Bill Foster has his sights set on Dennis Hastert’s seat and is calling for a new age of politics.

Foster, a democratic scientist and businessman, decided to get involved in politics after spending the last 22 years working at Fermilab and raising his children near Dennis Hastert’s office.

“When I got involved with politics one to two years ago, I saw firsthand the damage that was done by the way Dennis Hastert and the Republicans majority ran Congress,” Foster said.

If elected, Foster said he plans on doing several things differently than Hastert, including ending the war in Iraq.

“Necessary debate on the war in Iraq and other important national policies had been shut down in favor of mindlessly following the line on the Bush administration’s agenda,” Foster said.

Foster said he feels the only way to bring change to Washington D.C. is to change the people who are sent there.

He also said that as a scientist and businessman, he has the best background needed to represent the district and make a difference, since most of the challenges in the country are economic and technological.

“In discussions with people throughout the 14th District, I find that they believe my background as a problem-solver is exactly what’s needed to stop the partisan bickering and bring positive change to Washington.”

On Sunday, Bill Foster received a key endorsement from Alexi Giannoulias, Illinois state treasurer.

“Alexi represents the best of the new breed of politicians who ran outside the machine and won, and issue after issue he has taken a fresh approach to government and met with tremendous success,” Foster said.

Giannoulias said in a Sept. 9 press release that Foster’s background as a scientist and businessman has a track record for making positive change.

“If you’re concerned about ending the war, restoring fiscal sanity and a more constructive approach on health care, [Foster] is your candidate,” Giannoulias said in the press release,

“There’s a pledge from Ancient Greece that citizens and public servants took. It was a promise to leave the city of Athens in better shape when you left it than it was when you came into it,” Foster said.

“That’s my pledge to the voters. I will leave Washington, D.C. and our country in better shape when I leave Congress than it was the day I’m sent there by the voters of the 14th District.”