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AARON MERREIGHN of Riverton, who ran for lieutenant governor last year under the Conservative Party banner, says he’ll run as a Republican next year for state representative in the 87th House District, now represented by Rep. TIM BUTLER, R-Springfield.
“Our Republican Party’s still falling apart,” said Merreighn, 36, who works in human resources for the Illinois Department of Revenue. […]
Butler said Merreighn “needs to make up his mind on which party he wants to be in.”
Merreighn said he “left the Republican Party last year” when he became running mate to then-state Sen. SAM McCANN. Their ticket got 4.2 percent of the statewide vote in November.
Merreighn ran as a Democrat for precinct committeeman in 2014 and was listed on a Libertarian Party of Illinois news release when he ran for Riverton village trustee in 2015. He was not elected in either race.
If he loses maybe he’ll run on the Green Party’s ticket.
*** UPDATE *** Democrat, Libertarian, Conservative, Republican and… the Veterans Party? Yep…
And, yes, it’s a thing.
posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 3:10 pm
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Cut him some slack. He’s tryin every way he knows how.
Comment by Honeybear Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 3:13 pm
If he even gets on the ballot, Butler will destroy him. Tim works his district very hard and is an experienced campaigner.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 3:15 pm
He seems like the life of any party he joins…
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 3:17 pm
‘Merreighn, party of one’
Comment by Cubs in '16 Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 3:20 pm
What’s next? Is he going to ruin someone’s Black Panther Party?
Comment by Ron Burgundy Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 3:24 pm
The party switching concerns me. On the other hand- I’m in this district and I’ve never met Mr. Butler. He’s never responded to any concerns I’ve sent to him. I’m pretty sure he could care less about those concerns since I’m a state employee. So I’ll at least check this guy out. I think every race should be contested in order to elect the best person possible.
Comment by thoughts matter Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 3:38 pm
If he keeps it up, he might accidently run against himself.
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 3:58 pm
He could simply create his own party and call it the Sybil Party. It suits him.
Comment by Demoralized Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 4:00 pm
===If he keeps it up, he might accidently run against himself.===
Thumbs up on this comment!
Comment by Louis G. Atsaves Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 4:16 pm
Crash the party crasher.
He’s running out of political parties. Crash will be crashing quinceaneras and bar mitzvahs pretty soon.
Comment by wordslinger Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 4:26 pm
==What’s next? Is he going to ruin someone’s Black Panther Party?==
This has to be in the running for best comment of the year.
Comment by Reserved Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 4:33 pm
I can’t get upset on his bailing on the IL GOP last year; it was actually the Raunerite party. If he were to not stay around now and help rebuild the IL GOP … then I could get upset.
Comment by RNUG Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 4:58 pm
In a world without Rauner, will Butler get a run for his money (Doesn’t have much) since the cash is gonna dry up?
Comment by Flowing Comb Over Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 5:01 pm
Never heard of the Veterans Party. He is all over the political map, pick a party already.
Comment by FormerParatrooper Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 5:02 pm
He’ll be the best fundraiser Tim Butler can find.
Comment by Mr. Chairman Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 5:29 pm
==I can’t get upset on his bailing on the IL GOP last year==
You can’t bail on something you never boarded
Comment by Anonymous Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 6:34 pm
He’ll have the last laugh when he gets that full set of steak knives.
Comment by lakeside Thursday, Mar 21, 19 @ 10:18 pm
The guy has an identity issue. Please figure out who you are before you say what you’ll do. jeez
Comment by NorthsideNoMore Friday, Mar 22, 19 @ 12:21 pm