Montgomery County, Illinois – A Sangamon County Assistant State’s Attorney is taking another shot at becoming the next Montgomery County State’s Attorney.
Assistant Sangamon County State’s Attorney, Andrew Affrunti, is running in the November 3 election as the Republican candidate against incumbent and Democratic candidate Bryant Hitchings.
Affrunti, who lost the last Nov 2018 election to Hitchings by 327 votes, has taken to social media, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, to reach out to potential voters. Affrunti released two videos on his “Andrew Affrunti for Montgomery County State’s Attorney” Facebook Page. The first video released by Affrunti is of him introducing himself and giving a background of his life and his plans if elected as the State’s Attorney for Montgomery County. His second-released video is of him explaining his prosecutorial background over the years since passing The Illinois Bar exam in November of 2008.
As a senior Sangamon County prosecutor, Affrunti currently handles cases involving gang crimes, drugs and related felonies. His involvement in these cases has also earned him public recognition by the Springfield Police Department’s street crimes unit.
Officer Justin Spaid wrote in 2018, that as a member of the street crimes unit dozens of dangerous criminals were arrested, prosecuted and put away.
“Largely thanks to the efforts of Andrew Affrunti,” he said.
This November, Affrunti will face off against the current Montgomery County State’s Attorney – Bryant Hitchings. According to Hitchings linkedin page, he worked as an assistant state’s attorney in Coles County for approximately 6 years before joining Heller, Holmes & Associates, a law firm in Mattoon Illinois. Before the November 2018 election, Hitchings was appointed as state’s attorney by former State’s Attorney Chris Matoush. Matoush had left the State’s Attorney’s office after being appointed as a judge. In the November 2018 election, which was for the final two years of Matoush’s term, Hitchings received 5,789 votes and Affrunti received 5,462.
This years election will be on November 3, 2020.