Nick Provenzano with petitions at the Johnsburg parade.

This is the petition passing and fund raising part of successful campaigns.

All candidates have to gather petition signatures, but successful ones also raise money so that they can concentrate on campaigning in the couple of months right before the March 18th primary election.

McHenry County Board member Nick Provenzano is doing both.

On the money end, he started October with $5,448.83 in the bank.

Since then he has reported raising the following in amounts over of $1,000 or more:

• $5,000 – Vincent Foglia, Barrington, Retired [from Sage Products]
• $3,500 – Jeannine Roeser, Barrington
• $3,500 – John [Jack] Roeser, Barrington, Otto Engineering

Provenzano also wrote a personal check to his campaign for $10,000.

All countywide candidates need 517 signatures on their petitions.

Provenzano is running against his District 3 colleague on the County Board, Mary McClellan.

She reported having $1.13 in her campaign fund at the end of September.