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Incumbent Foster wins Democratic nomination in D11 primary
Sean Hastings, Editor
With 224 of 224 precincts
across Will, Kane
and Cook Counties reported,
incumbent Congressman
Bill Foster won
the nomination for the
Democratic party for the
11th U.S. Congressional
District.
As of press time, Foster
received
26,106 votes
(57 percent)
while Rachel
Ventura
received
19,3563
votes (43
percent),
according to the unofficial
results from the Will
County Clerk’s Office and
Cook County Clerk’s Office.
Foster has held office
in the 11th District since
2013. Ventura had been a
Will County Board member
for District 9 since
2018.
“I’m very grateful to the
people that I have been
representing for years,”
Foster said. “It is an honor
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NL library’s referendum passes, services to increase
Sean Hastings, Editor
With 21 of 21 precincts
in Will County reporting,
the New Lenox Public Library’s
tax referendum is
passed with 3,741 (57 percent)
“yes” votes to 2,857
(43 percent) “no” votes,
according to the unofficial
results from the Will
Foster
County Clerk’s Office.
The library recently paid
off its construction bonds
and would no longer be
collecting that tax, which
allowed to use the same tax
rate and have it redirected
address maintenance.
The “yes” vote means
hours will be extended
during the week, the
building will be open on
Sundays, expand services
and address maintenance
needs around the building.
The current tax rate was
for a building 19 percent
of the size of the current
one. This is the first voterapproved
operational tax
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rate increase since 1946.
“My first thought was ‘I
wish we could have been
together to celebrate,’” Director
Michelle Krooswyk
said. “Some were planning
to hangout and watch together
as the results came
in.”
Homer’s Fricilone wins
Republican nomination in
Congressional D3 primary
Thomas Czaja,
Contributing Editor
when you’re reelected.
“There’s a long list of
unfinished business. We
need to strengthen health
care, we need to stand up
for science and public policy
and climate change.”
Foster also thanked the
voters who went and voted
amid coronavirus concerns.
Homer
Glen resident
and
Will County
Board
Minority
Leader and Fricilone
District 7
Member Mike Fricilone
won the Republican nomination
for the United States
Congressional District 3
race on Tuesday, March 17,
in the Primary Election.
Fricilone secured a total
of 9,253 votes (57.60
percent), with Catherine
O’Shea a distant second at
5,198 votes (32.35 percent)
and Arthur Jones at 1,613
votes (10.04 percent), according
to unofficial re-
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sults from the Board of
Election Commissioners
for the City of Chicago, as
well as clerks’ offices from
suburban Cook, Will and
DuPage counties. These
numbers are still with precincts
not yet reported for
suburban Cook County
and one precinct not yet
reported for the Board of
Election Commissioners
for the City of Chicago, as
of Wednesday, March 18.
Fricilone tweeted on
election night from his
Fricilone For Congress
@FriciloneMike Twitter
handle saying, “Thank you
to everyone that voted for
me! We have won Illinois’
3rd Congressional District
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Laib wins U.S. Congressional D11
Republican nomination primary
Sean Hastings, Editor
With 150
of 150 precincts
across
Will, Kane
and Cook
Counties reported,
Rick
Laib won the
Republican
Laib
nomination for 11th U.S.
Congressional District.
As of press time, Laib
received 7,485 votes (58
percent). His challenger,
Krishna Bansal received
5,326 votes (42 percent)
of the vote, according to
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the unofficial results from
the Will, Cook and Kane
County Clerk’s Offices.
“I’m very grateful [for
the voters],” he said. “Not
a lot of people waited until
today and some did and
that’s fine too. I’m glad
they came out and the
county clerks went out of
their way to make everyone
comfortable.”
Laib also said he felt
things moved quickly
through the primary and
he stuck to his message
of pro-life, pro Second
Amendment and pro free
market.
Newman upsets Lipinski in Congressional D3 Democratic primary
TJ Kremer III
Contributing Editor
Joyce wins Democratic nomination in March primary for Senate D40
Nuria Mathog
Contributing Editor
Incumbent State Sen.
Patrick Joyce is set to
Democratic challenger
Marie Newman is projected
to unseat longtime Congressman
Daniel Lipinski
for her party’s nomination
for the 3rd U.S. Congressional
District.
As of press time, Newman
led
Lipinski by
an unofficial
vote count
of 38,338 to
35,213, according
to
data from Newman
the Cook,
Will and DuPage County
Clerks’ Offices, as well
advance to the general
election after winning the
Democratic primary for
State Senate District 40
on Tuesday, March 17,
as the Board of Election
Commissioners for the
City of Chicago.
Newman received
34,307 votes in suburban
Cook County and Chicago,
while Lipinski took in
32,447 votes in suburban
Cook County and Chicago.
In Will County, Newman
tallied 3,937 votes
according to unofficial
results from the clerk’s
offices of Will, Grundy,
Kankakee and Cook counties.
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with 43 out of 43 precincts
reporting, while Lipinski
managed to collect 2,723
votes, according to the
Will County Clerk’s Office.
Lipinski had held the office
since 2005.
Lipinski narrowly beat
Newman in the 2018 Democratic
primary.
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In the primary, Joyce
emerged with a significant
lead over his three chal-
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