The first three days of early voting in the 5th Congressional District special primary featured only 839 Democratic ballots cast in Chicago.
The highest numbers, such as they are, can be found in the 36th and 38th wards, machine territory where ward bosses favor state Rep. John Fritchey. The 36th Ward, run by Fritchey uncle-by-marriage Ald. William J.P. Banks, posted 112 votes. The 38th Ward, run by the Cullertons, posted 116 votes. Those numbers aren’t very high, however, showing how weak the ward organizations have become.
“Weak” except for all the other wards, which are practically nonexistent.
* As expected, Rep. John Fritchey filed with about $450,000 raised during the most recent reporting period. He’s raised another $48,000 in the past week or so. Feigenholtz has raised about $70K in the past week. Quigley has pulled in about $35K during that same period of time and O’Connor has reported about $5K. Bryar raised about $35K with all but $10K coming from himself (he raised about $173K during the last reporting period).
* Tom Bowen with Mike Quigley’s campaign has been playfully pestering Sara Feigenholtz for weeks on Twitter. And now, a Feigenholtz supporter is fighting back. Twitter Wars!
* Press release: The Asian American Action Fund of Greater Chicago (AAAFGC) [yesterday] endorsed State Representative Sara Feigenholtz to replace Rahm Emanuel in the 5th congressional district, saying Feigenholtz has been a long-time friend of Chicago’s Asian American community.
* Press release: Geoghegan for Congress today announced that it has received the endorsement of Democracy for America.
