I thought a front page article about the sham GOP Primary Election candidate running against Steve Reick would have been perfect for the first week the Northwest Herald went tabloid. Since no photo of plant Jeffrey Lichte exists on the … Continue reading
The Northwest Herald endorsed Steve Reick over his dummy Republican opponent Jeff Lichte. For some reason the NWH has not run a story on how the Democrats tried to free up Democrat Jack Franks from real opposition this fall by … Continue reading
The McHenry County League of Women Voters took on two state representative districts and one state senate district Thursday night. None of them overlapped, so about three-fourths of county residents were in play. First up was the 63rd State Rep. … Continue reading
A press release from Steve Reick, Jack Franks’ real Republican opponent (as opposed to the Jack Franks’ supporter put on the ballot to make sure that Franks would not have a real fall opponent): It’s no exaggeration to say that … Continue reading
On his blog Illoyances, Republican State Rep. candidate Steve Reick reflects on the forces who tried to keep him off the ballot. The reason for the effort by those behind front man Ronald Eck, a Carpenters Union Business Manager, is … Continue reading
A press release from Republican State Rep. candidate Steve Reick: Board of Elections Puts Reick on District 63 Ballot Harvard, IL – January 20, 2016 – The Illinois State Board of Elections today overruled a challenge to the nominating petitions … Continue reading
Below is an email interchange between Steve Reick, who has filed petitions for the Republican nomination for State Representative in the district Jack Franks now holds. An ally of Franks, Jeff Lichte, has also filed Republican petitions. Reick’s petitions have … Continue reading
And the title of his article on Illoyances is Jack Franks is Attempting to Hijack the 2016 Election Reick notes that no newspaper covering McHenry County has done a story on “…the attempt by Jack Franks to commandeer the nominating … Continue reading
Bull Valley resident Ronald Eck has filed a challenge to Republican candidate for State Representative Steve Reick’s petitions to get on the ballot. Reick has been challenged by Democratic Party plant Jeff Lichte of McHenry. Challenging petitions is a way … Continue reading
Although about half of the petitions for State Representative in the Republican Primary Election in a stack of 109 petitions were passed by the candidate himself, Jeff Lichte, a supporter of Democratic Party incumbent State Rep. Jack Franks. Lichte voted … Continue reading
As reported earlier, petitions were being circulated this past week in McHenry for a 72-year old McHenry Democrat named Jeffrey Lichte. For obvious reasons, the man is not known in Republican circles. Lichte filed Monday afternoon at 2:45. But, the man who … Continue reading
Somebody thinks State Rep. Jack Franks is in trouble. Besides me, I mean. Looking at his winning margin drop below 60% without appreciable support from the state party folks or from gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner makes me think that Franks … Continue reading
