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Dan Proft
Daniel K. Proft (born April 29, 1972) is an American political commentator and activist. A member of the Republican Party, he is a talk radio host for Chicago radio station WIND and was a candidate for Governor of Illinois in 2010. He voices a political commentary, "Sixty Seconds of Sanity" on the Salem Radio Network. He is also the president of Local Government Information Systems, an entity controlling sites like Kendall County Times and Will County Gazette. Proft also founded, funds, and publishes the Chicago Contrarian website.
Proft was born in 1972 in Oak Park, Illinois. He was raised in Wheaton, Illinois, and attended Benet Academy in Lisle. He graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. and attended Loyola University Chicago School of Law at night and earned Juris Doctor degree. At Northwestern, Proft co-founded the Northwestern Chronicle, an independent campus newspaper. He also ran a conservative speakers bureau.
Proft is a radio talk show host with AM 560 The Answer in Chicago. He co-hosted the morning drive show with Amy Jacobson from March of 2015 until July of 2025 when Jacobson separate from the radio station. He voices a political commentary, "Sixty Seconds of Sanity" on the Salem Radio Network.
Dan Proft hosts the morning drive show from 5 to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday on AM 560 The Answer in Chicago.
From 2011 to 2015, Proft was a political commentator for WLS-AM 890 radio in Chicago. From 2014-2015, he shared a weekday show from 5 to 9 a.m. with Bruce Wolf. After his contract expired, he moved to AM 560 WIND. He has also appeared on Chicago television including ABC 7 Chicago and Fox Chicago and his commentary has been featured on national outlets including Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and CNBC.
Additionally, Proft runs Upstream Ideas, a media group that runs a series of web and radio-based programs where Proft discusses regional and national politics and policy.
On August 8, 2018, Proft interviewed former White House Communication Director and Press Secretary Sean Spicer about his "tempestuous time in President Trump’s White House." The interview was filmed for Proft's interview series Against the Current on the digital platform Upstream Ideas. On June 2nd, 2023, he interviewed the Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy. This was one day before President Biden signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act, legislation lifting the debt ceiling, that originated out of the House.
Proft is a co-founder of the Illinois Opportunity Project, a 501(c)(4) organization that promotes free-market public policy solutions.
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Dan Proft
Daniel K. Proft (born April 29, 1972) is an American political commentator and activist. A member of the Republican Party, he is a talk radio host for Chicago radio station WIND and was a candidate for Governor of Illinois in 2010. He voices a political commentary, "Sixty Seconds of Sanity" on the Salem Radio Network. He is also the president of Local Government Information Systems, an entity controlling sites like Kendall County Times and Will County Gazette. Proft also founded, funds, and publishes the Chicago Contrarian website.
Proft was born in 1972 in Oak Park, Illinois. He was raised in Wheaton, Illinois, and attended Benet Academy in Lisle. He graduated from Northwestern University with a B.A. and attended Loyola University Chicago School of Law at night and earned Juris Doctor degree. At Northwestern, Proft co-founded the Northwestern Chronicle, an independent campus newspaper. He also ran a conservative speakers bureau.
Proft is a radio talk show host with AM 560 The Answer in Chicago. He co-hosted the morning drive show with Amy Jacobson from March of 2015 until July of 2025 when Jacobson separate from the radio station. He voices a political commentary, "Sixty Seconds of Sanity" on the Salem Radio Network.
Dan Proft hosts the morning drive show from 5 to 9 a.m. Monday through Friday on AM 560 The Answer in Chicago.
From 2011 to 2015, Proft was a political commentator for WLS-AM 890 radio in Chicago. From 2014-2015, he shared a weekday show from 5 to 9 a.m. with Bruce Wolf. After his contract expired, he moved to AM 560 WIND. He has also appeared on Chicago television including ABC 7 Chicago and Fox Chicago and his commentary has been featured on national outlets including Fox News Channel, MSNBC, and CNBC.
Additionally, Proft runs Upstream Ideas, a media group that runs a series of web and radio-based programs where Proft discusses regional and national politics and policy.
On August 8, 2018, Proft interviewed former White House Communication Director and Press Secretary Sean Spicer about his "tempestuous time in President Trump’s White House." The interview was filmed for Proft's interview series Against the Current on the digital platform Upstream Ideas. On June 2nd, 2023, he interviewed the Speaker of the House, Kevin McCarthy. This was one day before President Biden signed the Fiscal Responsibility Act, legislation lifting the debt ceiling, that originated out of the House.
Proft is a co-founder of the Illinois Opportunity Project, a 501(c)(4) organization that promotes free-market public policy solutions.