Hills Holding Her Own in Lake County for Election to State Senate, Behind in Cook & McHenry Counties
9:45 results: Lake County: McHenry County: Cook County (almost all precincts included): Kane County:
Take a look at these 9:30 results and see if you agree with me that the idea is dead: Both Republicans and Democrats opposed the Home Rule advisory referendum.
9:30 results, consisting of no election day votes included:
No election day results included in these 9:30 results:
Here are the results with no election day results inclulded:
These results are after early and mail in votes postred at 9 PM are at 63%
There include no votes cast on election dayj:
Three State Senate districts have part of their districts in Kane County. Here are the 9 PM results for them:
I know the polls have not yer closed as I write this post. But, State Rep. Steve Reick has no opposition. So, he will be re-electedl to a tenth term.
From the State’s Attorney: DIGITAL TRAIL LEADS POLICE TO HUNTLEY SCHOOL BUS DRIVER CHARGED WITH CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE MATERIAL OFFENSES; DETENTION ORDERED McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi L. Freese announces that on November 3, 2026, Jon Roth, 43, of Huntley, Illinois, was […]
At my Algonquin Township Precinct 1, I took some photos. One raised the question: “Why was this sign in front of my precinct?” Paid for by the People of Kane County. None of Crystal Lake is in the District 300 Unit School […]
From the Crystal Lake Fkre Department: WORKING FIRE – 1200 Block of Alexandra Blvd CRYSTAL LAKE, IL – The Crystal Lake Fire Rescue Department (CLFR) responded to a reported residential structure fire in the 1200 block of Alexandra Boulevard at 8:16 a.m. […]
One of my lilberal friends got this postcard from the American Civil Lilberties Union urging a vote: The ACLU says it is “non-partisan.”
From the State’s Attorney: OAKWOOD HILLS MAN SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS FOR VICIOUS ATTEMPTED MURDER OF HIS WIFE McHenry County State’s Attorney Randi L. Freese announces that on November 3, 2026, Pablo Contreras, 51, of Oakwood Hills, Illinois, was sentenced to eighteen […]
Hard to believe, but both Democrats and the President have the same strategy, summed up by the headline below from Salem: McHenry County Blog has shown the evidence of what Illinois Democrats are doing: Here is the sign: Both sides are trying […]
The Daily Herald reports that even though anyone looking at the odds of Darren Bailey’s winning being about as close to nil as one could imagine even if one were voting on the merits of whether JB Pritzker has been a good […]
Just vote a big “D” are the Daily Herald’s recommendations for how one should cast his/her ballot. Who is the exception? State Rep. Marty McLaughlin. Last time he won by 47 votes. This year the Democrats have poured on the support for […]
An article in the Chicago Tribune about immigration detention centers has a man who has lived in Chicago since childhood bemoaning the conditions of a detention center in Miami, Indiana; Now 49, Omar recalled during a phone interview with the Tribune his […]
From the Village of Huntley comes the names of those who have taken out petition packets: Filing begins on November 16 and ends on November 23. Candidates do not have to pick up packets from City Hall. The documants are available on […]
Voters at the Nunda Townshipj Hall had to encountert these signs: There were some signs that not candidate signs. This one between a Laurie Parmen for State Representative and a Darren Bailey for Governor sign says. “McHenry County is not a Sancturary […]
Found in the Chicago tribune yesterday:
Here is what District 1 Country Board Republican Matt Kunkle is handing out in his campaign: Another campaign piece was mailed, presumably to Republican households: Strangely, there is no mention that Kunkle is a Republican.
When David McSweeney was running for State Representative against deceased Sttate Rep. Mark Beaubien’s wife, he was hammered for being against killing inutero babies up to the dy before birth. He did not ignore the attack, rather returning the attacks in-kind. No […]
A stand alone ad coming via email from the Northwest Herald and paid for by the McHenry County Democratic Central Committee can be seen below: The County Board did raise the salaries of elected officials. But the the “deficit” to which the […]
Most politicians have stopped advertising in newspapers. .The last time I did, the Northwest Herald put my fairly large ad on the obituary page. The only political advertising I’ve seen has been stickers on the front page. Now, undoubtedly in a move […]
State’s Attorney Randi Freese held a fundraiser in a massive barn last night. Regular readers know that I try to take photos of public officials in attendance. A woman asked me to take her picture and I told her my goal swas […]
Last Saturday, my Republican Precinct Committeeperson Tiffany Wendt placed a bag on my door knob. On top was the palm card for McHenry County Board candidate Dan Hickey. Second was the palm card for State Senate candidate Danielle Penman. A voter guild […]
The ticket from the Huntley Police:
Here is rhe yard sign, which also is appearing on electronic billboard: Good issue, if it were true. And I guess it’s a good issue even though it is demonstrably false. Yes, the budget presented by the bureaucrats had a $7 million […]