Chad Koppie

Chad Koppie is a retired Delta Airlines pilot and farmer, and a member of the Kane County Regional Board of School Trustees.¹ He has served as president of that board and previously was a Rutland Township trustee and a District 300 school board member.² His campaign website also lists him as a board member of the Illinois Forum.³ He is a U.S. Army veteran.⁴

Koppie wants to ban abortion by a constitutional amendment stating that human life begins at conception.¹ He has called abortion a moral issue and compared it to slavery.⁵ He opposes sanctuary policies for undocumented immigrants.¹ He has called for repealing Illinois' SAFE-T Act and strengthening law enforcement to hold violent offenders accountable.⁵

On fiscal issues, he proposes cutting all government spending by 3% each year for 10 years, abolishing the Federal Reserve and the IRS, eliminating the U.S. Department of Education, and ending all foreign aid.¹ He would repeal the Affordable Care Act.¹ He argues that fraud by hospitals and insurance companies drives high healthcare costs.⁵ He has stated he does not believe Joe Biden was the duly elected president.⁶ During his 2024 campaign, he said he was a lifetime member of the NRA and would defend the Second Amendment.⁴