The Results Are In
In our customary way, the Democratic Party of the 49th Ward held its endorsement session today and the results range from a cliff hanger to landslides. We invited all of the candidates in the 6 contested races on our 49th Ward ballot this election and many of them took the time to come, speak, answer questions and try there luck at winning our important endorsement.
The results are as follows:
Governor - State of Illinois
Rod Blagojevich 64.3%
Edwin Eisendrath 35.7%
Blagojevich Recommendation to the Board
Treasurer - State of Illinois
Alexi Giannoulias 51.0%
Paul Mangieri 49.0%
Results Sent to the Board
State Central Committeeman - 9th Dist.
William Marovitz 89.6%
Patrick McDonough 10.4%
Marovitz is Endorsed
President of the County Board
John Stroger 81.8%
Forrest Claypool 18.2%
Stroger is Endorsed
Cook County Sheriff
Thomas Dart 94.2%
Sylvester Baker 3.8%
Richard Remus 2.0%
Dart is Endorsed
Commissioner - M.W.R.D.
Debra Shore 88.8%
Terrence O' Brien 70.0%
Frank Avila 16.6%
Lewis Powell 22.2%
James Harris 38.8%
Dean Maragos 5.5%
Barrett Pederson 18.5%
Patricia Horton 11.1%
Boguslaw Stefanski 1.8%
Dean Nichols 0.0%
Shore is Endorsed
O'Brien is Endorsed
Results for 3rd Seat Sent to the Board
The Board of the Democratic Party will meet to discuss endorsements sent to the Board and will determine if further action will be taken. The Board can elect to make an endorsement for a candidate, actively make a "no endorsement" in the race or let the results of the membership stand which will result in no position being taken.
We will be taking action on county-wide and appellate court races shortly. We have no sub-circuit race this election cycle.
To those who attended, thank you. For those of you who missed it, you missed some excellent debate and some good questions and an opportunity to ask the candidates whatever was on your mind.
