This is the last County Board comparison piece that McHenry County Democrats produced, but apparently did not have enough money to mail widely. Only in District 6 was the comparison widely distributed. You can see both sides–one for countywide candidates, … Continue reading
Category Archives: Andy Snarski
What follows is what Republican County Board candidate Andrew Snarski sent voters this week: … Continue reading
Woodstock Republican Precinct Committeeman Cyndi Hemauersent sent this letter to her Dorr 7 precinct: October 26, 2016 Dear Neighbor, My name is Cyndi Hemauer and I am your Republican Precinct Committeeman for Dorr 7 and neighbor from Winslow Circle. I … Continue reading
With endorsements completed yesterday for the McHenry County Board, in its District 5 picks, the Northwest Herald has endorsed its second Democrat who is a lawyer. (The first was District 3’s Diane Johnson, a former Crystal Lake Grade School Board … Continue reading
McHenry County Republicans gathered in Johnsburg at the Moose Lodge to watch the Presidential Debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. I had a family affair and couldn’t make it. Fortunately, Kelly Liebmann sent some photos. Lots of candidates were … Continue reading
The man who built Sage Products and his wife are writing some big checks to McHenry County Republicans. Here’s what shows up for the fall election: $10,000 – Republican Central Committee of McHenry County $10,800 – Committee for Michael Walkup … Continue reading
Running in District 5, newcomer Andy Snarski has received a campaign contribution of $5,400 from Sage Products Chairman of the Board Vince Foglia. District 5 has parts of Lakewood, Lake in the Hills, Huntley, Woodstock and Bull Valley. … Continue reading
An article summarizing the upsets in the Republican Primary Election ran in the Northwest Herald today. Written by Kevin Craver, its headline is Fighting the Status Quo, County voters send establishment a message in Illinois primary Featured on the front … Continue reading
McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan posted the results for twelve more precincts at about 3 AM. That leaves 68 of 212 unaccounted for. Let’s look at where that leaves the County races. For County Board Chairman, Mike Walkup now leads … Continue reading
The difference between having 16 and 92 of 212 precincts reporting results has not changed the presumptive winners in District 1 through 5. (I didn’t get the results for District 6 at the 16 precinct level.) In District 1, incumbent … Continue reading
Patricia Kennedy, President of the Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water sends the following information: ALAW Endorsements for County Board: The Alliance for Land, Agriculture and Water (ALAW) endorses the following candidates for County Board: Tom Wilbeck, District 1 Jeffrey Thorsen, … Continue reading
I haven’t noted this year that the post office continues to play the role of precinct worker. Think of how much dedicated manpower that candidates would have to have if all the post cards and other literature you receive in … Continue reading
The Daily Herald seems to be the only daily newspaper endorsing County Board candidates. There is some irony in that, since the DH does not sent a reporter to County Board meetings and has less and less of a stake … Continue reading
In one of his few appearances in McHenry County U.S. Senator Mark Kirk Primary Election opponent James Marter will join local candidates at the Crystal Lake Rib House on Route 176 (across from Countryside). The cost is pegged for the event … Continue reading
While your McHenry County Blogster cowered from the cold last night putting up banner ads for Circuit Court candidate Demetri Tsilimigras and State’s Attorney candidate Patrick Kenneally, a Friend of McHenry County Blog was taking photos and gathering the information … Continue reading
I’m trying to put all campaign literate from each County Board District in separate articles. Here’s what I have found for District 5, which includes parts of Algonquin, Bull Valley, Crystal Lake, Huntley, Lake in the Hills, Lakewood and Woodstock. … Continue reading
Yesterday, the answers to the $41.3 million Valley Hi Nursing Home bank balance question by the ten candidates for District 4, 5 and 6 County Board seats were shared with McHenry County Blog readers. One of the six questions that … Continue reading
Ten people seeking Republican nominations for the McHenry County Board appeared at the League of Women Voters Forum Tuesday night. There are running for ballot spots in District 4 (McHenry, Johnsburg, Richmond and Spring Grove) District 5 (Woodstock, Huntley, Bull … Continue reading
Presidents Day (February 15th) will see a group of candidates meeting contributors and others at the Crystal Lake Rib House on Route 176 across from Countryside Nursery. The event will run 6-8:30 and the cost is $20, unless you are … Continue reading