Here’s a map with a link to all 435 congressional districts. Click on a district and you will see what odds statistician Nate Silver gives each candidate for victory. Let’s look at those in Northern and Central Illinois. McHenry County … Continue reading
While Alexi Giannoulias and Mark Kirk will debate for the U.S. Senate, Melissa Bean doesn’t want to have any debates with Joe Walsh and Bill Scheurer for the U.S. House. She is following Rod Blagojevich’s and Jim Ryan’s lead in … Continue reading
Green Party candidate Bill Scheurer saw the horse trailer that Republican Joe Walsh is going to take around the district and came up with this “Top 10 Reasons”: Top 10 Reasons Why Joe Walsh Is Living In A Horse Trailer … Continue reading
National Public Radio reports on a 1,200 person poll taken in 70 U.S. House of Representative districts considered swing districts. Three from Illinois—Bill Foster’s, Debbie Halvorsen’s and Melissa Bean’s—were included. The results nationwide showed voters selecting Republicans over Democrats 49% … Continue reading
What special interest groups say about a Member of Congress can tell voters a lot. The Palatine Tea Party has found the ratings and released the results below: Melissa Beans – “The Hill” Ratings Palatine, Illinois – For the last 5+ … Continue reading
I don’t know which is the bigger story: Green Party candidate Rich Whitney’s coming to McHenry County or the Northwest Herald’s finally covering a 2010 gubernatorial appearance in McHenry County Let’s start with Whitney. I made it to the Woodstock … Continue reading
Palatine Tea Party has been critical of 8th District Congresswoman Melissa Bean for quite a while. Today the group points out that while Bean claims to be a moderate, she votes with the “progressive democratic party 90.2% of the time.” … Continue reading
A press release from 8th Congressional District Republican candidate Joe Walsh alerts me to polling results for both the 8th and 14th Districts. Melissa Bean is the incumbent Democrat Walsh is challenging. Democratic Party candidate Bill Foster is the candidate … Continue reading
The group that made robo-calls on behalf of the successful fight ban on video poker in unincorporated McHenry County to county board members has released its rankings. They are not endorsements. They are lists of how people either responded to … Continue reading
Woodstock’s Jonathan Farnick was passing petitions at the August 26th meeting of the McHenry County Democratic Central Committee. “A person with her voting record doesn’t deserve re-election,” Farnick told me. Now, Democrats are trying to kick him and 8th congressional … Continue reading
Before the McHenry County Democratic Central Committee at the Farm Bureau building in Woodstock, I met Jonathon Farnick. He’s gathering signatures to run against 8th District Congresswoman Melissa Bean in the February Democratic primary election. So far, he has gotten … Continue reading
The Scheurer family has decided to take part in a fourth election cycle challenge to 8th District Congresswoman Melissa Bean. 2004 In 2004, Bill Scheurer ran against Bean in the Democratic Party primary election. Bean received 26,704 votes to Scheurer’s … Continue reading
Here is the press release that 8th congressional Republican candidate Steve Greenberg about Melissa Bean’s continuing refusal to debate her opponents. The last debate I remember is the Northwest Herald-sponsored debate she participated in at McHenry County College before Labor … Continue reading
Here is the press release that 8th congressional Republican candidate Steve Greenberg about Melissa Bean’s continuing refusal to debate her opponents. The last debate I remember is the Northwest Herald-sponsored debate she participated in at McHenry County College before Labor … Continue reading
Two years ago, 8th congressional district incumbent Congresswoman Melissa Bean debated Republican David McSweeney and Moderate Party candidate Bill Scheurer once. That debate was the day after Labor Day and sponsored by the Northwest Herald. Newspapers wrote about the gloves … Continue reading
Two years ago, 8th congressional district incumbent Congresswoman Melissa Bean debated Republican David McSweeney and Moderate Party candidate Bill Scheurer once. That debate was the day after Labor Day and sponsored by the Northwest Herald. Newspapers wrote about the gloves … Continue reading
Iain Abernathy apparently signed the paperwork to make himself the Green Party candidate for congress in the 8th congressional district against incumbent Democrat Melissa Bean and Republican challenger Steve Greenberg. Nothing too strange about that, except state law says the … Continue reading
Iain Abernathy apparently signed the paperwork to make himself the Green Party candidate for congress in the 8th congressional district against incumbent Democrat Melissa Bean and Republican challenger Steve Greenberg. Nothing too strange about that, except state law says the … Continue reading
I had been wondering what Plan B was after Randi Scheurer lost to Melissa Bean in the Democratic Party primary on February 5th. Now comes a press release from her husband and third party candidate against Bean in 2006 saying … Continue reading
I had been wondering what Plan B was after Randi Scheurer lost to Melissa Bean in the Democratic Party primary on February 5th. Now comes a press release from her husband and third party candidate against Bean in 2006 saying … Continue reading
