That’s the title of Melissa Denker’s philosophical article on her blog, MelissaDenker.com. So what are the thoughts of a young Tea Party Republican as she enters the political world in Dunham Township? She is running unopposed for Republican Precinct Committeeman. … Continue reading
I long for the days when anyone could write-in anyone for any office. Remember the easy article Mike Royko repeatedly wrote telling how many votes Mickey Mouse got? No more. Election officials wanted to simplify the process. First, one had … Continue reading
Shortly before Christmas McHenry County Blog published evidence of the declineof the Republican Party locally. The percentages below represent the proportions of McHenry County’s precincts where people filed for Republican Precinct Committeeman during the last three election cycles. 2008 – … Continue reading
Earlier this month, the percentages of precincts for which people filed for Republican Precinct Committeeman was published. Republicans, you may remember filled 49% of McHenry County’s 212 precincts, while Democrats had candidates in 19%. Today we look at how the … Continue reading
These numbers tell the tale: 2008 – 63% 2010 – 61% 2012 – 49% The percentages represent the proportions of McHenry County’s precincts where people filed for Republican Precinct Committeeman during the last three election cycles. Sounds like evidence for … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County analyzed the level of involvement in the Republican Party as measured by the number of precincts in which people filed petitions to run for Precinct Committeeman in each township. The percentages ranged from 100% in a couple … Continue reading
As I start formatting this information from the McHenry County Clerk’s Office about who filed for Republican Precinct Committeeman in what parts of the county, my first impression is that “No candidate filed” will control the GOP Central Committee after … Continue reading
I hadn’t memorized the number of precincts in McHenry County. Today McHenry County Clerk told me we have 212. So, let me do some division using the Friday noon petition filings for precinct committeeman. The Republicans had 54. [John Landon … Continue reading
In McHenry County, 4:30 is the last time people can file for Republican or Democratic Party Precinct Committeemen. These positions take but ten signatures, but last minute filers, even those who have not considered filing before, can put together such … Continue reading
[Either I can’t count or I typed 45 with I meant 54, as John Landon points out in a comment on another post. Correction has been made and I thank another citizen-editor.] As of noon Friday, more Republicans had filed … Continue reading
Monday, the first day for filing petitions for public and party office, only one Democrat, Ringwood’s Marti Swanson filed for precinct committeeman. As of Friday noon, the minority party was up to 18 filings. GRAFTON 18 – Denise Barreto, 5525 … Continue reading
If you are a Democrat, you can become Precinct Committeeman in any precinct but Ringwood’s without opposition. That’s because only Marti Swanson filed for Committeeman as a Democrat on the first day possible. It takes only 10 valid signatures to … Continue reading
Here are the Republican Precinct Committeeman listed in the online version of the McHenry County Year Book as of October 5, 2011. The ones with no precinct committeeman are obvious. Less obvious are the ones where no one ran in … Continue reading
Today we look at the last three McHenry County Townships alphabetically speaking. They are Nunda, Richmond and Riley Townships. Nunda Township gets a Gold Star for having precinct committeemen in every precinct. It is the only large township to attain … Continue reading
Moving alphabetically down the list of 17 townships in McHenry County, we take a look at vacancies in Greenwood, Hartland, Hebron and McHenry Townships today. Greenwood and Hartland have one apiece. Marengo has none and McHenry has two. Just because … Continue reading
Yesterday we looked at Alden and Algonquin Townships. Algonquin Township has 13 precincts with no Republican Precinct Committeeman. (I’d do Democrats, too, but the McHenry County Democratic Party web site doesn’t have a handy listing.) Today, we’ll look at the … Continue reading
In an email I received yesterday, there was a link to a new web site for the McHenry County Republican Party. It seems to be a cookie cutter site developed by the Illinois Republican State Central Committee and then localized. … Continue reading
Earlier I calculated and posted the percentage turnout in the February 2nd Republican primary election for each precinct in Algonquin Township Grafton Township and Nunda Township The figures are not for the percentage that voted in all primary elections; rather, … Continue reading
So, what’s a county chairman do? Not much in McHenry County. Party chairman are supposed to recruit candidates, party workers and volunteers, raise money and energize the troops. Current McHenry County Republican County Chairman Bill LeFew hasn’t done much of … Continue reading
So, what’s a county chairman do? Not much in McHenry County. Party chairman are supposed to recruit candidates, party workers and volunteers, raise money and energize the troops. Current McHenry County Republican County Chairman Bill LeFew hasn’t done much of … Continue reading
