my hand every time Bruce asks “all in favor?” - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:16 pm: “Hi… Hello… No, I plan to stay in this job for at least a year or so… Hey… Hello… “ - Lou Brown - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:18 pm: Hi, I’m David Welter! No, sorry, I’m Nick Sauer. No, wrong again, darn. I mean, hi I’m Ryan Spain. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:21 pm: “Hey… Hello… Hey!… Hi… I’ll work hard for Bruce, I promise… Hello… Hey… “ - Red tower. - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:24 pm: Lambda Lambda Lambda’s newest recruit. Do I get bonus points for using a movie reference from before he was born? - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:27 pm: “Hey, Chris Nybo!” - Anonymous - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:29 pm: A refugee from the Herb Tarlek look a like contest. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:30 pm: “The suit works, but the white socks and boat shoes… “ - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:32 pm: “I’m not saying he takes himself too seriously, but he was practicing his wave in the back of the station wagon all the way here… “ - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:34 pm: “No, the tie isn’t a clip-on but his Buster Browns have fake laces… “ - Arthur Andersen - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:38 pm: Anon 4:29, I was just about to post this when I saw your comment: “Les Nessman? No, but I get that all the time!” So, starting over: “I look like who? Sheila Simon? Who’s that?” - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:43 pm: “Some people has a sense of superiority over others… Bruce doesn’t wear ties to mock the little people, Olsen wears suits in parades to feel superior over little people… Simple” - Arthur Andersen - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:43 pm: 4:29 Anon, I was going with Les Nessman until I saw your post. Starting over; “Who did you say I look like? Sheila Simon? Who is that? And why do people laugh when I say ‘Who’?” - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:44 pm: “Hi… See me in the tie… I’m important… “ - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:46 pm: “This IS us doing our best…. We tried that… It was either this or the white dinner jacket, black bow tie and wingtip shoes… “ - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:49 pm: “Great. Thanks a lot. He’s gonna sleep with that hat now until school starts… “ - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:52 pm: “I’m not saying he’s a climber, but he told a bunch of people he plans on staying in the state house until he turns 30 and then he can be appointed to the US Senate… “ - A guy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:55 pm: Yikes Willy. This guy sure has some acreage in your head. - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 4:58 pm: “This is casual for Olsen. Business casual is when he does t have French cut cuffs… “ - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 5:00 pm: “I’m glad he went ‘No Hanky’… that would be too much… “ - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 5:03 pm: “Plans after the parade? I think Olsen said he was going to play croquet and have a tall glass of ‘lemon-add’…” - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 5:07 pm: “Well, we talked about that, but Olsen felt the polo golf shirt, khaki shorts and the sweater around his neck… that’s just way too ’street’ for him… “ - Mike Jones - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 5:11 pm: Abrupt resignations have certainly given a boost to his political career. - cdog - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 5:14 pm: “Good morning, and in case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!” (Jim Carrey as Truman Burbank, The Truman Show) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWcZKrP2sDU - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 5:20 pm: “So, after I bought this suit, …and 5 Dr. Peppers,… with the money I had left I bought a shrimpin’ boat… “ - @MisterJayEm - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 5:27 pm: “Yikes Willy. This guy sure has some acreage in your head.” He posted without irony. – MrJM - walker - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 5:39 pm: “Young Republican, 1916.” - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 5:43 pm: “Olsen calls this his ‘Professor Harold Hill’ look, less the ribboned boater hat…” - cdog - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 5:51 pm: OW, kind of funny that your comment about Professor Harold Hill was the 76th comment! Ha! - Oswego Willy - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 5:56 pm: - cdog - Wow. Kismet. Accidental Easter Egg. Maybe if it gets to 110 a caption can talk of the evils of a pool hall. “Caption?” “Someone needs to tell him there’s no clam bake after the pie eating contest… “ - burbanite - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 6:06 pm: Mom, if I win do I finally get to shave? - First born of many - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 6:07 pm: From the looks of him I bet he knows a cyber hacker or two!!!! - First born of many - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 6:13 pm: Goldberg turned to Rauner and said “Don’t worry he is the poster child for the old saying, don’t judge a book by it’s cover” - Almost the Weekend - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 6:44 pm: “My experience in the private sector has prepared me to help turnaround Illinois” - Rabid - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 9:15 pm: Fresh meat in the downers party - Rabid - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 9:28 pm: Hey Ron remember our bet trump wins you resign I’m in - Rabid - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 9:34 pm: Playing ooda loops - Rabid - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 9:39 pm: Nothing up the sleeve, watch me pull a promotion out of my hat - Rabid - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 9:41 pm: Booster chairman - Rabid - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 9:43 pm: Five percent would be a good tax rate - Lunchbox - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 9:56 pm: David’s a worker, he’s smart, and it helps to be in the right place at the right time, it’s how it worked out for COD and now the state rep position. Good luck! - Saluki - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 10:07 pm: Looks like Ned Ryerson from Ground Hog Day. - Rabid - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 10:15 pm: Colonel sanders impersonator - Rabid - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 10:27 pm: Does my hand look small? - Rabid - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 10:31 pm: I was four years old when my leader was elected - Actual Caption - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 10:39 pm: Hey Ron, just wavin’ to say “Hi!” Anything new with you? - Rabid - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 10:52 pm: You can hardly see the string on his hand - Rabid - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 11:04 pm: Eight years to pension - Rabid - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 11:10 pm: The trump salute - Quizzical - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 11:22 pm: This is awesome! Me in the House! Rauner in the Givernor’s Mansion! Trump I the White House! It’s gonna be a golden age of Republican governance! - XDNR - Monday, Aug 1, 16 @ 11:37 pm: I hope I can have as many Twitter accounts as Sandack! - Rabid - Tuesday, Aug 2, 16 @ 12:25 am: Barefoot at abbey road - Rabid - Tuesday, Aug 2, 16 @ 7:35 am: Showing off negotiation skills hat in hand - The Future - Tuesday, Aug 2, 16 @ 9:33 am: Oswego, you seem to have gone overboard on this picture in a really negative way for someone that is undoubtedly qualified. Is he perfect? No. No man is. But at least he is out there, trying to make a difference, rather than he be some coward hiding behind the safety of his computer screen, ragging on someone he barely knows. Grow up, and let him have his day. - Oswego Willy - Tuesday, Aug 2, 16 @ 9:57 am: ===Oswego, you seem to have gone overboard on this picture in a really negative way for someone that is undoubtedly qualified.=== That Illinois Student Body qualification is a real good one! lol ===Grow up, and let him have his day.=== Welp, you told me. You didn’t help him, but you told me… - Roger Dorn - Tuesday, Aug 2, 16 @ 1:39 pm: “This one time at band camp …” Sorry, comments for this post are now closed.