June 25, 2003
FLOOD OF "RWGS" MEAN AVALANCHE OF SENATE ADS
Oberweis ran for the Republican senate nomination in 2002, spent close to $1 million, and got 259,515 votes (31.5 percent). Wood ran for governor in 2002, finishing third with 246,825 votes (26.9 percent), but she ran well in the northern suburbs. The early outlook: The Republican “establishment” candidate invariably prevails in primaries, as Jim Ryan proved in 2002, getting 44.7 percent; but there is a definite socially conservative vote (like O’Malley’s 28.4 percent in 2002), and a definite moderate/female gender vote (like Wood’s 26.9 percent in 2002). The hard-core, socially conservative candidates (McKenna, Cox, O’Malley, Rauschenberger) will split the Hard Right’s 30 percent. Full Article...
June 18, 2003
"PLACK IS BEATABLE" GIVES HOPE TO STATE GOP
The top vote-getter wins. In 1984, in a field of eight, Jackson got 21 percent of the vote (with 348,843 votes), finishing third behind Walter Mondale (40 percent) and Gary Hart (35 percent); in 1988, in a field of six, Jackson got 32 percent (with 484,233 votes), finishing second to Paul Simon (42 percent), and ahead of Mike Dukakis (16 percent), Al Gore (five percent), Dick Gephardt (two percent), and Gary Hart (one percent). In a low-interest primary, Durbin, endorsed by Simon and the Democratic establishment, prevailed easily, with 512,520 votes (65 percent), to Quinn’s 233,138 (30 percent); the bulk of Quinn’s vote came from Chicago’s black wards.Full Article...
June 11, 2003
"ROAD MAP" UNFOLDS FOR LOCAL 2004 ELECTION
Brown won the 2000 Democratic primary with less than a majority, getting 216,631 votes (48.4 percent), but easily topping her three white opponents: Alderman Pat Levar, who got 123,309 votes (27.5 percent), Metropolitan Water Reclamation Commissioner Pat Young, who got 56,841 votes (12.8 percent), and Alderman Joe Moore, who got 50,665 votes (11.3 percent). 20th House District: For over 30 years, there has been a Non-Aggression Pact between the Republican McAuliffe Clan and the Democratic Cullerton Clan, initially in the 38th Ward and the old 14th House District, and later in the 41st Ward and the 13th and 14th House Districts. Capparelli backed Tom Needham, who came within 1,895 votes of beating young McAuliffe, and the Doherty-McAuliffe forces ran Peter Callaghan against Capparelli, who kept Capparelli’s winning percentage to just 58.5. D’Amico is the nephew of Alderman Marge Laurino (39th), and the grandson of the late Alderman Tony Laurino (39th). Full Article...
June 4, 2003
DALEY CREATES "FEUDAL" DEMOCRATIC HIERARCHY
Of Chicago’s 50 aldermen, 22 are Democratic ward committeemen (including Alderman Marge Laurino, whose husband, Randy Barnette, is committeeman). At present, aldermen are Democratic committeemen in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 22nd, 24th, 25th, 28th, 29th, 33rd, 34th, 36th, 40th, and 50th wards (plus the alderman’s husband in the 39th Ward), for a total of 22 wards. In the Uptown 46th Ward, pro-Daley Committeeman Sandra Reed has tried twice and failed to oust Alderman Helen Shiller (46th). Full Article...
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