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Candidates Make Their Case to Democratic Voters by Elizabeth www.tenthdems.org PREPRIMARY Illinois Tenth Congressional District Democrats MARCH 15th 2012 Volume 9 Edition 3.5 In This Issue: Candidates Forum..........1/ 7-10 Convention Coverage....1/ 2-6 by Eleonora di Liscia Omission Correction......11 On February 25, the four primary nominees. Highland Park resident For information or to volunteer: hopefuls vying for the opportunity Paula Castleton came because “I’m Email us at [email protected] Or visit our website at www.tenthdems.org to become the first Democrat to an avid 10th District Democrat. I want Or call us at 847.266.VOTE (8683) th represent the Illinois 10 District to see who will be the best candidate Or write to Hon. Lauren Beth Gash, Chair, since Abner Mikva retired from to run against Bob Dold.” Northfield Tenth Dems, P.O. Box 523, Deerfield, IL 60015 Congress in 1979 appeared before a Township Trustee Carol Blustein Editors: Barbara Altman, Susan Friedman, jam-packed ballroom on a live WCPT came to develop an informed opinion, Allan Sperling radio broadcast of veteran Chicago “because this is such an important Editorial Staff: Elizabeth Bloom Albert, newsman Dick Kay’s “Back on the race, and the whole country has its Eleonora di Liscia, Hon. Lauren Beth Gash, Adrienne Kirshbaum, Kim Rodriguez th continued on page 7 Beat.” Vivek Bavda, Brad Schneider, eyes on the 10 .” Design: Tom Peltier Ilya Sheyman, and John Tree shared Photo: Ravi Ganapathy their views on topics ranging from Distribution: Ravi Ganapathy, Glenn Stier education to the economy to the The opinions expressed are those of the writers and environment. not necessarily endorsed by Tenth Dems Tenth Dems cosponsored the forum at the unionized Hyatt Deerfield in order to inform voters about their choices in the March 20 primary election. Audience members came to support a candidate they’d already embraced or to learn about the four possible Ilya Sheyman Vivek Bavda John Tree Brad Schneider Special Preprimary Convention Coverage: Candidates Make Their Case to Democratic Voters by Elizabeth Bloom Albert The National Democratic Convention, when it airs every four years on TV, is a vibrant, sensational, rip-roaring event. All those helium balloons and campaign signs! The confetti and air horns! The Star-Spangled Banner and the red, white, and blue! The rousing speeches and the thunderous applause! The Tenth Dems replicated that jubilant atmosphere at its second District-Wide Convention, held Sunday afternoon, March 4, in the Vernon Hills High School auditorium. The Tenth Congressional District Democrats, or Tenth Dems for short, Conventioneers listen to candidates’ speeches at Vernon Hills High School continued on page 2 MARCH EXTRA EDITION 1 Special Preprimary Convention Coverage: Candidates Make Their Case to Democratic Voters (continued from page 1) Lauren Beth Gash with husband, Gregg Garmisa Convention Chairman John Hmurovic Netherlands, spoke of America’s image abroad. Barack Obama could not attend, but he did send a representative to address the crowd on behalf of his reelection campaign. More than 300 Democrats turned out for the event. Admission was free for all, and only Tenth Dems members has been in existence since 2003. It received straw poll ballots. of the congressional campaigns, was formed to help elect Democrats asking if he’d made up his mind to all levels of government throughout Some of the 300-plus attendees came yet about who he was supporting the 10th District. The district to rally in support of candidates they in the primary. When he said he boundaries may have changed for were already backing, while others hadn’t, the caller suggested Schmitt 2012, but the core mission of Tenth came to learn more about the many attend the Convention, where he’d Dems remains candidates on this year’s primary have a chance to hear from all of the same. ballot. Candidates from all parts of the congressional candidates. Cyd the district who are campaigning for Walloch of Wheeling, also wanted to At the Convention, Democrats heard offices at all levels of government hear what the different congressional stirring speeches from candidates in were invited to the Convention to candidates had to say, noting that her a number of important primary races, introduce themselves to an auditorium husband was working on behalf of participated in a straw poll for their filled with active, enthusiastic, one of them but that she wanted to favorite congressional candidate, politically-engaged Democrats. decide for herself. continued on page 3 and listened as special guest Fay Hartog-Levin, Ambassador to the Among those politically-engaged audience members was voter John Schmitt of Mount Prospect. He had received a call from one Lake County State’s Attorney candidates (left to right): Chris Kennedy, Karen Boyd Williams, Reginald C. Mathews MARCH EXTRA EDITION 2 Special Preprimary Convention Coverage: Candidates Make Their Case to Democratic Voters (continued from page 2) Candidates for the State Legislature (clockwise from top-left): Amanda Howland (26th State Senate), Laura Fine (17th State Rep.), Sam Yingling (62nd State Rep.), Ed Erwin (61st State Rep.), Scott Drury (58th State Rep.), 29th State Senate candidates on next page Eric Lipschultz of Buffalo Grove and creative learning in public schools Stackhouse-Mull was there to tap Joan Herczeg of Highland Park both these days, thanks in large part to the into the Convention’s positive energy said they had already been won over implementation of No Child and to learn how we as a party can by a congressional candidate. They Left Behind. work together to resolve the issues of attended the Convention to hear the day. candidates for the other offices with Beverly Stackhouse-Mull of Zion was contested primary races. Herczeg, at the Convention for two reasons. John Hmurovic, chairman of the a former educator and former In addition to using the forum to convention, called the event to order member of a local school board, introduce herself as a candidate with a slap of his fist against the spoke eloquently about the stifling of for Lake County Board (District 2), continued on page 4 Township Democratic Chairs - Dave McArtin - Grant, Tom Jurgens - Libertyville, Dave Koss - Waukegan, Jim Neel - Warren, Laura Murphy - Maine, Beverly Stackhouse-Mull - Zion, Ellie Sylvan - West Deerfield, Township Democratic Chairs photos cont. on page 4: Steve Rosensweig - Vernon, Priscilla Sperling - New Trier, Lauren Beth Gash - Moraine, Beth Martin - Shields MARCH EXTRA EDITION 3 Special Preprimary Convention Coverage: Candidates Make Their Case to Democratic Voters (continued from page 3) podium. Clara Berman and Shelley All the speakers drew enthusiastic Orbach got the festivities off to a applause, and many of their words rousing start with an opening song— resonated. One candidate began her the Woody Guthrie classic, “This Land speech with, running for reelection to Is Your Land.” By the time we were the Metropolitan Water Reclamation through singing along, we all had District, began her speech with, “How party horns and/or plastic clappers in sweet it is to be in a hall with so many our hands. We were ready to make ardent, passionate Democrats!” and some noise! we all wanted to vote for her after these words, even those who don’t All three Democratic candidates in live within her district. the hotly contested race for Lake County State’s Attorney spoke, as Julie Morrison, candidate for State did candidates in Lake County Board Senate in the 29th District, reminded races, and Illinois State Senate us that the real battle lies ahead, that whoever wins the 29th District Senate primary will be facing an and House races. We heard from extremist, Tea-Party Republican candidates seeking positions on the come November. “Some of our most North Shore Sanitary District and important values are under attack,” the Metropolitan Water Reclamation continued on page 5 District, as well as one of the candidates running for Lake County Dan Pierce - Candidate, North Shore Coroner, a Cook County Circuit Court Sanitary District Trustee, Ward 5 Clerk candidate, and two judicial candidates. Karen McCormick, Event Chair, keeps agenda on track Julie Morrison (29th Senate) Cynthia Prium Haran - Candidate, Barbara Altman, Tenth Dems Newsletter Lake County Circuit Court Clerk Editor, reviewing candidate details Milton Sumption (29th Senate) MARCH EXTRA EDITION 4 Special Preprimary Convention Coverage: Candidates Make Their Case to Democratic Voters (continued from page 4) Candidates Sheyman, Bavda and Tree make their case to conventioneers got the change we needed in Barack Obama,” she said, “But it wasn’t enough! Candidates like me were 20 votes short in each precinct for our offices!” Haran reminded the crowd Morrison said. Milton Sumption, also that we have to vote for Democrats Michael Blake, told the crowd that running for State Senate in the 29th up and down the ballot if we want to whereas 2008 represented “the District, touted his public service see the change we so desperately changing of the guard, 2012 will be background. Through his experiences need in our communities and our about the guarding of the change.” in the Peace Corps and his work in lives. Judicial candidates Patricia Blake listed some of the changes that Washington, D.C., he has cultivated a Fix and Nancy Waites, running in came about during the President’s deep commitment to serving different districts, encouraged us first term: the Lilly Ledbetter Act his community.. to turn the ballot over and remind (which protects women’s right to our friends to be sure to vote for the equal pay for equal work), ending Cynthia Pruim Haran, running for Democratic candidates in the (too the Iraq War, healthcare reform, and Clerk of the Circuit Court of Lake often forgotten) judicial races. slow but steady economic recovery.
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