Typing an article Saturday afternoon, I received an automated poll from, I would guess, Republican State Rep. candidate Tom Weber. Here are the questions/topics: Voting likelihood Party affiliation Satisfaction with direction state is taking Favorability of following candideates Bruce Rauner … Continue reading
Category Archives: Green Party
Former McHenry County College Board President Scott Summers is on the Green Party ticket for U.S. Senator. Others running on the Green ticket are STEIN, JILL 17 TROTTING HORSE DR. LEXINGTON, MA 02421 PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT GREEN KREML, WILLIAM … Continue reading
Former McHenry County College Board President Scott Summers is running a write-in campaign for Governor. He is a member of the Green Party. On the Green Party web site one can read the following: You can vote your conscience. You … Continue reading
An email from the campaign of Libertarian Party candidate for State Comptroller Julie Fox is down below. I sighted Fox once in Woodstock and once in Harvard collecting signatures. Most observers think having the Libertarian Party on the ballot will … Continue reading
A press release from the Green Party of Illinois: Ruling Expected Thursday on Green Party’s Ballot Fight CHICAGO – The Illinois Green Party will learn Thursday whether its statewide candidates will have a fair fight in the November general election. … Continue reading
Two local men have popped up on petitions filed for statewide office. Former McHenry County College Board President and 2012 unsuccessful Democratic Party candidate for County Board Scott Summers is running for Governor on the Green Party slate. Chad Koppie … Continue reading
While the price of natural gas has decreased enough as a result of fracking, the Illinois Green Party is opposing expansion in Illinois. While this is a Southern Illinois issue, I thought those of us in Northern Illinois who have … Continue reading
When I asked who was running for what in Dorr Township, I failed to ask if all the Trustee candidates were running as Republicans. My mind was so fixated on the Republican primaries in the townships with over 15,000 population … Continue reading
There will be no primary election for the main Dorr Township offices as the following face no challenger: Supervisor Bob Pierce Assessor Veronica Myers Road Commissioner Tom thurman Clerk Quinn Keefe But for the four Township Trustee spots, six people … Continue reading
A statement of candidacy from Green Party County Board candidate Frank Wedig: My name is Frank Wedig and I am running for McHenry County Board in district 5.My wife, Jeanne, and I have been residents of Woodstock since 1990. I … Continue reading
To obtain “Established” party status, one must have a candidate who receives five percent of the vote. When Rich Whitney received about ten percent for Governor when he ran against Rod Blagojevich and Judy Baar Topinka, he allowed Green Party … Continue reading
You don’t have to play this YouTube video to see the photo I took of the Green Party’s candidate for Governor Rich Whitney, 8th Congressional District candidate Bill Scheurer and Stew Cohen of Star 105 FM Radio. I found it … Continue reading
Green Party candidate for Governor Rich Whitney has uploaded a long list of position statements, which I want to share with you. You can read the answers to my questions to him when he visited Woodstock in May here. RICH … Continue reading
Third party candidates in American politics are famous for injecting new ideas into the governmental arena. They usually don’t get elected, but the power party candidates pick up on them and sometimes they get enacted. Former McHenry County College Board … Continue reading
I didn’t even know there were Cherokees in Illinois, but the Green Party has found it and convinced them to endorse its slate. And, since Scott Summers of Harvard, former McHenry County College Board President, is on the slate, he … Continue reading
With the rules for November’s special U.S. Senate election now laid down by Federal Judge John Grady, it is clear that Green candidate LeAlan Jones is going to be the big winner. It’s not that he’s going to be elected. … Continue reading
Why not? I saw one from another state on our vacation in June, but the photo didn’t turn out. July 5th, Governor Pat Quinn signed a bill to allow “Share the Road” license plates. A minimum of 1,000 would have … Continue reading
I don’t know which is the bigger story: Green Party candidate Rich Whitney’s coming to McHenry County or the Northwest Herald’s finally covering a 2010 gubernatorial appearance in McHenry County Let’s start with Whitney. I made it to the Woodstock … Continue reading
A press release from 8th Congressional District Republican candidate Joe Walsh alerts me to polling results for both the 8th and 14th Districts. Melissa Bean is the incumbent Democrat Walsh is challenging. Democratic Party candidate Bill Foster is the candidate … Continue reading