D158: With Common Sense Candidates School Board Majority Lost, Evenly Divided Board Must Appoint Successor

Huntley School Board election winners With Gina Galligar resignation due to husband’s new job in Florida, 2025 D158 school board elections will have five seats on ballot Exclusive to McHenry County Blog by John Lopez They were the talk of … Continue reading

Republican State Central Committeeperson from Lake County Joining Trump Presidential Campaign as Political Adviser but with Real Objective

Mark Shaw Donald Trump, 7/1/23 To determine which Republican delegate & alternate delegate candidates appear as “Trump” delegates on primary ballot Exclusive to McHenry County Blog by John Lopez Petition circulation for nominations for the November 2024 general election has … Continue reading

UPDATED: Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee Meets without Drama of No Confidence Vote Against Chairman Don Tracy

So what happened to all that talk about grassroots conservatives demanding Chairman Don Tracy be forced out by resignation or “no confidence” vote? Exclusive to McHenry County Blog from John Lopez UPDATE Aug 19, 9:30AM CDT Added Illinois Freedom Alliance … Continue reading

Late Sunday Funny: Donald Trump Spends Less Than Hour Saturday at Iowa State Fair but Entire Sunday Afternoon with Laura Loomer Watching Golf in Bedminster?

Exclusive to McHenry County Blog by John Lopez Donald Trump & Laura Loomer 8/13/23 On Saturday, most of the 2024 Republican presidential primary field descended upon the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. The old “Iowa straw poll” at the … Continue reading

IL-11: Jerry Evans Considering Running for Congress in 2024

Jerry Evans Exclusive to McHenry County Blog by John Lopez On the Friday, July 28, release of the Smoke Filled Room podcast hosted by Collin Corbett with Cor Strategies operatives, plus special guest Patrick Pfingsten, owner of The Illinoize newsletter, … Continue reading

IL-11: Challengers to Bill Foster from Far Left to Far Right Proving to be Comical

Exclusive to McHenry County Blog by John Lopez Bill Foster Qasim Rashid Congressman Bill Foster (D, Naperville) announced on July 5 he would seek reelection to represent the 11th Congressional District in the 119th Congress, which would be his 9th … Continue reading

IL-11: NRCC Places Catalina Lauf in Third-Tier in Young Guns Program

Catalina Lauf With the open IL-17 the decided top target to flip in 2022, elevation of IL-06 and IL-13 nominees to “Young Gun” level in NRCC rating places Lauf in 3rd tier with IL-14 and IL-08 Early Tuesday morning July … Continue reading

IL-11: Catalina Lauf First Comparison Piece with Congressman Bill Foster

Catalina Lauf Bill Foster Placing the nickname “Failed Foster” into use for first time, Lauf posts generic comparisons with Foster in campaign email sent Friday Late Friday afternoon, Catalina Lauf (R, Woodstock) sent a fundraising email which included to my … Continue reading

IL-11: Congressman Bill Foster Casts Two Abortion-on-Demand Votes, The Truth and No Reaction from Catalina Lauf or Stance on National Abortion Ban

Bill Foster From Bill Foster (D, Naperville) congressional office press release of Friday, July 15: Foster Votes to Restore Reproductive Rights and Abortion Access Nationwide Washington, DC – Today [Friday], Congressman Bill Foster (D-IL) released the following statement after the … Continue reading

FEC Fundraising Through June 30 Shows Only Two Realistic Republican Pick-up Opportunities

Bill Foster began 3rd Quarter with just under $5 million compared to Catalina Lauf’s $26K a nearly 200-1 cash-on-hand advantage The 2nd Quarter Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings are in the books, as the latest campaign disclosures in Federal races … Continue reading

IL-11: First Lady’s “Breakfast Tacos” Quote Monday Part of Bigger Message Awaiting Country November 8

Catalina Lauf 7/12/22 While Lauf not at the maturity level of other Latina Republican nominees across the country who’ve won their respective primaries, she has a chance to capitalize on the “Latina Red Wave” in spite of her long-shot November … Continue reading

IL-11 UPDATED: Republican Campaign Notes with NRCC Statement for Catalina Lauf

Catalina Lauf UPDATE 7/14/22, 10:40AM CDT: The NRCC did acknowledge Catalina Lauf’s victory on June 29, but it was not distributed through the NRCC communications channels including Twitter. The NRCC section has been updated to include their statement. ==== END … Continue reading

IL-11: Mark Carroll Files FEC Report Through June 30

Mark Carroll With donations void of State Central Committeeperson Laura Pollastrini, state Representatives Jeff Keicher and Keith Wheeler and many other endorsers, Carroll reports raising little over $47K for 3rd place finish North Aurora Village Trustee Laura Curtis, Naperville Township … Continue reading

IL-11/66th House District: Catalina Lauf’s Defense of Freedom PAC First Financial Donation to Republican Candidate from Illinois

Catalina Lauf Arin Thrower Dundee Township Supervisor Arin Thrower First Illinois Candidate to Receive Financial Support from Lauf PAC A first for nominee Catalina Lauf (R, Woodstock). Dundee Township Supervisor Arin Thrower (R, West Dundee) was the first Illinois candidate … Continue reading

IL-11: Grow up Catalina Lauf and Remember Over 68% of Primary Voters Wanted Someone Else and Latest Tweet Would Almost Qualify as a Sunday Funny

This little guy Does NOT have birthing parents… but DOES have a mom and dad and a fun auntie (me!) Also, gives one hell of a workout wanting to be held all day… 🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/fcbPOKW4WL— Catalina Lauf (@CatalinaLauf) July 9, … Continue reading

IL-11 UPDATEDx5: Early June Brings No Change to Rankings of Republican Candidates as Catalina Lauf Publishes Financial Disclosure Statement & Susan Hathaway-Altman Files Amendment

From my own observations including feedback shared by multiple friends of McHenry County Blog, here is the rankings of the 6 Republican candidates competing for IL-11’s Republican nomination.

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IL-11 UPDATED: Revised Rankings of Republican Candidates Makes Primary a 2-person, Maybe 3-person Race

From my own observations including feedback shared by multiple friends of McHenry County Blog, here is the rankings of the 6 Republican candidates competing for IL-11’s Republican nomination.

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IL-11: Is the Right Lauf Running for Congress?

Catalina and Madeline Lauf with Friends from Begin Health website Catalina Lauf reacts to Jerry Evans interview with business update of sister’s company Last Wednesday night, IL-11 candidate Jerry Evans (R, Warrenville) shined bright during his livestream interview with Chrissi … Continue reading

IL-11 UPDATEDx9: Q122 Fundraising Reshaping Republican Primary Race

From my own observations including feedback shared by multiple friends of McHenry County Blog, here is the rankings of the 6 Republican candidates competing for IL-11’s Republican nomination.

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IL-11: Why Jeanne Ives Endorsement of Jerry Evans for Congress a Gamechanger

“We need more people with a background like Jerry Evans in Congress. “As a small business owner Jerry will watch out for taxpayers. “As a parent, Jerry will make sure that parents get a say in all aspects of their … Continue reading