November 7, 2018

Democratic women make unprecedented gains in DuPage County

Source: daily herald

DuPage County Democrats longed for it.

DuPage Republicans feared it.

When it finally came Tuesday, it wasn't so much a blue wave that swept down the DuPage ballot as it was a political tsunami that both carried and lifted Democrats -- all women -- to unprecedented heights in county government in an area that long had been a GOP stronghold.

When the night began, Democrats held just one seat on the 18-member county board and no countywide posts. By Wednesday morning, Democrats had captured seven of 12 available county board seats -- including at least one in all six districts. Another Democrat had become county clerk and two relative unknowns had put serious scares into other Republicans, including the county board chairman.

It was the largest Democratic victory in DuPage County in anyone's memory, giving the party far bigger gains than in the post-Watergate years or any of the eight years of the Obama presidency.

Here's a quick look at the newly formed Blue Women Group -- the Democrats who won county seats.


Read more: https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181107/democratic-women-make-unprecedented-gains-in-dupage-county

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my sister, sheila rutledge wasnt the only one. she is part of a small blue wave that also flipped il6, and sent peter ro-scum off to spend more time w his family.

i love it.

(ps, i am now 1 for 1 as a campaign manager.)

November 7, 2018

my sister is winning

still a little early. killed it in the early voting. ahead so far. this is a top 2 race. looks like the only real question is if she bests the longest serving member.
https://www.dupageresults.com/IL/DuPage/76496/Web02.216033/#/cid/770


thank you du for all the help.

eta. almost all the votes are counted and she appears to have won.
lots of other dems winning here too.
booyah


aaaaand 100 % of the vote in now. we win!!!!!!!

November 6, 2018

my sister is running- how about a shout out to the downticket races?

here in longtime red dupage county, there are dem women for every spot on the county board, plus judges, county clerk.

sheila has knocked on HUNDREDS of doors, as have all these candidates.
doors win elections. they have all been greeted by enthusiasm for having dems in races that often had none.

it is one thing to have a volunteer for a congressman knock on your door, but to have an actual candidate show up, shake your hand and ask for your vote? that is what blue waves are made of.

so how about a shout out for those running for these un-glamorous seats? they are carrying us all on their shoulders.

November 6, 2018

my sister is running- morning report

despite high levels of early voting, there was a pretty long line when the polling place opened.
lots of young people voting.
out of 150 people who voted while she was there, only about 10 did so on the ev machine.

it's cruddy and cold here. but i feel sunny.

November 4, 2018

my sister is running- mapping polling places to place our signs, and

we find a strange correlation between where the white people live and where there are polling places seemingly on every corner. every busy street seems to have one on either side, not far apart.
strangely, where the brown people live, not so many.
hmmm.