Here’s where things stand in the Coroner race to replace retiring Coroner Richard Ballinger as best as I can tell for political endorsements (I need more DuPage Republicans to feed me info on their inner workings - for the blog of course). About 500 GOP precinct committeemen meet August 21 in Wheaton to select their candidate for coroner in a weighted vote. It seems Bill Maio may have some momentum going into Saturday’s Republican select-fest (retribution for picking Pete Siekmann has been threatened by Maio backers according to reports in the Chicago Tribune). As far as I know Patricia Knuth, an Oak Brook nurse and member of the school board, is the only remaining GOP candidate that I have not listed, and that is because she has no endorsements (to my knowledge).
Endorsements
Pete Siekmann, Deputy Coroner for Coroner
State Senator Kirk Dillard (Chair of DuPage GOP)
State’s Attorney Joe Birkett
Clerk of the Circuit Court Joel Kagann
Auditor Jim Rasins
Clerk Gary King
Coroner Richard Ballinger (retiring)
Recorder Rick Carney
Treasurer John Lotus Novak
Sheriff John Zaruba
Regional Superintendent of Schools Darlene Ruscitti
Chairman of the Bloomingdale Township GOP Hank Gianvecchio
Chairman of the Downers Grove Township GOP Brian Krajewski
Chairman of the Lisle Township GOP Charles Clarke
Chairman of the Milton Township GOP Jeff Fawell
Chairman of the Naperville Township GOP Gary J. Vician
Chairman of the Winfield Township GOP Joseph Jedlovec, Jr.
Chairman of the Wayne Township GOP Randy Ramey
DuPage Republican Chairwoman Barbara Murphy
Bill Maio, DuPage County Board Vice Chair for Coroner
DuPage County Board Chairman Robert Schillerstrom
Chairman of the Addison GOP Pat Durante
Chairman of the York Township GOP Paul Hinds
$50,000 check made out to DuPage GOP by Bill Maio (no word on how many votes the check gets)
Additionally there have been a few endorsements of Pete Siekmann for Deputy Coroner.
Pete Siekmann, Deputy Coroner for Deputy Coroner
DuPage County Board Chairman Robert Schillerstrom
DuPage County Board Vice Chair Bill Maio
Democratic candidate for Coroner Mike Kisler
Mike Kisler, Democratic Candidate for Coroner
Mike Kisler has already locked up the endorsement of the primary voters and the Democrats in DuPage. He’s even been meeting voters and campaigning before, during and since the primaries. How refreshing in a public election.
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