Note to readers – Wanda Rohl did not respond to Sauk Valley Media’s invitation to write a guest column about her candidacy. The following is an excerpt from a statement that appears on her campaign website.

My name is Wanda Rohl, and I am passionate about moving this country forward.

I learned the hard way that none of us is immune from potentially serious, life-threatening injury or illness that can turn our lives upside down in the blink of an eye. We all know someone who has been injured or become seriously ill and has lost their medical insurance, and maybe even lost their home trying to pay exorbitant medical bills.