Election 2020
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Photo courtesy to Stefanie Smith Facebook page NORMAL, Ill.- Running for the U.S. Congress in the Illinois District 13 is Stefanie Smith. With the results hours away Smith shared that she is not excited about this election, in fact she’s disappointed. “Not postponing the primary is an egregious violation of public health and trust,” said […]
Photo courtesy to CDC Facebook page NORMAL, Ill.- the Illinois State Univeristy’s American Democracy project understands that COVID-19 and the University’s extension of Spring Break will impact the upcoming Primary Election on March 17. ADP sent out an email and stated, “Because civic engagement is a core value of Illinois State University, we would like […]
NORMAL, Ill.- Is term length correlated to corruption? One challenger believes so. At WGLT’s candidate forum, Republican primary challenger David Blumenshine said he believes State Representative Dan Brady needs to simplify the issues that face Illinois’ District 105 and the state by making tax cuts. In Governor JB Pritzker’s State of the State address there […]
NORMAL, Ill.- Seats in the Illinois House of Representatives are up for election, and Bloomington’s 105th district is seeing incumbent Republican Dan Brady run against republican hopeful David Blumenshine. The debate that took place at WGLT’s candidate forum, and the pension crisis and tax cuts were a hot topic on Thursday, Feb. 13. “It’s your generation. This thing isn’t […]
Photo courtesy to Adam Kinzinger’s website WASHINGTON, D.C.- Later this year, the American people will have a choice on how they want our country to be run come election day. The impeachment shifts some expectations our Illinois Congressman has for the country moving forward from the State of the Union Address and the Impeachment acquittal. […]
NORMAL – Bloomington City Council candidates gathered with family, friends and supporters as they awaited the results of the municipal election Tuesday night. After a long campaign, some nights ended in victory, while others were not as lucky. Despite the outcome, the night was made to celebrate the campaign efforts and all of the hard […]
BLOOMINGTON – Just under 10% of registered voters had their voice heard in the Bloomington municipal election on Tuesday. They elected four new aldermen into City Council Donna Boelen defeated Georgene Chissell by recieving 59.9% of the votes for Ward 2 Alderman. Julie Emig was elected to be the Ward 4 Alderman after having 60.16% […]
NORMAL – After a long municipal election day, an incumbent remains in only one of the three seats on the Normal Town Council that were up for election. Kathleen Lorenz, who has been on the council since 2015, won 14.52% of the vote, allowing her to stay in office for another term. She was not the […]
NORMAL – Today is the Normal municipal election. At the Bone Student Center on the campus of Illinois State University, voter turnout has been average in comparison to previous municipal elections. Election judge Donna Beyer confirmed that around 90 people had voted at that precinct throughout the day, which was about 20 percent of all […]
BLOOMINGTON – The local municipal election for Bloomington is today. The voter turnout at one polling place, Hansen Student Center on the campus of Illinois Wesleyan University, has been fairly modest. Election Judge Tim Dooley was able to confirm that they’ve had over one-hundred people turn up to vote as of 1 pm today. It […]