A while back McHenry County Blog took a look at how the Republican Party was faring, based on the number of people who filed GOP Precinct Committeeman petitions.
Let’s take a walk down that same path with McHenry County Democrats.
To put McHenry County political landscape into perspective, there are 212 election precincts.
People filed to run for Democratic Party Precinct Committeeman in only 40 of them.
Less than 19% of the precincts in a county carried by Barack Obama have people with enough energy to get ten of their neighbors’ signatures.
Jack Franks, the top Democrat in McHenry County, did not file for Precinct Committeeman.
That’s compared to the 49% of precincts where there are GOP candidates, which was pathetic in itself.
Unlike in the Republican Primary, there are no contests for Precinct Committeeman in the Democratic Party.
I know that local Democrats like to call their Precinct Committeemen “Precinct Representatives,” but the title is “Committeeman.”
As I have suggested more than once, if local Democrats want to change the title of the office, folks in their party control the legislature and the Governor’s Office.
Hey, there’s even a Democrat in the Illinois House from McHenry County.
Just ask Jack Franks.
That should not be a hard bill to pass.
Alden Township
(Alden)
ALDEN – No Candidate Filed
Algonquin Township
(Algonquin, southern Crystal Lake, Lake in the Hills, Cary, Fox River Grove, Barrington Hills)
ALGONQUIN 1 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 2 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 3 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 4 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 5 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 6 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 7 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 8 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 9 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 10 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 11 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 12 – No Candidate Filed
Lori Keller served as an Election Judge in her precinct.
ALGONQUIN 13 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 14 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 15 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 16 – Patricia A. Abboud (Barrington Hills)
ALGONQUIN 17 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 18 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 19 – Loreen (Lori) Keller (Crystal Lake)
ALGONQUIN 20 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 21 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 22 – No Candidate Filed
Precinct Committeeman Robert Waddell is a frequent participant in area demonstrations.
ALGONQUIN 23 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 24 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 25 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 26 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 27 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 28 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 29 – Katherine M Tremont (Cary)
ALGONQUIN 30 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 31 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 32 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 33 – Debbie Chirikos (Algonquin)
ALGONQUIN 34 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 35 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 36 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 37 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 38 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 39 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 40 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 41 – Robert R. Waddell (Algonquin)
ALGONQUIN 42 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 43 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 44 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 45 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 46 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 47 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 48 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 49 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 50 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 51 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 52 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 53 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 54 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 55 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 56 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 57 – No Candidate Filed
Jeff Thirtyacre waves at 2010 Johnsburg Parade. He was running for County Board.
ALGONQUIN 58 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 59 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 60 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 61 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 62 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 63 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 64 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 65 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 66 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 67 – No Candidate Filed
ALGONQUIN 68 – No Candidate Filed
Burton Township
(Spring Grove, Fox Lake)
BURTON 1 – Jeff S. Thirtyacre (SpringGrove)
BURTON 2 – No Candidate Filed
BURTON 3 – No Candidate Filed
Chemung Township
(Harvard, Lawrence)
Bob Gibson at the ceremony naming him Illinois Veteran of the Month, which was arranged by State Rep. Jack Franks whom Gibson has helped over the years.
CHEMUNG 1 – No Candidate Filed
CHEMUNG 2 – No Candidate Filed
CHEMUNG 3 – No Candidate Filed
CHEMUNG 4 – No Candidate Filed
CHEMUNG 5 – No Candidate Filed
Coral Township
(Union)
CORAL 1 – Ryan Anderson (Union)
CORAL 2 – No Candidate Filed
CORAL 3 – No Candidate Filed
Dorr Township
(Woodstock, Bull Valley)
Former Democratic Party Chairman Tom Cynor
DORR 1 – No Candidate Filed
DORR 2 – No Candidate Filed
DORR 3 – Robert E. Gibson (Woodstock)
DORR 4 – Ann Legg (Woodstock)
DORR 5 – No Candidate Filed
DORR 6 – No Candidate Filed
DORR 7 – Thomas J. Cynor (Woodstock)
DORR 8 – No Candidate Filed
DORR 9 – No Candidate Filed
DORR 10 – No Candidate Filed
DORR 11 – No Candidate Filed
DORR 12 – No Candidate Filed
DORR 13 – No Candidate Filed
DORR 14 – Thomas G. Erlenborn (Bull Valley)
Former McHenry County College Board President Scott Summers is running for the McHenry County Board and Precinct Committeeman as a Democrat this year. He has run for higher offices and Green Party Committeeman.
Dunham Township
(Southern Harvard)
DUNHAM – Scott Summers (Harvard)
Grafton Township
(Huntley, Lakewood, western Crystal Lake, western Lake in the Hills, western Algonquin)
GRAFTON 1 – Diane E. Oltman Ayers (Huntley)
GRAFTON 2 – Sara Ryerson (Lakewood)
GRAFTON 3 – Elizabeth A Puchmelter (Crystal Lake)
GRAFTON 4 – No Candidate Filed
GRAFTON 5 – Mary Mackowiak (Crystal Lake)
GRAFTON 6 – No Candidate Filed
GRAFTON 7 – Jill McCutcheon (Crystal Lake)
GRAFTON 8 – No Candidate Filed
GRAFTON 9 – No Candidate Filed
GRAFTON 10 – No Candidate Filed
GRAFTON 11 – No Candidate Filed
Party Chair Mike Bissett
GRAFTON 12 – Michael Bissett (Lake in the Hills)
GRAFTON 13 – James P. Kennedy (Lake in the Hills)
GRAFTON 14 – No Candidate Filed
GRAFTON 15 – No Candidate Filed
GRAFTON 16 – No Candidate Filed
GRAFTON 17 – No Candidate Filed
GRAFTON 18 – Denise Barreto (Lake in the Hills)
GRAFTON 19 – No Candidate Filed
GRAFTON 20 – No Candidate Filed
GRAFTON 21 – No Candidate FiledGRAFTON 22 – Samuel S. Melei (Huntley)
County Board candidate Jim Kennedy
GRAFTON 24 – Michael A. Henry (Huntley)
GRAFTON 25 – No Candidate Filed
GRAFTON 26 – No Candidate Filed
GRAFTON 27 – No Candidate Filed.
GRAFTON 28 – No Candidate Filed
GRAFTON 29 – No Candidate Filed
GRAFTON 30 – No Candidate Filed
GRAFTON 31 – No Candidate Filed
Greenwood Township
(Northern Woodstock, western Wonder Lake & Greenwood)
Lake in the Hills Trustee Denise Barreto
GREENWOOD 2 – No Candidate Filed
GREENWOOD 3 – No Candidate Filed
GREENWOOD 4 – No Candidate Filed
GREENWOOD 5 – No Candidate Filed
GREENWOOD 6 – Brian D. Meyers (Woodstock)
GREENWOOD 7 – No Candidate Filed
Hartland Township
HARTLAND 1 – No Candidate Filed
HARTLAND 2 – No Candidate Filed
Hebron Township
(Hebron)
HEBRON 1 – Andrew J Georgi, Jr. (Hebron)
Andrew J. Georgi, Jr.
HEBRON 2 – No Candidate Filed
Marengo Township
(Marengo)
MARENGO 1 – No Candidate Filed
MARENGO 2 – No Candidate Filed
MARENGO 3 – No Candidate Filed
MARENGO 4 – No Candidate Filed
McHenry Township
(McHenry, eastern Wonder Lake, Johnsburg, McCullom Lake, Lakemoor, Holiday Hills, Ringwood)
MCHENRY 1 – Martha B “Marti” Swanson (Ringwood)
MCHENRY 2 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 3 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 4 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 5 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 6 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 7 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 8 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 9 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 10 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 11 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 12 – Irene Wolff Raven (McHenry)
MCHENRY 13 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 14 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 15 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 16 – Michael Mayo (Johnsburg)
MCHENRY 17 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 18 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 19 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 20 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 21 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 22 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 23 – No Candidate Filed
McHenry County Board member and candidate for re-election Kathy Bergan Schmidt is running for Precinct Committeeman.
MCHENRY 25 – Brian Peters (Lakemoor)
MCHENRY 26 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 27 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 28 – Herbert Hassinger (McHenry)
MCHENRY 29 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 30 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 31 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 32 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 33 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 34 – No Candidate Filed
MCHENRY 35 – No Candidate Filed
Nunda Township
(Northern Crystal Lake, Southern McHenry, Prairie Grove, Island Lake, Oakwood Hills, Holiday Hills)
NUNDA 1 – Kathleen Bergan Schmidt (Crystal Lake)
NUNDA 2 – Pauline Walker (Crystal Lake)
NUNDA 3 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 4 – No Candidate Filed
Patrick Murfin
NUNDA 6 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 7 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 8 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 9 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 10 – Kevin L. Klopfenstein (Crystal Lake)
NUNDA 11 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 12 – Alexander Bielsky (Holiday Hills)
NUNDA 13 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 14 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 15 – Mitchell J. Wisumierski (Crystal Lake)
NUNDA 16 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 17 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 18 – Nancy Schietzelt (Crystal Lake)
NUNDA 19 – Nan Kueller (Crystal Lake)
NUNDA 20 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 21 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 22 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 23 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 24 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 25 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 26 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 27 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 28 – No Candidate Filed
NUNDA 29 – Robert Routzahn (Crystal Lake)
Richmond Township
(Richmond, Spring Grove)
RICHMOND 1 – No Candidate Filed
RICHMOND 2 – No Candidate Filed
RICHMOND 3 – No Candidate Filed
RICHMOND 4 – No Candidate Filed
Riley Township
(Southern Marengo)
RILEY -No Candidate Filed
Seneca Township
(Western Woodstock)
SENECA 1 – No Candidate Filed
SENECA 2 – John Bartman (Marengo)