Jim Oberweis Illinois Conservatives PAC to oppose Oberweis with over $710K media advertising On Saturday afternoon, a Federal Election Commission (FEC) filing was posted indicating an Independent Expenditure (IE) from the nearly formed Illinois Conversatives Federal PAC will launch over … Continue reading
Category Archives: Jim Oberweis
Found on Capitol Fax: The FEC paperwork can be found here. Oberweis lives in Congresswoman Lauren Underwood’s district. … Continue reading
From the Illinois News Network: Republicans make plans to unseat newly elected Rep. Underwood in 2020 By Scot Bertram | Illinois News Network A new Democrat in Congress already has a challenger for re-election in 2020. U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, … Continue reading
Monday Republican State Rep. candidate Steve Reick received $1,000 from State Senator Jim Oberweis’ Political Action Committee. Checking Reick’s opponent John Bartman’s report, there are still no contributions of $1,000 or more, although his invitation to the Thursday event does … Continue reading
The third state legislature announced his support for Dan McConchie today. State Senator Jim Oberweis joined State Senator Dan Duffy and State Rep. Tom Morrison is decided to support McConchie over Lake County Board member Nick Sauer. Although Oberweis’ district … Continue reading
Here’s an analysis that looks at whether Republican Precinct Committeemen in McHenry County as a whole made a difference in campaigns. Conclusions? U.S. Senate candidate Jim Oberweis did better with a committeeman. Gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner did worse with a … Continue reading
Despite a photo opportunity at McHenry County College the month before the election, U.S. Senator Dick Durbin did not carry McHenry County’s in-person voting. Republican Jim Oberweis did. … Continue reading
A press release from State Senator Jim Oberweis, candidate for the U.S. Senate: Durbin and allies ready to spring Nov. 15 surprise with Obamacare premium hikes SUGAR GROVE — Dick Durbin was one of the key architects of the partisan … Continue reading
A press release from State Senator Jim Oberweis, who is the Republican candidate for U.S. Senator against Dick Durbin. Oberweis calls on Durbin to release secret internal sexual harassment report SUGAR GROVE — Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Jim Oberweis … Continue reading
A press release from Republican U.S. Senatorial candidate Jim Oberweis: Durbin caught lying about IRS contact at Chicago Tribune editorial board session CHICAGO — U.S. Senator Dick Durbin was caught lying today at the Chicago Tribune editorial board session when … Continue reading
State Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka is not the only headliner coming to the Republican Party’s fundraiser tonight. U.S. Senate candidate Jim Oberweis will also be there. The new Republican State Party Chairman, Tim Schneider, will also be in attendance. It … Continue reading
Incumbent U.S. Senator Dick Durbin came to McHenry County College for a photo op last Thursday and was rewarded with a page 3 story in the Northwest Herald. (I admit to having incorrectly thought it would be on page 1.) … Continue reading
A press release from Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jim Oberweis: Oberweis poll shows race at 6 points SUGAR GROVE — A newly released poll commissioned by IL U.S. Senate candidate Jim Oberweis shows him trailing by only six points against … Continue reading
Algonquin Township Republicans will be hosting Jim Oberweis at Republican Headquarters in the Crystal Lake Plaza at 6:30 on Wednesday, September 3rd. One can tell that Oberweis has a chance because opponent Dick Durbin came to Crystal Lake for a … Continue reading
The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that U.S. Senator Dick Durbin is leading State Senator Jim Oberweis by a margin of 47.8% to 40.5%. Libertarian Party candidate Sharon Hansen got about 4%. 7.6% were undecided. The margin of error is 3%. … Continue reading
U.S. Senator Dick Durbin came to Crystal Lake Thursday. As I drove to his McHenry County College appearance, I saw Oberweis yard signs along Route 14. Ostensibly, Durbin was here to tour the next robotics lab at McHenry County College. … Continue reading
During the two years after the Tea Party election of 2010, two spokesmen arose. One was McHenry County Congressman Joe Walsh. (His wife Helene was present; Walsh was on his WIND talk show.) The other was southeast Florida Congressman Allen … Continue reading
Retired Marine lawyer Paul Schimpf spoke to the Algonquin Township Republican Central Committee at McHenry County Republican Headquarters in the Crystal Lake Plaza last night. Schimpf was the advisor to the Iraqi attorneys who prosecuted Saddam Hussein. His best line … Continue reading
When we left Crystal Lake’s 4th of July Parade, the Crystal Lake Public Library entry had just passed. Next up was Congressman Peter Roskam. His wife Elizabeth was holding up one of his yard signs. Bruce Rauner’s and Randy Hultgren’s … Continue reading
Readers know that my primary reason for attending parades is to look out for political implications. But what gave me the biggest kick was the Crystal Lake Strikers playing “Wipe Out” in front of the First United Methodist Church. There … Continue reading