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Election 2018
Morrison defeats Davie in District 29 campaign ‘lacking civility’
Erin Yarnall
Contributing Editor
Ready to serve
Northbrook resident, incumbent Carroll
retains seat via uncontested election
Julie A. Morrison celebrates, with her family in the backdrop, on Tuesday, Nov. 6 at
the Highland Park Country Club. She won her third term as State Senator in District
29. Martin Carlino/22nd Century Media
Incumbent Julie A. Morrison
(D-Deerfield) celebrated
another successful
defense of her Senate seat
in the state’s 29th Senate
District over Barrett Davie
(R-Lake Forest) at the
Highland Park Country
Club.
Morrison, 62, won 63.1
percent of the vote to Davie’s
36.9 percent, with 62
of 68 precincts reported, a
difference of 20,762 votes.
The district covers
Highland Park, Highwood,
Lake Bluff, Lake Forest,
Buffalo Grove and Deerfield
in Lake County, and
Arlington Heights, Glencoe,
Prospect Heights
and Northbrook in Cook
County.
The race marked the
first meeting of Morrison
and Davie. Morrison has
served as senator in the
29th Legislative District
since 2013. She previously
served as the West Deerfield
Township Supervisor
for 15 years.
Davie, 44, a first-time
candidate, co-founded a
sports marketing company
InStadium, and served as
its CEO until 2008. He
now serves as the partner
and co-founder of In-
Flow Partners, a business
accelerator. He has also
previously served as the
chairman of Bernie’s Book
Bank in Lake Bluff, and
was a board member at the
Gorton Community Center
in Lake Forest.
“It was a really hard
race, you guys” Morrison
said to a crowded room at
the Highland Park Country
Club. “There was a lot of
nastiness, there was not a
lot of civility. We didn’t
get to talk the issues and
policy that I think this district
expects. I am going to
take this win to Springfield
and work even harder than
I have before.”
Morrison noted the
toughness of the race, and
was happy to no longer
have to worry about campaigning.
“I’m delighted the campaign
is over and just so
happy to be re-elected,”
Morrison said to The Tower
after delivering a victory
speech.
Davie, her challenger,
addressed the crowd at
Chief’s Pub in Lake Forest
after conceding to Morrison.
“We started this campaign
talking about the
idea that is starts right
here, which means it starts
with me,” Davie said to a
large crowd at the pub.
“And then it starts with all
of you, and it starts with
everybody who contributed,
participated, who took
a chance on this belief
that we had that we could
make a difference. We
said it was about action,
inclusion and accountability
that we were going
take action and that we
were going to move, and
we did that. And we were
going to bring people together.”
“We didn’t win this
evening, but we ran an incredible
campaign, we ran
a hell of a campaign,” he
continued.
Davie attributed part of
his loss to voters frustrations
on a federal level
with the Republican party.
“There has never been a
state senate campaign like
this in the state of Illinois,”
Davie said. “... If we didn’t
have some of the national
headwinds we had here,
we would have kicked our
opponent’s [butt].”
Despite his loss, Davie
said he is committed to
staying involved politically
during his speech.
“I’ve learned we have
a lot of challenges,” Davie
said. “I am committed
now more than ever to fixing
those challenges. I am
a bit of a dog with a bone
and I am going to get up
tomorrow morning and I
am going to keep going.
This state is an incredible
place.”
Both candidates received
more than $800,000
in campaign donations.
Morrison’s largest donation
of $361,039.03 came
from the Senate Democratic
Victory Fund, while
Voting breakdown in
Cook County
Morrisson — 22,368
votes
Davie — 13,021 votes
Lake County
Morrisson — 27,549
votes
Davie — 16,134 votes
Total Votes
Morrisson — 49,917,
63.1 percent
Davie — 29,155, 36.9
percent
Davie’s largest donation
of $308,785.83 came from
the Illinois Republican
Party.
In her third term serving
the state’s 29th Legislative
District, Morrison said she
hopes to continue to work
on human service issues,
including gun violence.
“I’m hoping to continue
to work on the human
services issues that I’ve
worked on previously, especially
the problems with
[the Department of Children
and Family Services],”
Morrison said. “And
I am resolved to continue
working on gun violence,
especially an assault weapon
ban.”
Northbrook resident and current State Rep. Jonathan
Carroll speaks to a group of supporters Tuesday, Nov.
6 on election night at the Highland Park Country Club.
Carroll, who took over for retiring State Rep. Elaine
Nekritz, told supporters he was excited to begin work
on his second term. Photo by Martin Carlino/22nd
Century Media
Election 2018
Schakowsky wins 11th term
as U.S. Rep. for 9th District
Eric DeGrechie
Managing Editor
U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky
(D-Evanston) and
her supporters gathered at
Rock ’N Ravioli in Evanston
to watch the returns in
the race for the 9th District
seat.
Schakowsky, 74, who
has held the seat since
1999, defeated Republican
challenger John Elleson,
a pastor from Arlington
Heights. At the time
of press, Schakowsky
received 67 percent
(127,089) to Elleson’s 32
percent (60,906).
For Schakowsky, the win
marks her 11th term in the
seat and she will head back
to Washington as part of a
Democratic-led House.
A call to Schakowsky
had not been returned as of
press time.
U.S. Rep. Jan
Schakowsky (D-Evanston)
won her 11th term. Photo
Submitted
Elleson, who was running
his first political race,
said he learned a lot from
the campaign.
“This district is hard. I
have no regrets,” Elleson
said. “Jan congratulated
me for running a clean
race and I did the same to
her. We pledged to work
together even before this,
no matter the outcome.”