State universities in Illinois are a microcosm of our state government - broken with work rules and administrative bureaucracy.

I have my strong views and opinions. I really want to transform Illinois government because this state is failing the taxpayers and the children.

Being a successful CEO, where I've driven a bottom line, assembled teams, driven results, that's a critical benefit to running the state government.

Government pensions are among the largest cost drivers for state and local governments.

The tax money belongs to the taxpayers. It doesn't belong to the bureaucracy. And government is not a welfare system.

I don't want a lot of bureaucracy... I want to run state government the same way we run a campaign - efficient, effective and victorious.