In the State Representative contest to replace retiring Jack Franks, winner Steve Reick spent $573,065. That’s not counting independent expenditures on his behalf. He raised $564,843. That’s from October through December. Add in the quarter before and one finds the … Continue reading
Category Archives: John Bartman
Here are two instances brought to my attention of campaigns blocking a rival’s sign. … Continue reading
Plenty of room on Alden Rd & McGuire, but as you can see, Bartman signs have been put directly in front of Steve Reick’s in order to hide them. Pretty sleazy way to campaign … Continue reading
More smoke and mirrors from Lying Jack Franks in his campaign for McHenry County Board Chairman. Franks continues with his bogus Cut 10 campaign. No more images of a house with scissors cutting through it and the slogan, “Cut Property … Continue reading
Here’s a sign that links Democratic candidate for State Representative with House Speaker Mike Madigan. Steve Reick has a similarly-themed sign two years ago when he cut Jack Franks’ tally below 60%. … Continue reading
When a campaign makes mailing, it hopes that one will come each day. That rarely happens, however. Saturday three mailings supporting Steve Reick for State Representative over Democrat John Bartman hit post boxes. Today, there were two more. The first … Continue reading
Reporters at the Chicago Tribune have added up what is in play on both sides in the race to replace State Rep. Jack Franks. The totals are Republican Steven Reick – $1,303,717 Democrat John Bartman – $304,795 = = = … Continue reading
Found on GOP State Rep. candidate Steve Reick’s Facebook page: … Continue reading
That’s what seems to have been reported to the State Board of Elections on Saturday. Here are the in-kind contributions from the Illinois Democratic Party for postage reported by John Bartman: $4,769.63 $4,769.63 $4,769.63 $4,781.39 $3,693.75 … Continue reading
Talk about bad timing. Three direct mail pieces for Republican candidate for State Rep. Steve Reick arriving in at least one mailbox today. They came from three sources: the Steve Reick campaign the House Republican Organization and the Illinois the … Continue reading
Right before the $200,000 came from Chicago Land Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC, a Political Action Committee related to Operating Engineers Union Local 150, came two contributions from the Illinois Farm Bureau PAC called “Illinois Farm Bureau ACTIVATOR Fund.” They totaled … Continue reading
Got some of Democratic Party State Representative candidate John Bartman’s mailings sent to me by a Friend of McHenry County Blog. You can see them below. First is a letter listing all of the labor unions who have endorsed him. … Continue reading
When the House Republican Organization gave $100,000 to Steve Reick, I wondered if that was a sign of weakness. After all, Democrat John Bartman had just over $30,000 in the bank at the end of September, while Reick had spent … Continue reading
And, so did the other Republicans on which McHenry teens voted. You can see the results below: … Continue reading
The Chicago Sun-Times has endorsed two Democrats running for the first time in McHenry County: Nancy Zettler John Bartman Nancy Zettler is running to replace retiring State Rep. Mike Tryon. Her Republican opponent is Allen Skillicorn. John Bartman is running … Continue reading
Although Democrat John Bartman does not show up on the endorsed candidates’ list that Illinois’ most pro-abortion Political Action Committee publishes, Personal PAC has unleashed a mailing against Republican State Rep. candidate Steve Reick. You can see it below: = … Continue reading
Reported today to the Illinois State Board of Elections is $1,887.46 from the Illinois Farm Bureaus Political Action Committee, Illinois Farm Bureau ACTIVATOR Fund, for a mailing $1,595 for signs from International Union Operating Engineers 150-PAC … Continue reading
Liberty Principles, the Political Action Committee that Dan Proft runs, has invested $1,200 in the 63rd District State Representative contest. … Continue reading
Someone is trying to figure out who is going to vote how in the 63rd State Representative District that Jack Franks is abandoning. Here’s what a Friend of McHenry County Blog emailed me: I just got a robocall about the … Continue reading
Steve, Reick, the Republican candidate for State Representative to replace Jack Franks is about to receive $30,000 in independent, non-cordinated assistance. Liberty Principles PAC, the one run by Dan Proft, spent that amount on October 6th for cable television ads. … Continue reading