Thursday, February 23, 2006
Robert Churchill Wins Straw Poll of Secondary Schaumburg Township Republican Group
One of the results of the "winner-take-all" system of electing township and ward committeemen in Cook County is that when one politician’s organization loses it is pretty much completely replaced with the winner’s precinct workers. (Outside of Cook County, every precinct elects a precinct committeeman. It is not an "all or nothing" election on a township or county basis, so any political or demographic change is incremental, not seismic.)
A complete makeover occurred in Schaumburg Township in 1998 when now State Rep. Paul Froehlich defeated Don Totten, former State Representative, State Senator, Ronald Reagan Illinois campaign manager and 1982 Lieutenant Governor primary opponent of then House Speaker George Ryan.
Froehlich’s group is now the “regular” Republican organization, called S.T.A.R., the Schaumburg Township Alliance of Republicans. The other group is called F.I.R.S.T., the Forum for Independents and Republicans of Schaumburg Township. It is the successor organization to Totten’s old group, called ROOST--the Republican Organization of Schaumburg Township.
David McSweeney has the endorsement of Froehlich's "official" Republican organization.
With that background, here is the press release sent by Churchill’s group:
A complete makeover occurred in Schaumburg Township in 1998 when now State Rep. Paul Froehlich defeated Don Totten, former State Representative, State Senator, Ronald Reagan Illinois campaign manager and 1982 Lieutenant Governor primary opponent of then House Speaker George Ryan.
Froehlich’s group is now the “regular” Republican organization, called S.T.A.R., the Schaumburg Township Alliance of Republicans. The other group is called F.I.R.S.T., the Forum for Independents and Republicans of Schaumburg Township. It is the successor organization to Totten’s old group, called ROOST--the Republican Organization of Schaumburg Township.
David McSweeney has the endorsement of Froehlich's "official" Republican organization.
With that background, here is the press release sent by Churchill’s group:
”Bob Churchill wins Straw Poll at the 8th Congressional District – Republican Candidates Open Forum” sponsored by F-I-R-S-T on Saturday, February 18, 2006
SCHAUMBURG TOWNSHIP, Ill., Feb 21 / -- F-I-R-S-T (Forum for Independents and Republicans of Schaumburg Township) announced today that Bob Churchill won a Straw Poll conducted at the conclusion of an open forum on February 18, 2006. The forum featured Republican Candidates for the Illinois 8th Congressional Seat. The results are below:
48% Robert W. Churchill
28% Kathy Salvi
10% Ken Arnold
6% James Creighton Mitchell Jr.
4% Aaron B. Lincoln
4% David McSweeney
