Information on McHenry County Clerk’s Website The offical results of the 2018 primary election are now available. You can find the results here. In D5 Michael Rein maintained victory with 9 more votes then the third candidate. Charles Wheeler’s victory … Continue reading
Category Archives: Tonya Franklin
Tonya Frankin, the woman who was willing to run against State Rep. Jack Franks, but was not given the choice by a previous iteration of the McHenry County Republican Party is running to become part of the ruling body that … Continue reading
Took a swing through the McHenry County Fair this afternoon. Figured it would be cooler than tomorrow. Coming in the back door in the best air conditioned building, I spotted the McHenry County Citizens for Choice first. Across the aisle, … Continue reading
The Republican Party wouldn’t let Tonya Franklin run against Jack Franks for State Rep. in 2012, but she didn’t lose interest in politics. She recently sent the following letter to the Northwest Herald. It is published with her permission: The … Continue reading
WIND radio talk show host Joe Walsh broadcast from the sidewalk at Pablo’s Mexican Family Restaurant on Wednesday afternoon. The former congressman talked of how dangerous the job of being a policeman has become since Ferguson. He cited case after … Continue reading
In 2014, Tonya Franklin was willing to take on Democrat Jack Franks, but the Republican Party would not allow her a weekend to obtain hundreds of petition signatures. At the end of March, Franklin said this in an article comment: … Continue reading
On the McHenry County Democratic Party’s web site appears the following plea for people to gather signatures for Joel Mains to run for State Representative against Republican Barb Wheeler. Mains lives in Crystal Lake at 6719 New Hampshire in Covered … Continue reading
I got a phone call from Tonya Franklin this afternoon. You may remember that Franklin stepped forward to run against Democrat Jack Franks when local Republicans failed to recruit a candidate. “I hope to help McHenry County on a larger … Continue reading
Tonya Franklin, the woman who was willing to run against Jack Franks for State Representative as a Republican but was denied that opportunity by the McHenry County Republican Central Committee, sent an interesting photo of her home. It was taken … Continue reading
The McHenry County Republican Party would not allow Tea Party activist Tonya Franklin the opportunity to seek signatures to get on the ballot to run against Marengo Democratic Party State Rep. Jack Franks. Then Franks decided to use his third … Continue reading
Accompanying a Tuesday Chicago Sun-Times column by Chris Mooney entitled “Conservatives are happier,” is a photo featuring Mary Alger and Tonya Franklin. Folks will remember Alger as head of the Crystal Lake Tea Party and a former candidate for the … Continue reading
Just as there was not a quorum at the Special Meeting called to determine whether Democratic Party State Rep. Jack Franks would have Tonya Franklin as an opponent, there was no quorum Monday night. Gathering at the Algonquin Township meeting … Continue reading
In its editorial Thursday, The Northwest Herald is not happy with the number of candidates running unopposed. “…a sad commentary on the state of our democracy,” the editorial concludes. Nice to be in agreement. Commenting on the most obvious omission, … Continue reading
There must be a dam at the Illinois-Wisconsin border. The water from Wisconsin’s boiling tea kettle didn’t spill over the state border last Saturday when the McHenry County Republican Party decided no candidate against Jack Franks was better than Tea … Continue reading
Take a look at other parts of Illinois where parties are slating legislative candidates on this last day for filing party candidates. These are the ones posted by the State Board of Elections through about 2 PM on deadline day. … Continue reading
An email from Sharon Meroni, who organized the effort to get Tonya Franklin on the ballot to oppose Democrat “Chainsaw Jack” Franks. Meroni, a write-in candidate for Republican Precinct Committeeman in Fox River Grove, did something I have seen no … Continue reading
Round Lake Area News reports that the Lake County Democrats candidate for Circuit Clerk, Cynthia Pruim Haran, dropped out of the race. Did that discourage the Democrats across the county line? Nooo. They nominated a new candidatenamed Rupam Davé and … Continue reading
The McHenry County Democrat who can do almost no harm, according to the Northwest Herald, is getting a free ride for the third out of four elections. Instead of allowing Tonya Franklin and her supporters to go out and see … Continue reading
Unlike the email from Mike Tryon sent twice before the Special Meeting to discourage attendance at the gathering called to select the two missing members of the 63rd State Rep. District Representative Committee, this email from GOP Executive Secretary Geri … Continue reading
This fall, the Republican Party’s “showroom” in the 63rd State Representative District will be as empty as the closed Ford dealership in the Vulcan Lakes TIF District on Route 14 in Crystal Lake. The McHenry County Republican Party has thrown … Continue reading