Posts tagged ‘Lieutenant Governor’
by Ellen McClennan, posted on Wednesday, November 13th, 2013 at 8:41 pm
Okay Union leaders, Union members, Everybody and Anybody else who cares about Illinois families, get out of your comfort zone and get to work. The time for sitting on the sidelines is over.
We need to endorse another candidate to run for Governor. Quinn/Vallas would be a disaster. A Republican would be a disaster. We can no longer fear what traditional Democrats will think–or what traditional Republicans will think–if we ‘rebel’ against our ‘traditional’ party lines. They have both abandoned us in support of a corporate-driven tax loophole culture which is cannibalizing our schools and our state. We need to think of our children and their future in Illinois. Our kids are counting on us.
All of us who care about the education of our children, our tax burden, and the maintenance and structure of our beautiful state’s infrastructure need to open our eyes. We have a real crisis brewing and we cannot live in denial any longer.
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Tags: 2014 elections, Democrats, education, Governor, Illinois, Lieutenant Governor, Pat Quinn, Paul Vallas, Ralph Martire, Republicans, unions
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by John Laesch, posted on Saturday, November 9th, 2013 at 5:40 pm
Who will you vote for on Nov. 5, 2014 if you are given the choice between voting for a Republican (pick one) and a Republican (Paul Vallas)? Yep, Pat Quinn picked a Republican as his running mate, further alienating working people, minorities and women from the Democratic Party.
Four years ago, Vallas told host Jeff Berkowitz on the Public Affairs cable TV show that he’s now a Republican.
VALLAS: “I would take a Republican primary ballot.”
BERKOWITZ: “Do you think of yourself as a Republican?”
VALLAS: “I’m more of a Republican than a Democrat.”
BERKOWITZ: “If you run again for office you’d be running as a Republican?”
VALLAS: “I would, yes, yes.”
It gets better
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Tags: 2014 elections, Democrats, Governor, IL-Gov, Illinois, Lieutenant Governor, Pat Quinn, Paul Vallas, Republicans
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by John Laesch, posted on Sunday, March 28th, 2010 at 7:34 am
By now most political insiders already know that green yard signs will read, Quinn-Simon for the November 2010 election cycle. My perspective on the selection process might be slightly different from others, so, I decided to pen my own version. I covered the initial candidate selection process last week.
Crowds of Turner and
Krishnamoorthi supporters were shivering in the cool morning air when we arrived at
The Inn in Springfield around 9:35 a.m. on Saturday morning. These were the only campaigns that seemed to mobilize supporters. In advance of this morning’s event, I only know of three candidates who were working phones up until the last minute to get votes. Sheila Simon and Dirk Enger were calling all committeemen and Raja Krishnamoorthi seems to have invested about six weeks of time calling, e-mailing and snail mailing all of the 38 State Central Committee (SCC) members, was still calling for support.
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Tags: 2010 elections, Art Turner, Dirk Enger, Illinois, Illinois Democratic Party, Jasper St. Angel, Lieutenant Governor, Megan Drilling, Mike Madigan, Pat Quinn, Raja Krishnamoorthi, Sheila Simon
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by Jennifer Laesch, posted on Thursday, March 25th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
This afternoon I received a call from Sheila Simon, one of the 16 finalists in the Lt. Governor selection process. Simon said that she was one of Governor Quinn’s top picks and wanted to know if that would influence my vote.
I told her that the Democratic Party needs to restore some integrity and go back to being a party that lives up to our promises. That being said, I’ve already given my word to Dirk Enger that I would nominate and support his candidacy.
I have been around long enough to put two and two together and it would not surprise me if Governor Quinn will announce his support for Sheila Simon tomorrow.
Governor Quinn has indicated that he will weigh in regarding his preference in this matter before Saturday and Mike Madigan has stated that he would honor Quinn’s wishes.
Tags: 2010 elections, Dirk Enger, Illinois, Illinois Democratic Party, Lieutenant Governor, Pat Quinn, Sheila Simon
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by John Laesch, posted on Monday, March 22nd, 2010 at 9:21 am
On Saturday, March 20th, I took careful notes while attending one of the six public forums used to select a Democratic Lieutenant Governor. I was at the Bolingbrook location, where 20 of the 40 anticipated applicants showed up to audition.
As a political activist and candidate, I have been to literally hundreds of coffees, fundraisers, rallies, press conferences and political events as part of the grueling process of running for public office. Based on this experience, I think I can state with some authority that the first-round selection process used to vet potential candidates to be Governor Quinn’s running mate brought out the best candidates I have ever seen in a room full of people seeking public office.
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Tags: 2010 elections, Dean Koldenhoven, Dirk Enger, Illinois, Illinois Democratic Party, Lieutenant Governor, Pat Quinn
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by Jennifer Laesch, posted on Monday, March 1st, 2010 at 10:02 am
I want to thank everyone who voted to elect me as the Democratic State Central Committeewoman for Illinois’ 14th District in this past February 2010 election. If you voted for my opponent because you liked her platform better than mine, I would like to hear some of those ideas and I want you to know that I am also here to serve you.
When I ran for this seat, I had no idea that I would be in a position to help select the next Democratic nominee to run for Lieutenant Governor in Illinois. After Scott Cohen won the nomination on February 2, a past arrest record was used to pressure him to step down.
This decision by Mr. Cohen puts the 38 Democratic State Central Committeewomen and Committeemen in a unique position to help slate the Democratic nominee to run on the ticket with Governor Quinn.
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Tags: 2010 elections, Democratic State Central Committee, IL-14, Illinois, Lieutenant Governor, Scott Lee Cohen
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by n0madic, posted on Sunday, May 24th, 2009 at 12:47 am
… you get your house painted?
Answer: Nowhere. Not when you hire a non-union painter to do the job.
So here’s the deal. A few days ago somebody slipped some photos under the cyber-door here at The Progressive Fox. Pics of a lovely home in Aurora getting spruced up with a little fresh paint. And it turns out that’s Vernon and Linda Chapa LaVia’s home.
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Tags: Aurora IL, Bill Foster, endorsements, Illinois, IUPAT, Kane County, Lieutenant Governor, Linda Chapa LaVia, unions
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