A press release from the McHenry County State’s Attorney: ASSISTANT STATE’S ATTORNEYS RITA GARA, RANDI FREESE AND DANIEL WILBRANDT PROMOTED TO KEY MANAGEMENT POSITIONS WITHIN OFFICE Patrick D. Kenneally, McHenry County State’s Attorney, is pleased to announce that Rita Gara … Continue reading
Category Archives: Dan Wilbrandt
State Senator Karen McConnaughay has decided not to run for re-election this fall. She sent the following email to Senate Minority Leader Bill Brady: “The purpose of this letter is to inform you that I have decided to not seek … Continue reading
Former State Rep. candidate Dan Wilbrandt has filed a campaign disclosure that indicates he spent $41,736.50 during the last part of his campaign. Most of the money was raised last year. On January 1st, he had $32,361.42 in his campaign account. … Continue reading
During the Primary Election campaign for State Representative in the 66th District, State Rep. Barb Wheeler worked hard for Dan Wilbrandt. She sent out an endorsement press release. Now, Wheeler has reported to the State Board of Elections that Wilbrandt … Continue reading
Candidates court newspaper endorsements. They fill out questionnaires. I remember enjoying matching wits with the Chicago Tribune folks most…especially the year when they asked questions about education funding. (The statistics did not favor the answer the questionnaire wanted. Naturally, I … Continue reading
A press release from the man who won the Republican Primary Election to replace State Rep. Mike Tryon: Skillicorn Reacts to Election Victory East Dundee, IL – Allen Skillicorn is excited to hear his victory in the Republican primary for … Continue reading
About 70% of the Republican primary votes in the 66th District come from McHenry County, yet the only McHenry County candidate still in the race is not leading. East Dundee’s Allen Skillicorn is leading both McHenry County Board member Carolyn … Continue reading
Perhaps the last mailing from Dan Proft’s Liberty Principles Political Action Committee criticizes Dan Wilbrandt, one of two candidates still in the race to replace State Rep. Mike Tryon. It is no secret that Proft is backing Allen Skillicorn and … Continue reading
We’ve seen candidates group together to put out mailings before. Most recently, what I am calling the “Red Team” because of the color of most of their signs, went together to finance a mailing featuring State Rep. Mike Tryon’s endorsement … Continue reading
State Rep. candidate Dan Wilbrandt, a West Dundee Village Trustee, reported receiving $6,500 this week. The contributions came as follows: $2,500 State Rep. Barb Wheeler $2,000 McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi $2,000 candidate Dan Wilbrandt Wheeler represents the district … Continue reading
Her State Senator Pam Althoff has tossed in $40,000 to the campaign to elect McHenry County Board member Carolyn Schofield to replace State Rep. Mike Tryon. That was shortly after the teachers’ union called the Illinois Education Association gave Schofield … Continue reading
And, it’s the biggest I’ve seen this year. Four pages. It an introductory pamphlet that also contains what he wants to do in Springfield, if elected State Representative. Listed are meaningful property tax relief cutting wasteful government spending Pushing to … Continue reading
The Chicago Tribune has endorsed West Dundee Village Trustee Allen Skillicorn for State Representative to replace retiring Mike Tryon. Here’s what the editorial says: 66th District: Our first question to the four candidates running for this House seat: Anyone play … Continue reading
The political arm of the Illinois Family Institute, Illinois Family Action, has published its ratings on legislative candidates. Here are the contested evaluations: … Continue reading
My surprise of the day was discovering that the Northwest Herald didn’t endorse Carolyn Schofield (as I incorrectly predicted). Probably surprised her, too. McHenry County Assistant State’s Attorney Dan Wilbrandt got the nod instead. While the NWH found that both … Continue reading
For as long as I can remember, Barrington Hills has opposed turning Route 62 into four lanes. When Jim Kempe was Village President and I served as State Representative and was Republican Spokesman on the Appropriations Committee that handled the … Continue reading
There are three reasons people run for office, the Field Director for the Republican National Committee told a campaign management school held in Jacksonville in about 1968, mid-way through my term as McHenry County Treasurer. He helped us to remember … Continue reading
Looking at the front page of the Northwest Herald Saturday leads me to predict that McHenry County Board member Carolyn Schofield will be endorsed by its editorial board. It is my belief that newspaper editorial endorsements are having decreasing impact … Continue reading
While your McHenry County Blogster cowered from the cold last night putting up banner ads for Circuit Court candidate Demetri Tsilimigras and State’s Attorney candidate Patrick Kenneally, a Friend of McHenry County Blog was taking photos and gathering the information … Continue reading
The McHenry County League of Women Voters took on two state representative districts and one state senate district Thursday night. With his fake Republican opponent Jeffrey Lichte (he who had a Jack Franks yard sign in his year in 2014 … Continue reading