Even Democrats have primaries in DuPage County

DuPage County's fourth district looks to be the primary hot spot come Feb. 2, 2010.

Races for both Republicans and - for the first time in recent memory - Democrats in that district will feature primary battles for the two-year term on the county and board and the four-year seat on the forest preserve commission.

Republican county board incumbent JR McBride is facing challenges from Sam Jacob and Brad Webb. Meanwhile, Democrats Tom Wendorf and Thomas Grimston will slug it out for their party's nod.

At the forest preserve level, District 4 incumbent Republican commissioner Mike Formento is facing a primary challenge from former Wheaton Mayor Jim Carr. Democrats Eric Bergman and Don Kirchenberg are also headed toward a primary fight.

In all, there are scheduled to be nine Republican and three Democratic primaries in DuPage County. But that's only if everyone who has filed makes it onto the ballot. None of the candidates' nominating papers have been challenged yet, DuPage Election Commission officials said. The deadline to file objections to someone's candidacy is 4:30 p.m. Nov. 9.

County Democratic Party leaders said they were happy with the crop of candidates and pleasantly surprised by the primary fights. However, they didn't fill slots for every race like they had hoped to.

"We're pleased that we have that many Democrats willing to run, which I would say that's a first out here to have so many," DuPage Democratic Party Chairman Bob Peickert said. "But honestly I thought we'd have more primaries just because of the number of people who had come forward indicating an interest in running."

The Democrats third primary is in the District 5 county board race where Joseph C. Wozniak will square off against Brian Duewel. That's not to be confused with Joseph M. Wozniak, who is running as a Republican for that same seat against incumbent John Zediker and is the Democratic candidate's father. That could make life kind of awkward in the Wozniaks' Naperville home they share if the father and son wind up facing one another in November.

Republican District 2 forest preserve commissioner Joe Cantore doesn't have to worry about a primary anymore. Allen Gill had lined up before 8 a.m. last Monday to be first on the ballot in that race, but recently decided to drop out for "personal family reasons," he said.

A lottery is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. Nov. 10 to determine top ballot placement for the dozens of candidates who were in line at 8 a.m. on the first day of filing last week.

State Sen. Carole Pankau has secured her ballot position in the Republican's race for county board chairman. She'll be last on the ballot after filing her paperwork Monday morning. Her competition includes state Sen. Dan Cronin, Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso and current District 4 board member Debra Olson. A lottery will determine their spot on the ballot. Democrat Carole Cheney will face no primary competition for the county board chairman nomination.

No Green Party candidates emerged for any of the county posts.

Candidate filings

The following candidates have filed for county and statewide offices, for the primary to be held Feb. 2.

Statewide offices

U.S. Senate

Democrat

Corey Dabney of Aurora

Alexander "Alexi" Giannoulias of Chicago

David Hoffman of Chicago

Cheryle Jackson of Chicago

Robert Marshall of Burr Ridge

Jacob Meister of Chicago

Green

LeAlan Jones of Chicago

Republican

John Arrington of Harvey

Patrick Hughes of Hinsdale

Mark Kirk of Highland Park

Thomas "Tom" Kuna of Jerseyville

Donald (Don) Lowery of Golconda

Andy Martin of Chicago

Kathleen Thomas of Springfield

Robert "Bob" Zadek of Rockford

Governor

Democrat

Daniel W. Hynes of Chicago

Pat Quinn of Chicago*

Ed Scanlan of Oak Park

William "Dock" Walls III of Chicago

Green

Richard Mayers of Chicago

Rich Whitney of Carbondale

Republican

Adam Andrzejewski of Hinsdale

Bill Brady of Bloomington

Kirk W. Dillard of Hinsdale

Andy McKenna of Chicago

Dan Proft of Chicago

Jim Ryan of Elmhurst

Robert J. Schillerstrom of Naperville

Lieutenant Governor

Democrat

Mike Boland of East Moline

Thomas Castillo of Elmhurst

Scott Cohen of Chicago

Rickey R. Hendon of Chicago

Terry Link of Waukegan

Arthur L. Turner of Chicago

Green

Don Crawford of St. Elmo

Republican

Brad Cole of Carbondale

Dennis Cook of Orland Park

Matt Murphy of Palatine

Jason Plummer of Edwardsville

Don Tracy of Springfield

Randy A. White Sr. of Hamilton

Attorney General

Democrat

Lisa Madigan of Chicago*

Green

David Black of Belvidere

Republican

Steve Kim of Northbrook

Secretary of State

Democrat

Jesse White of Chicago*

Green

Adrian Frost of Plano

Republican

Robert Enriquez of Aurora

Treasurer

Democrat

Mark Doyle of Chicago

Robin Kelly of Matteson

Justin P. Oberman of Chicago

Green

Scott Summers of Harvard

Republican

Dan Rutherford of Chenoa

Comptroller

Democrat

S. Raja Krishnamoorthi of Hoffman Estates

Clinton "Clint" Krislove of Wilmette

David E. Miller of Lynwood

Green

Erika Schafer of Chicago

Republican

Jim Dodge of Orland Park

William Kelly of Chicago

Judy Baar Topinka of Riverside

U.S. Congress

Congressional District 13

Democrat

Scott Harper of Lockport

Republican

Judy Biggert of Hinsdale*

Congressional District 6

Democrat

Benjamin Lowe of Wheaton

Republican

Peter Roskam of Wheaton*

Congressional District 8

Democrat

Melissa Bean of Barrington*

Jonathan Farnick of Woodstock

Green

Bill Scheurer of Lindenhurst

Republican

Dirk W. Beveridge of Barrington

John Dawson of Barrington

Christopher Geissler of Barrington

Gregory Jacobs of Mundelein

Maria Rodriguez of Long Grove

Joe Walsh of Winnetka

Congressional District 14

Democrat

Bill Foster* of Batavia

James Pistorius of Aurora

Green

Daniel Kairis of South Elgin

Republican

Jeff Danklefsen of Geneva

Ethan A. Hastert of Elburn

Randall M. "Randy" Hultgren of Winfield

James "Jim" Purcell of Batavia

Mark Vargas of Elgin

State House

District 41: Matt Burden (R), Michael Manzo (R), Chris Nybo (R), Rafael Rivadeneira (R), Brien Sheahan (R), Brian Stephenson (D)

District 42: Sandra Pihos* (R), Kathryn Vlahos (D)

District 45: Franco Coladipietro* (R), Jim Hagerty (D)

District 46: Deborah O'Keefe Conroy (D), Dennis Reboletti* (R)

District 48: Michael Connelly* (R), Barbara Green (D)

District 55: Gregory Brownfield (D), Randy Ramey* (R)

District 95: Mike Fortner* (R)

District 96: Dawn DeSart (D), Darlene Senger* (R)

State Senate

District 25: Leslie Juby (D), Chris Lauzen* (R), Sean Michels (R)

District 28: John Millner* (R), Corinne Pierog (D)

DuPage County offices

Sheriff: Mike Quiroz (R), John Zaruba* (R)

Clerk: Gary King* (R)

Treasurer: Gwen Henry* (R)

Regional school superintendent: Darlene Ruscitti* (R)

County Board Chairman: Dan Cronin (R), Debra Olson (R), Gary Grasso (R), Carole Pankau (R), Carole Cheney (D)

Forest Preserve President: Dewey Pierotti* (R), Dennis Clark (D)

County Board

District 1 (one 2-year term): Donald Puchalski* (R), Kathryn Salzano (D)

District 2 (one 2-year term): Jeff Redick* (R), Mary Wuttke Kranz (R), Catherine Sewell (D)

District 3 (one 2-year term): Dennis Brennan (R), Brian Krajewski (R), Greg Abbott (R), Karol Sole (D)

District 4 (one 2-year term): JR McBride* (R), Sam Jacob (R), Brad Webb (R), Tom Wendorf (D), Thomas Grimston (D)

District 5 (one 2-year term): John Zediker* (R), Joseph Wozniak (R), Brian Duewel (D), Joseph C. Wozniak (D)

District 6 (one 2-year term): Robert Larsen (R), Matt Fuesting (R), Paul Darrah (R), Dave Barry (D)

Forest Preserve Commission

District 2 (one 4-year term): Joseph Cantore* (R), Allen Gill (R), Hilary Denk (D)

District 4 (one 4-year term): Eric Bergman (D), Michael Formento* (R), Jim Carr (R), Don Kirchenberg (D)

District 6 (one 4-year term): Roger Kotecki* (R), Al Murphy (R), Shannon Burns (D)

Judicial

2nd Appellate: Ann Jorgensen* (R), Kenneth Moy (R)

18th Circuit (Byrne vacancy): Daniel Guerin (R)

18th Circuit (Jorgensen vacancy): Dorothy French (R)

18th Circuit (Kilander vacancy): Brian McKillip (R), Ron Sutter (R)

Note: * signifies incumbent

Source: DuPage Election Commission and Illinois Board of Elections

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