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Primary Elections

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

RESULTS: Algonquin Township Primary Election

Several area township races were voted on during Tuesday's primary.

Below are the preliminary results from contested races in Tuesday's primary election:  Algonquin Township Supervisor: One to be elected to four-year term.  Algonquin Township Trustees: Four to be elected to four-year term.   Algonquin Township Clerk: One to be elected to four-year term.    Updated at 10:02 p.m. on Feb. 26.  ----------- Voters will decide on candidates in many local township races during a primary election on Tuesday, Feb. 26.  There are three contested races for Algonquin township including, the Algonquin Township supervisor race, Algonquin Township trustees race and the Algonquin Township clerk race.  Algonquin Township is McHenry County's largest township. It covers a portion of Algonquin, Lake in the Hills, Crystal Lake…

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UPDATE: Results From Algonquin, Lake in the Hills Primary Election (in Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Patch) and Algonquin Township Election Packed with Candidates (in Crystal Lake-Cary Patch)

Friday, December 9, 2011

Judges Uphold New Legislative Maps

The Democrats' state district maps, signed into law in June, have withstood a legal challenge by state Republicans, according to the Chicago Tribune.

The ballot for the March 20 primary election has taken shape. But even as the filing period for candidates ended Monday, an important question remained: what about the district maps? On Wednesday, that question was answered. According to this Chicago Tribune article, an appeals panel of three federal judges rejected final arguments put forth by state Republicans against the new General Assembly maps, which Gov. Pat Quinn signed into law in June. State law requires that lawmakers draw up new legislative district maps each time there is a federal census. The new maps were drafted by state Democrats, without the input of their Republican counterparts, since Democrats control both houses of the General Assembly and the governor’s office. State…

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Suburbs Get New Congressional Districts - And One Familiar Candidate (in Montgomery Patch) and Illinois GOP Leaders Sue Over Legislative Remap (in Lemont Patch)

Dennis Allen

7:22 pm on Thursday, December 29, 2011

Man, that's a new one. The Dems have drawn maps to disenfranchise the minority voters ? LMAO Since when have the teapublicans given 2 sh_ts about the minoritys ?   more ›

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