While State Representative, I attended conventions of the American Legislative Exchange Council. ALEC, for short. In an informal conversation with a Mississippi State Rep., I was told that the law that allowed only the top two finishers in a primary … Continue reading
Category Archives: Republican
The third of John Biver’s articles, first published by the Illinois Family Institute and re-published with the Institute’s permission, about why people should run for Precinct Committeeman: Running for Republican Precinct: What You Need to Know Editor’s Note: Through this … Continue reading
Former Marengo resident John Biver has written a series of articles for the Illinois Family Institute about why people should get off the couch and get involved in the political arena. Below is the first. The articles are reprinted with … Continue reading
Someone mention in a comment that one of the Republican candidates for Algonquin Township Trustee, David Chapman, had a sign with the word “progressive” on it. I asked if someone would send me a photo of it and a Friend … Continue reading
For 18 years, the state association of real estate agents have known that Jack Franks is a Democrat. Now the organization’s Political Action Committee has sent out a mailing in support of Franks for McHenry County Board Chairman which starts … Continue reading
Look what just popped up in the mail. I haven’t got all of it, but take a look at the first word on the piece: “Republican” It is now clear why Jack Franks doesn’t want any of his signs next … Continue reading
From the McHenry County Republican Party: … Continue reading
The fall of 1960 saw me enroll in Ohilo’s Oberlin College. I applied because it was listed in a Tribune article as the best co-ed college of its size (2,000-2,500) without fraternities or sororities. And, it also was the college … Continue reading
Here are the contested Republican Precinct Committeeman races in Dorr Township: Dorr 9 Joe Monack – 231 Tina Hill – 159 Dorr 12 Thomas Zanck – 220 Charles Stevens – 133 … Continue reading
What follows are the results from the only contested Republican Party Precinct Committeeman race in Grafton Township: Grafton 6 Blake Hobson – 150 John Otlewis – 119 Hobson is the county’s representative on the Regional Transportation Authority. … Continue reading
The following precincts had contests for Republican Precinct Committeeman in McHenry Township: McHenry 2 Geraldine Davis – 133 Jeffrey Grubich – 110 McHenry 9 Robert Bob Henry – 134 Stan Mill – 106 McHenry 13 Mike Rakestraw – 88 Neal … Continue reading
Here are the precincts where there were contests for Republican Precinct Committeeman in Nunda Township: Nunda 6 Michael Lesperance – 137 Daniel Laudick – 108 Nunda 14 Patrick Collins – 150 Norman Vinton – 135 Nunda 15 Joe Gottemoller – … Continue reading
There were more than one person running for Republican Precinct Committeeman in some Algonquin Townships. The results follow: Algonquin 17 Jennifer Weinhammer – 215 David Miller – 168 Algonquin 30 Alan Schuster – 152 Nicole Beyer – 114 Algonquin 65 … Continue reading
What follows was what appeared on the McHenry County Clerk’s web site. It tells the precinct name, the name of the elected Republican Precinct Committeeman (at least 10 votes are required for write-in candidates), the number of Republican votes cast … Continue reading
The third of John Biver’s articles, first published by the Illinois Family Institute and re-published with the Institute’s permission, about why people should run for Precinct Committeeman: Running for Republican Precinct: What You Need to Know Editor’s Note: Through this … Continue reading
Former Marengo resident John Biver has written a series of articles for the Illinois Family Institute about why people should get off the couch and get involved in the political arena. Below is the first in a series of five. … Continue reading
A friend of McHenry County Blog arranged fall voter turnout from highest to lowest for those precincts with Republican Precinct Committeemen. You see the results below: … Continue reading
Here’s an analysis that looks at whether Republican Precinct Committeemen in McHenry County as a whole made a difference in campaigns. Conclusions? U.S. Senate candidate Jim Oberweis did better with a committeeman. Gubernatorial candidate Bruce Rauner did worse with a … Continue reading
Two nights ago I received a “one-minute poll” from an unidentified source. Just three questions. Last night Susan Anderson called to ask me seven questions. The end of the survey said it was from Communications Express at 618-528-5700. Area code … Continue reading
As McHenry County Board members seem unified in not raising taxes on current county residents, the Chicago Tribune is reporting that Democratic Party Will County Board Chairman Larry Walsh “urged board members to adopt the plan under which the county … Continue reading