And, here it is: “I’m pleased that the decision of the people of the 8th District voting on November 2nd has been confirmed. “Representative Bean telephoned me earlier this evening and congratulated me for winning the 8th District seat in … Continue reading
Melissa Bean won the late count of Lake County, McHenry and Cook County absentee and provisional vote contest. Here’s what I and the Daily Herald found resulted from the net counts today: +46 for Bean in Cook County +14 foe … Continue reading
It’s “Plus 5” in the counting of outstanding ballots in McHenry County’s portion of the 8th Congressional District. Here’s how the thirty extra district ballots were cast 17 – Joe Walsh 12 – Melissa Bean 1 – Bill Scheurer … Continue reading
Google searches for articles having “Joe Walsh” and “Melissa Bean” in them for me. A lot have been popping up about the closeness of the race. The Los Angeles Times highlights the closeness of the race. “Of the five incumbents … Continue reading
An email from Joe Walsh: Friends: It’s been an amazing week. One week removed from election night, we remain absolutely confident in our victory — with virtually all of the absentee votes from Cook County in, our lead is 350 … Continue reading
And Joe Walsh ran one of the best. In August Melissa Bean had all of the obvious traditional advantages over her challenger Joe Walsh. Bean had a million dollars. Walsh had next to none. Bean had name recognition from 8 … Continue reading
As the mainstream media begins to figure out that Joe Walsh may have actually beaten Melissa Bean, Walsh has sent out the following email: Dear Friends: Thank you all for staying up so late last night. Victory is at hand. … Continue reading
Here’s the press release that was sent out about 4 AM: (Grayslake, IL) Joe Walsh addressed over 500 volunteers and supporters at their victory celebration in Wauconda, IL at the Mill Creek Banquets and stated “Tonight was a victory for … Continue reading
It didn’t happen until after the polls closed, but, hey, you take what you can get. The Chicago Sun-Times has finally noticed that there was a hot race out here in the boonies. It and the other mainstream media enablers … Continue reading
WLS-Radio Sunday night talk show host Tom Roeser publishes election predictions today on his blog, along with those of Russ Stewart. He is the first I have seen predict that Joe Walsh will beat Melissa Bean in the 8th Congressional … Continue reading
I haven’t done a story on sign stealing, but it certainly is happening. I should have taken a photo last week of the missing Mike Mahon sign between the Keith Nygren and Sally Wiggins signs on the northeast corner of … Continue reading
Republican Joe Walsh presents a closing statement critical of all the negative ads, even those by Republicans: … Continue reading
Who to believe? The WeAskAmerica poll of yesterday? Or New York Times 538 prognosticator Nate Silver? Or, we could wait until tomorrow and see how people vote. … Continue reading
Illinois-based polling firm WeAskAmerica is presenting the results of Sunday polling. The most astounding finding is that 8th Congressional District Republican candidate Joe Walsh is leading Melissa Bean 49%-45%. No “undecideds” were allowed. Even Green Party candidate Bill Scheurer has … Continue reading
The following came from the League of American Voters: How Did Congressman Melissa L. Bean Vote? Congressman Melissa L. Bean Democrat Representing Illinois’s 8th District Congressman Bean’s Key Votes: Vote #1 Cap-and Trade Bill (American Clean Energy and Security Tax … Continue reading
A press release from Republican candidate for Congress in the 8th District, Joe Walsh: Bean Hides From Voters, Media Blames The Voters So it comes to this: for eight months, Democrat Incumbent Melissa Bean has refused to answer questions from … Continue reading
I took some time to jot down what the Lake County League of Women Voters’ moderator said about the 8th Congressional District debate audience’s insistence on reciting the Pledge of Allegiance before the Grayslake High School event. “I have absolutely … Continue reading
Here is the take of GOP candidate for Melissa Bean’s seat in Congress: Incumbent Melissa Bean continues to hide; where is the media outrage? 400 voters filled the Grayslake Central High School auditorium last night for a tightly controlled forum … Continue reading
This YouTube video is very interesting. It shows the beginning of the candidate forum of the 8th Congressional district. It is a candidate forum, where for only fifty minutes three candidates for the 8th Congressional District are allowed to discuss … Continue reading
Last at Grayslake Central High school the League of Women voters in union with the high school held a candidate forum for the 8th congressional district. The attendees included all of the candidates including, for the first time, incumbent Democratic Party candidate Melissa Bean. Re;publican Joe Walsh and Green Party … Continue reading
