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						  &ldquo;I was tea party before there was a tea party,&rdquo; said Chad Koppie, in announcing his bid for the Republican nomination in the state&rsquo;s newly created 33rd Senate District. Koppie, of Gilberts in northern Kane County, is a member of the Kane County Regional School Board and, he said, has &ldquo;been around, very active in Illinois politics for a long time.&rdquo; He&rsquo;s been a member of the Carpentersville-based School District 300 Board of Education and Rutland Township Board, he said. He&rsquo;s also run for Illinois governor and the U.S. Senate. In the 33rd District contest, he joins fellow Republicans Karen  &amp;hellip;
					  
				 
	  				  
   