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* They missed a few, but the Daily Herald really had great coverage of what happened in the suburbs yesterday…

* How the suburbs went from reliably Republican to Democrat

* Underwood upsets Hultgren in 14th Congressional District

* Casten unseats Roskam in 6th District race

* Newcomer Gillespie turns 27th state Senate seat blue

* Terra Costa Howard takes 48th House District from Peter Breen

* Villa wins handily in 49th House race

* Walker beats Corrigan in race for 53rd state House

* Stava-Murray beats Olsen in 81st House race

* One vote separates Miller Walsh, Edly-Allen in 51st Illinois House

* Early votes propel Mason to 61st House seat

* Morrison in tight race against Trevor for state House 54th

* Schneider upset by newcomer Morrison in bid for fourth term on Cook County board

* Didech defeats Mathias for term on Lake County Board in District 20

* Hain ousts Kramer for Kane sheriff seat

* Kim takes lead in Lake County Treasurer’s race

* Kaczmarek victorious in DuPage County clerk race

* Democrat Iqbal defeats incumbent Kojzarek in Kane County District 19

posted by Rich Miller
Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 3:18 am

Comments

Seriously. 1 vote.

Comment by Ok Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 6:42 am
Dan Cronin now has a Dem board in DuPage. That should be fun.

Comment by Dance Band on the Titanic Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 6:57 am
@ Dance Band - And Cronin has only a few weeks to bury any skeletons but good.

Not only does he have a Democratic board but that Democratic board is going to have some real investigative power rather than just FOIA requests.

Mad props to Bob Peickert.

Comment by Anono Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 7:16 am
DuPage County Board is still Republican. Six Rs elected to four-year terms in 2016 remain, making the balance 11 R, 7 D.

Comment by Cromulent M. Biggens Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 7:19 am
It was like the ending of Revenge of the Sith. Few Rs remain.

Comment by Jose Abreu's next homer Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 7:41 am
“DuPage County Board is still Republican. Six Rs elected to four-year terms in 2016 remain, making the balance 11 R, 7 D.”

You forgot DiCianni. 10 R, 8D. Fixed it for ya.

Comment by Anon Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 7:47 am
Rauner managed to do tobthe Republicans in Illinois what Obama did to Dems in 2010-2016. So who is the new head of the Illinois GOP? Or what difference does it make since we are now perhaps the bluest State in the country and we have the finances to go along

Comment by Sue Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 8:00 am
Please don’t underestimate the powerful impact of the Women’s March movement, and the thousands of new political actors it encouraged and sustained. That’s what changed our political landscape and opportunities around here. More established Dems just caught up to it, helping rather than hurting.

Comment by walker Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 8:09 am
- walker -

Congratulations on your victory.

I’ll be watching, and I know you’ll do a great job for Illinois.

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 8:11 am
Maybe tge ask why they are subsidizing an ungrateful downstate.

Comment by illinois manufacturer Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 8:19 am
Anon: LOL. Point taken.

I am amused that in CB 2, Cronin’s home district (right, or no?), Chaplin and Di Cianni, the two board members he loathes the most (whom, FWIW, I like), won comfortably.

Comment by Anonymous Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 8:20 am
Anonymous at 8:20 was me. And I’m only assuming Chaplin and Di Cianni are the two board members Cronin most loathes.

Comment by Cromulent M. Biggens Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 8:21 am
OW- would you agree the entire Illinois GOP needs to be revamped? Cook County GOP leader Schneider loses, GOP in DuPage gets swamped, GOP Congressmen lose and will only have 5 in the Illinois delegation. Who is in the bullpen to bring in, hell who is going to lead them at the top?

Comment by Honeybadger Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 8:30 am
It will be interesting to see how (if?) DuPage proceeds with the dissolution of the county election commission in light of last night’s results.

Comment by titan Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 8:32 am
Republicans have to find a formula besides “God, Guns, and Gays”. Young people are rejecting all three pillars. And only a few fall for trickle-down economics. I miss Republicans of yesterday like Dirksen and Edgar, when Democrats only stood for ghost payrollers and envelopes to aldermen.
Voted for three Republicans yesterday. all lost. Two were really protests against the Democratic candidate rather than positively for the (R). except for Tim Schneider. He has been a force for us here fighting the “soda tax” and running annual seminars explaining the property tax system and how to appeal it. I feel we lost a real representative to a Preckwinkle rubber stamp.
Also sorry that McCann didn’t beat Rauner. I don’t agree with McCann’s policies (voted for JB) but really wanted Rauner’s nose rubbed in it, like a dog that keeps making messes on the carpet.

Comment by Streamwood Retiree Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 8:35 am
@Honeybadger:

Timothy Schneider (who lost his seat on the Cook County Board of Commissioners) is the leader of the Illinois Republican State Central Committee, not Cook County. The Cook County Republican leader is Sean Morrison (who won by a small margin).

I do not disagree with your main premise, but you mislabeled the individuals.

Comment by Practical Politics Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 8:35 am
And in two years with presidential turnout, many of these Dems will have even more wind in their sails plus the benefits of incumbency. #BluPage

Comment by Precinct Captain Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 8:38 am
===would you agree the entire Illinois GOP needs to be revamped?===

It does.

===Who is in the bullpen to bring in, … who is going to lead them at the top?===

In about 38 seconds after they organize… I’ll know if it’s a real deal thing.

I dunno who it will be, who helps, who gets things organized, but it’s a total rebuild.

Anything less is… meaningless.

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 8:40 am
Union busting governors in Illinois and Wisconsin voted out of office.

Comment by Wensicia Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 8:45 am
–Please don’t underestimate the powerful impact of the Women’s March movement, and the thousands of new political actors it encouraged and sustained. That’s what changed our political landscape and opportunities around here.–

Makes sense to me. Hundreds of thousands of new voters jumped in for the Dems this mid-term.

To illustrate, Pritzker got 2.3 million votes, the most by any gubernatorial candidate since the move to mid-terms in 1978.

Since then, Dem gubernatorial candidates ranged from a low of 1.1 million for Netsch in 1994 to a high of 1.85 million for Blago in 2002.

Pritzker beat Quinn’s total in 2014 by more than 600,000 votes.

Comment by wordslinger Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 9:19 am
Tim Schneider isn’t even a state central committeeman so they can fire him immediately.

Sean Morrison, as one of the few Cook County Republican elected officials left standing will retain that chairmanship.

Madigan must be kicking himself that he didn’t find someone to just put on the ballot to run against McAullifee. They might have just got caught up in the Blue Wave & won.

Comment by Grand Avenue Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 9:24 am
Congratulations, walker. Best of luck to you.

Comment by Arthur Andersen Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 9:29 am
Dupage County represented entirely in Congress by Democrats- never thought I would see that happen.

Comment by The Way I See It Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 10:06 am
Titan, the dismantling of the DuPage Election Commission is a done deal. It was voter approved. They may stick around to run the Consolidated Election but that is it. And not a moment too soon…
I was taken aback by the number of DuPage County Board seats that fell.
And good luck to Terra Costa Howard. I believe she has the proper temperment to handle her new position.

Comment by Jake From Elwood Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 10:14 am
Not only was the end of the DuPage Election Commission a done deal, the new clerk was a key driver of it.

Comment by In 630 Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 10:26 am
DuPage Election Commission disbanding is not a done deal. The Board is set to vote on it in January, but based on the outcome of the election, Chairman Cronin would be well advised not to place this item on an agenda.

Comment by Mr Powell’s Shoebox Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 10:44 am
Progressive income tax really worked well in NJ… They had to pass massive sales tax increases to cover the shortfall caused by the wealthy (and their businesses) leaving the state.

“Bluest state and the finances to go along”? LOL. Bluest would mean the closest to bankruptcy? Finances? See where revenues are when this supermajority turns those revenues into payoffs to their friends.

Comment by Gerry Mander Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 11:06 am
A lot of people came out to vote against Rauner. While they were there, they voted against other Republicans as well. A lot of Republicans stayed home. It worked against Hultgren and Roskam. Also, a lot of Republicans were unhappy about the new SALT limitations that Roskam allowed in the Trump tax bill. It will hurt a lot of people in DuPage and the other collars.

Comment by DuPage Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 12:13 pm
+++ - Jake From Elwood - Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 10:14 am:
Titan, the dismantling of the DuPage Election Commission is a done deal. It was voter approved. +++
the referendum was advisory. The legislature gave the County Board the power to dissolve it (which legislation is effective January 1, and had been expected to be immediately acted upon by the board).

Comment by titan Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 12:55 pm
Folks- Don’t worry WS still has a Republican legislature which will allow WS to continue to be a refuge for Illinois employers along with Indiana. Evers will get the same treatment Madigan gave to Rauner

Comment by Sue Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 2:13 pm
===Evers will get the same treatment Madigan gave to Rauner.===

What do you base that on? Hunch? Feeling?

You think Wisconsin wants 2 years without a budget?

Rauner wanted that. Evers doesn’t.

Comment by Oswego Willy Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 2:16 pm
Hey Gerrymander, if all that were true, wouldn’t the overtaxed people of Wisconsin, Iowa and Missouri be flocking to flat-tax Illinois? The state taxes those neighboring states are much higher than Illinois.

Comment by Leigh John-Ella Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 3:09 pm
Leigh-John- when you add in sales tax and RE taxes how can you say our neighbors are paying more then we do in Illinois?

Comment by Sue Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 3:14 pm
Titan, mea culpa. You have it right.
I am now frightened that this poorly-run office may remain in place and I pray that Chairman Cronin sticks to his self-professed motto to eliminate units of local government. This one is crying to be eliminated.

Comment by Jake From Elwood Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 3:25 pm
- Please don’t underestimate the powerful impact of the Women’s March movement, and the thousands of new political actors it encouraged and sustained. -

Sustained is right. Watch these groups in the run-up to the 2019 local elections, particularly in the northwest suburbs. Petition signature gathering is in full-swing for trustee and school board races.

Comment by Interested Bystander Wednesday, Nov 7, 18 @ 4:06 pm