McHenry County Blog

A funny thing happened on the way to the general election.

More Democrats voted in the McHenry County primary elections than Republicans.

As McHenry County Blog pointed out Tuesday night, the Democratic Party presidential candidates got more votes than did the Republicans.

And, as one might expect, that was not the only race where this phenomenon occurred.

It happened in the only countywide office which McHenry County Democrats are contesting—the coroner’s office.

With all the absentee and early votes folded in, Democrat Dave Bachmann is shown getting 25,944.

Republican Marlene Lantz got 24,941.

Lantz, you may have noticed, burned a lot of bridges with victorious McHenry County State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi by vigorously supporting Dan Regna’s challenge.

A press release from the McHenry County Democratic Party added,

"Lantz also lagged behind her unopposed ticket mates. Circuit Court Clerk Katherine Keefe pulled 25,060 votes and Recorder of Deeds Phyllis Walters won 25,257.

"The results came on a night when Democrats topped the GOP across the board [this is not quite correct, as can be seen here] in the traditionally heavily Republican county.

"In a statement released to the press Bachmann said,

'I don't believe for one moment, last evenings results are as result of a just because! Dem Ballots were pulled for a reason—a yearning for change. A voter who pulled a Democratic ballot, did not have to vote for'

"Bachmann, himself a cancer survivor, pledged to dedicate his campaign to breast awareness awareness.

'I lost my mother last year to breast cancer, my sister Paula is a survivor, as is my cousin MaryBeth Ong of McHenry. I plan to dedicate my 30 years experience as a death care provider, internationally, to raising awareness in McHenry County this fall. Pink will be the color of the Bachmann campaign. It depicts hope, strength and promise for the future.'”

Labels: Dan Regna, Dave Bachmann, Lou Bianchi, Marlene Lantz, McHenry County Coroner, McHenry County State's Attorney