UPDATE 7/19/22 9:30PM CDT: The AP called this race shortly after 9PM CDT, as state Senator Neil Parrott (R) crushed the primary field with well over 60% of the primary vote. === END UPDATE === Matthew Foldi, who served as … Continue reading
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Senator Tim Scott with The Wall Street Journal op-ed headline From the congressional office of U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R, SC) press release of March 22, 2022: Senator Scott, Colleagues Introduce the Employee Rights Act of 2022 WASHINGTON – This … Continue reading
Catalina Lauf “I think there’s a HUGE need for young business owners and entrepreneurs to bridge the gap with our elected officials. For example— how many of our 75+ yr old Senators who have been there for 40 years…understand things … Continue reading
Mark Carroll Write-up in Daily Herald reveals in addition to being the only Republican in race with elected office experience and a back-office financial services attorney, Carroll interned for Congress in the mid 1990s UPDATE 3/2/22, 11:05AM CST: Yesterday, McHenry … Continue reading
UPDATE 2/25/22, 11:49AM CST: The Cisneros tweet with the meme, was tweeted late Thursday afternoon, so it is no longer a deleted tweet, or more accurately, it was a deleted tweet for about six hours. Changes made to article accordingly. … Continue reading
Late afternoon email in clear response to Oberweis’ 4th quarter FEC report, can you guess who wrote it? Sue Rezin Catalina Lauf Jerry Evans w/ son James Marter Guess who wrote this email. If you received it, you already know, … Continue reading
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
Reprinted with permission from Illinois News Network: Illinois population drops by more than 45,000, per latest Census report Illinois had the largest population decline in the nation in 2018, the continuation of a years-long retreat from the state, according to … Continue reading
Here are the Algonquin Township election results for Peter Roskam and Sean Casten: Party Candidate % Votes DEM SEAN CASTEN 52.14% 14,535 REP PETER J. ROSKAM 47.86% 13,342 Votes Cast 27,877 ALGONQUIN 1 ALGONQUIN 1 277 Party Candidate % … Continue reading
Adam Andrzejewski, founder and CEO of OpentheBooks.com has come up with an idea of how to send Congress a message on pork. Here is his email: While the nation was distracted by the political theater around immigration before the July … Continue reading
A survey has been taken in the 14th Congressional District. That comprises all of McHenry County but Algonquin Township and points south to Will County and east into Lake County. Public Policy Polling surveyed 682 IL-14 voters from April 16-17, … Continue reading
While McHenry County Board Chairman Jack Franks was endorsing DuPage County resident Sean Casten for Congress in a district where he can’t vote, the Chicago Sun-Times was endorsing a female opponent, Kelly Mazeski, a resident of Barrington Hills. You can … Continue reading
From the office of Steve Reick: Illinois Loses 88,000 People During Economic Recovery The U.S. Census’s ongoing study of American population growth and movement patterns indicates that Illinois’ population is shrinking in size. The Land of Lincoln has about 88,000 … Continue reading
There was a third Democratic Party congressional Primary Election candidate at the McHenry County Democratic Party meeting last Wednesday. Her name is Loren Underwood, age 31 and a Registered Nurse, and she wants to take on 14th Congressional District incumbent … Continue reading
People are surprised when they learn that congress critters has better medical coverage than Obamacare. The last person to mention that fact expressed outrage. Now it appears as if President Donald Trump is threatening to remove that very special privilege. … Continue reading
Congressman Randy Hultgren isn’t old enough to remember the 1954 shooting from the gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives, but I am. That unsuccessful assassination attempt wounded five congressmen and I still remember that they were Puerto Rican nationalists. … Continue reading
Some will find this hard to believe, but a real, live person called me Wednesday night. It was a man volunteering for Jay Kinzler. He made his pitch, even letting me know he was reading from a script at one … Continue reading
Here’s what is on the McHenry County League of Women Voters’ calendar: Thursday, January 21, 2016 7 pm McHenry County College Rt 14 Crystal Lake IL Building B Conference Center Congressional Districts 6 &14 – Forum. Tuesday, January 26, 2016 … Continue reading
Don’t know how, but I’ve gotten on some Democratic Party congressional fundraising email lists. Thought you might be interested in how Democrats are using House Speaker John Boehner’s announced resignation from the top post. Before today, their pitch was aimed … Continue reading