Carpentersville Opinion
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Fortner for Illinois House District 95Oct 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Maria Owens says she couldn't sit idly by as Illinois deals with its budgetary mess. So the retired schoolteacher from Winfield decided to challenge incumbent Republica...
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State House District 44: CrespoOct 16, 2010 11:00 pm - It's unfortunate that the race in Illinois House District 44 in western Cook County has centered so much around brutal attack advertising. Both state Rep. Fred Crespo, a...
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State House District 55: RameyOct 16, 2010 11:00 pm - There's a decidedly “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington feel about Democrat Greg Brownfield's bid to head to Springfield and change the way business is done in the legislature...
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Brownfield won't be rubber stamp for any partyOct 16, 2010 11:00 pm - I am a 26-year resident of Bartlett, and have voted in every election since living here. I am looking forward to Nov. 2nd's election this year so I can vote for Greg Bro...
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State House District 43: FarnhamOct 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Two years ago, Democrat Keith Farnham rode the Obama wave to narrowly oust incumbent Republican state Rep. Ruth Munson in the 43rd District. Now Munson wants her old se...
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State House Dist. 49: SchmitzOct 16, 2010 11:00 pm - Republican state Rep. Tim Schmitz says he is prepared to make unpopular decisions to lift the state from its budget misery. The 11-year incumbent faces Democrat Jennife...
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Congress, 8th District: BeanOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - The main problem with Congress is that it operates on a bitter partisanship controlled by special interests. Luckily, true bipartisan independents still on occasion emer...
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Sign etiquette a deciding factorOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - I do not yet know who will get my vote for the current election. What I can say is that as I watch the lack of etiquette surrounding political signage around Kane County...
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Congress, 14th District: FosterOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - In the major parties, residents of the 14th Congressional District have two strong-willed, decent human beings that want to represent them in Congress. In just his first...
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Bean is a keeper in CongressOct 15, 2010 11:00 pm - It's a tough year to be an incumbent running for re-election. There is a lot of indiscriminate anger in the community and a “throw ‘em all out" mentality. Lots of folks ...