Endorsement Session Results
Today the Democratic Party of the 49th Ward held its endorsement session for the February 5th primary. Prior to the meeting the executive board met to conclude the endorsement for President. The Board has voted to follow the lead of the membership and endorse Barack Obama for President.
For those of you who do not know the rules of the organization the membership can make an endorsemnt binding by giving 2/3 or 66.67% of the total vote case for one candidate or issue. If a race does not generate a majority of 66.67% it is refered to the Board of Directors for the organization for review and possible endorsement. The purpose of this two step process is to be certain that candidates that do not have significant support get a second look from the Board to be certain that as an organization we want to make an endorsement.
The results of our endorsement session are as follows:
| Congress - 9th Dist | ||
| Schakowsky | 99.0% | Endorsed |
| Nocita | 1.0% | |
| State Senate - 7th Dist. | ||
| Steans | 76.7% | Endorsed |
| Elder | 23.3% | |
| States Attorney | ||
| Suffredin | 93.3% | Endorsed |
| Allen | 1.3% | |
| Brookins | 0.0% | |
| Brewer | 5.3% | |
| Alvarez | 0.0% | |
| Milan | 0.0% | |
| Board of Review | ||
| Berrios | 34.2% | Board |
| Deratany | 65.8% | |
| Recorder of Deeds | ||
| Moore | 37.8% | Board |
| Smith | 62.2% | |
| Kelly | 0.0% | |
| Water Reclaimation District | ||
| Meany | 94.4% | Endorsed |
| Maragos | 78.9% | Endorsed |
| Avila | 45.1% | 3rd Seat to |
| Spyropoulos | 46.5% | the Board |
| Jones | 11.3% | |
| O'Reilley | 0.0% | |
| Oliver | 1.4% | |
| Rush | 0.0% | |
| Podgorski | 1.4% | |
| Stinson | 7.0% | |
| Santos | 7.0% | |
When the Board meets the final decisions will be posted. A special thank you goes out to everyone who participated, our mrmbers and the candidates who took the time to come out. We are fortunate to have a very solid group of people running for office this year and everyone agreed that there were some tough choices.
