The top candidates seeking to take over for Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White include Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Dan Brady.
The top candidates seeking to take over for White include Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Dan Brady. Both candidates spoke to ABC7 Monday about their vision for the office.Working the room at Manny's Deli, Brady knows his campaign to become Illinois' next Secretary of State is an uphill battle against his well-funded opponent and heavily-endorsed Democrat Alexi Giannoulias.
Giannoulias is trying to make a political comeback after losing the U.S. Senate race to Mark Kirk in 2010. Four years earlier, Giannoulias was elected the nation's youngest state treasurer at the age of 30. "We've announced a skip the line program, where people can actually schedule an appointment to get in front of the line," Giannoulias said. "We've looked at mobile driver's license, mobile ID's, creation of an app.""Everything from making our website more user friendly to making sure we have remote access increased."