Dr. Sapan Shah in Republican race

CHICAGO, IL — A Libertyville physician and entrepreneur has declared his candidacy in the Republican primary for Illinois’ 10th Congressional District, which is currently represented in D.C. by Deerfield Democrat Brad Schneider.

Announcing his campaign on March 6, Dr. Sapan Shah said he intends to focus on three primary policy areas: taxes and spending, the healthcare crisis and “championing the role of citizen legislators as intended by our nation’s founders.”

Shah was born in Waukegan 1980 to Indian immigrants. His father Suresh Shah came to Waukegan, IL from Halol, Gujarat, and met and married Rohini Shah in the US.

The family moved to Little Rock, Arkansas, where Sapan excelled in school, graduating valedictorian of his high school and getting several opportunities to perform research at Harvard Medical School.

Sapan was accepted into a prestigious direct medical program at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, where he graduated magna cum laude in just two years. He went on to earn his law degree in two years and his medical degree in four.

Sapan met his future wife, Rachna, when they were nineteen. They attended undergrad and medical school together. They were married in 2005 and moved back home to Chicago soon thereafter. Rachna went on to practice medicine, completing her Internal Medicine residency at Evanston North Shore Hospital and her Allergy & Immunology fellowship at Northwestern, while Sapan pursued his entrepreneurial passion.

Dr Shah is the president and founding partner of a malpractice insurance brokerage in Chicago providing insurance and risk management solutions for more than 800 doctors. He said it has given him the chance to see the problems with the healthcare system up close.

Dr. Shah is fighting for term limits to put the American people back in charge of their government. He believes that government should be run by citizen legislator, nor professional, career politicians.

“That’s what our founding fathers had in mind, and the further we stray from this vision, the more dysfunctional our politics become. Our elected officials need to remember that they are elected to serve us, not their own ambitions or the desires of special interests,” he says.

“We need more regular people in congress. People who serve for a short period of time and come back home to their regular lives. People with no vested interest in the position and no desire to accumulate power and wealth on the backs of taxpayers. By sending such people to Congress, we end the partisan gridlock in Washington and finally get things done for the people.

Dr. Shah has committed to serving a maximum for six years, and has signed the term limits pledge. He will champion term limits, ending the reign of career politicians and entrenched interests and putting the people back in charge of their government.

“If you’re a bear, you can keep sleeping. But if you’re a homeowner, now is the time to get stuff done,” points out Dr Shah.

Having founded his business in 2007, he intends to improve the economy by supporting job creators and cutting spending and taxes.

Reducing taxes on businesses and individuals, Dr Shah said, will “energize our economy and create better-paying jobs for the hard-working people of the 10th District.”

As for his emphasis on citizen lawmakers, Dr Shah said he intends to run serve in congress for a maximum of six years, during which he will support implementing term limits. He called on his opponents to sign a term limit pledge, none of them responded to questions about the pledge.

In May, another Republican, Jeremy Wynes, announced he was also running for the seat formerly held by Robert Dold, which includes much of northeastern Lake County.

“Stand with Dr. Sapan Shah for term limits and end the reign of entrenched politicians. Bring common Sense to Washington, “ appeal his supporters.