LeAlan Jones will appear on WJJG 1530 AM, Wednesday, Feb. 10 at 8:00 AM. Those in the Elmhurst area can listen on 1530 AM. You can also listen online at http://wjjgam1530.com/ . Ray Hanania is the host of the show and has numerous meda credits to his name.

THANK YOU to all the Green Voters!

There were nearly twice as many Green voters for this primary as the previous primary! All of our candidates appreaciate your votes and support! It will be our privilege to work with all of you for a successful November election. Please contact any of the candidates below or the state party and offer your assistance. Again, thank you for your votes and help. 

Statewide Candidates

U.S. Senator - LeAlan M. Jones
Governor - Rich Whitney
Lieutenant Governor - Don W. Crawford
Attorney General - David F. Black
Comptroller - R. Erika Schafer
Treasurer - Scott K. Summers
Secretary of State - Adrian Frost

Congressional Candidates

1st Congress - Jeff Adams
2nd Congress - Michael E. Mayden
3rd Congress - Laurel Lambert Schmidt
4th Congress - Robert J. Burns
5th Congress - Matt Reichel
7th Congress - Kip Robbins
8th Congress - Bill Scheurer
9th Congress - Simon Ribeiro
12th Congress - Rodger Jennings
14th Congress - Daniel J. Kairis
16th Congress - Terry G. Campbell
17th Congress - Roger K. Davis
18th Congress - Sheldon Schafer

Legislative Candidates

39th State Rep - Jeremy Karpen
47th State Rep - Bob Mueller
68th State Rep - Gerry Woods
69th State Rep - Dan Lindsey
79th State Rep - George Ochsenfeld
105th State Rep - Vince LaMie
115th State Rep - Charlie Howe

County Candidates

Cook County Assessor - Robert C. Grota
Cook County Board President - Thomas Tresser
Cook County Commissioner, District 01 - Ronald Lawless
Cook County Commissioner, District 02 - Michael Smith
Cook County Commissioner, District 04 - Joseph A. Barton
Cook County Commissioner, District 07 - Paloma Andrade
Cook County Commissioner, District 09 - Brock Merck
Cook County Commissioner, District 13 - George E. Milkowski
Cook County Commissioner, District 17 - Richard Dalka
Cook County, Metropolitan Water Rec District - Diana Horton
Cook County, Metropolitan Water Rec District - Nadine Bopp
Cook County, Metropolitan Water Rec District - Jack Ailey
Cook County Sheriff - Marshall Lewis
Lake County Board, District 08 - Kevin Gartley
McHenry County Board, District 05 - Frank Wedig
McHenry County Sheriff - Gus Philpott

If you have any questions about this list, or if you are seeking contact information for a candidate, please contact Phil Huckelberry, Illinois Green Party Chair, or Patrick Kelly, Illinois Green Party Media Coordinator, at phil.huckelberry at ilgp.org or patrick.kelly at ilgp.org.

Election Night Celebrations

All candidates, supporters, media and the public are invited to attend Green Party gatherings in Chicago and Carbondale. Events subject to change without notice.

Chicago

O'Shaughnessy's Public House, 4557 N. Ravenswood, Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

• Matt Reichel (U.S. Congress, 5th district) (host)
• Jeff Adams (U.S. Congress, 1st district)
• Simon Ribeiro (U.S. Congress, 9th district)
• Scott Summers (Illinois Treasurer)
• Bob Mueller (State Rep., 47th district)
• Tom Tresser (Cook County Board President)
• Jack Ailey (Metropolitan Water Reclamation District)
• Several other local candidates likely to attend

Carbondale

Varsity Theater, Intermission Room, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale, 7 p.m., hosted by candidates Rich Whitney (Governor) and Charlie Howe (State Rep, 115th district)

Rich Whitney's Response to Citizens United V. FEC. Court Ruling

Carbondale, IL- Green Party candidate for Governor Rich Whitney issued the following statement in response to the recent Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission:

In a transparently political decision, a majority of the U.S. Supreme Court overturned its own recent precedent yesterday and paid tribute to the giant corporate interests that already wield tremendous power over our political process and political speech. Drawing upon a much older precedent – the legal fiction of corporate “personhood” that it created in 1886 – the Court determined that these contrived “rights” trump the public interest in having genuinely representative government.

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