As of today, here are the amounts in play in the campaign for Illinois Governor. Data accumulated by a Friend of McHenry County Blog. JB Pritzger $ 60,002,990.86 $ 148,574,662.85 Bruce V. Rauner $ 33,743,178.15 $ 78,845,075.75 Sam McCann $ 974,251.00 $ 1,623,885.08 Grayson … Continue reading
The McHenry County Democratic Party Central Committee show having raised almost $19,000 from April through now. The total was boosted that high by about $12,000 from JB Pritzker funneled though the Illinois Democratic County Chair’s Association. In the second quarter … Continue reading
The following information about local school districts was organized by Cary School Board President Scott Coffey. He writes I believe this is a follow up to one of the topics of the school district meeting that took place with the … Continue reading
Receipts for his $1,000 minimum contribution fundraiser September 7th must not be keeping with pace with payroll for Jack Franks’ McHenry County Board Chairmanship campaign. The evidence? Franks pulled $10,000 out of his investment account in Omaha on Monday. … Continue reading
A press release from McHenry County Sheriff Bill Prim: REVENUE UP, EXPENDITURES DOWN, SHERIFF PRIM REPORTS More is being accomplished with less in the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Bill Prim announced Tuesday in a report to the public after … Continue reading
Aldertrack has done the addition and found the following information: Amount showing to replace State Senator Dan Duffy: $982,491.58 Amount showing to replace State Rep. Mike Tryon: $822,945.99 … Continue reading
Yesterday, McHenry County Blog reported that the McHenry County Republican Central Committee During the same time period (October 1st through the end of the year), McHenry County Democrats expended less than one-third as much–$10,098.89. $352 of the money spent was … Continue reading
Most analyses of campaigns provide the amount of money raised and spent. Bill Prim raised $48,394 in the first quarter of this year and spent $66,621.42. From January through March, his opponent Andy Zinke raised $38,625 and spent $75,994. I thought … Continue reading
In other news, spring is coming. A tweet showed up in my inbox from a Friend of McHenry County Blog. It was from State Senator Pam Althoff. I pass it on for information. = = = = = A commenter … Continue reading
That’s what The Illinois Campaign for Political Reform reports of expenditures in the State Rep. race between Republican David McSweeney and Independent Dee Beaubien. Have we come to to point the first qualification of being a State Representative is being … Continue reading
State Senate candidate Karen McConnaughay started the last quarter of 2011 with $42,302.89 Including in-kind contributions, she raised $76,124 during the last three months of last year. She had $71,578.75 to conduct the last three months of the campaign. Today, … Continue reading
Each quarter all expenditures to any source that exceeds $150 has to be reported to the Illinois State Board of Elections. This is how McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren spent reportable funds the last three months of 2011: Cell phone … Continue reading
McHenry County Blog won’t spend a lot of time covering the Republican Primary contest between veteran Congressman Don Manzullo and freshman Adam Kinzinger. While Manzullo currently represents McHenry County, he won’t after the 2012 elections. At that point McHenry County … Continue reading
Democrats don’t have a plan or a timetable for getting unemployment under 9 percent. Talk about sticking one’s foot in one’s mouth. What a huge political blunder! The Daily Herald has Durbin quoted saying: “Durbin, of Illinois, said he didn’t … Continue reading
My Crystal Lake State Representative Mike Tryon is doing exactly what I would do. He is filling out all sorts of questionnaires and publishing them on his campaign web site. Here it is the latest one, a comprehensive one from … Continue reading
