Percentage Wins for Joe Tirio and Donna Kurtz

The percentages for Republicans are certainly not what they were fifty-six years ago when I trailed ticket at 69% of the vote in my race for McHenry County Treasurer.

All the other county contests saw GOP margins in the mid-70’s.

Then, again, I was in the only contest where a man was running against a woman.

She was a scretary for the First National Bank of Chicago and was backed by the then-Democrat Leona Nelson. Both lived on the West End of Crystal Lake.

The County’s web site does not provide election percentages, but they still might interest some folks.

Here are the Chicago Tribune’s calculations for McHenry County Clerk and Treasurer:


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