51% of McHenry County Precincts Have No GOP Candidates for Republican Precinct Committeeman

This map shows the locations of McHenry County's townships and municipalities.

As I start formatting this information from the McHenry County Clerk’s Office about who filed for Republican Precinct Committeeman in what parts of the county, my first impression is that “No candidate filed” will control the GOP Central Committee after the March 20, 2012, primary election.

After doing the count, I see that I was correct…barely.

108 of 212 precincts have no GOP candidate.  51% empty.

Only 49% of the county’s precincts have enough people wanting to serve as precinct committeemen that they passed a petition and presumably got the required ten signatures.  Nothing must be at stake, since no petitions were challenge.   With no challenges, people could have filed a petition with just their own signature and made the ballot and, hence, membership on the Republican Central Committee.

Here’s a summary of the percentages of precincts in which Committeeman candidates filed in each Township:

McHenry County Board Districts 5 and 6. Click to enlarge.

Alden – 100% (1 of 1)

Dunham – 100% (1 of 1)

Hartland – 100% (2 of 2)

Hebron – 100% (2 of 2)

Riley – 100% (1 of 1)

Seneca – 100% (2 of 2)

Richmond – 75% (3 of 4)

Greenwood – 71% (5 of 7)

McHenry – 57% (20 of 35)

Dorr – 50% (7 of 14)

Algonquin – 43% (29 of 68)

Nunda – 41% (12 of 29)

Chemung – 40% (2 of 5)

Grafton – 34% (11 of 31)

Burton – 33% (1 of 3)

Coral – 33% (1 of 3)

Marengo – 25% (1 of 4)

There exceptions in Marengo, Coral and Chemung Townships, but the numbers are so small in each of those townships that one more candidate would have put them above the county average of 49%.

You may note that the most sparely populated townships, those in County Board District 6 generally have the highest interest in the Republican Party’s Central Committee infrastructure.

Of the four largest townships, Algonquin, McHenry, Grafton and Nunda, only McHenry Township has more than half of the precincts filled with those willing to be on the ballot.


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51% of McHenry County Precincts Have No GOP Candidates for Republican Precinct Committeeman — 4 Comments

  1. who wants to be a committeemen for the republican party ? Tyron what a joke

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