With early voting starting on Monday, March 3rd, if you are a Republican expect a lot more mail.
The first piece will be a positive one.
We have already seen those from
- County Clerk candidate Nick Provenzano
- County Treasurer candidate Glenda Miller
- District 1 County Board candidate Andrew Gasser
With candidates with enough money, the last one will be positive, too.
Depending on how good a candidate thinks his or her campaign is going and how much money is available, there may be negative ones in between.
Breaking the mold was District 1 newcomer David Stieper.
His went with a negative piece right out of the box.
McHenry County Board candidate uses the image of a gravy train to symbolize his opposition to County Board members getting pensions and health insurance for the $21,000 part-time positions.
Of course, you would have to be a close follower of the McHenry County Board to know that both his primary opponent, incumbent Robert Nowak and the fall Democratic Party opponent, incumbent Nick Chirikos.
In his “gravy train” piece Stieper went after the part-time County Board members getting pensions and health benefits, a subject only those who follow county government closely will know about. (You can learn about it here.)