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At Issue:

NTDO membership endorses Quinn, Hoffman, Seals, Keenan-Devlin, Preckwinkle and Brandt

On Sunday, December 6 the general membership of the New Trier Dems gathered at the Winnetka Community House to hear presentatations from Democratic Party candidates for Illinois Governor, the U.S. Senate, the 10th Congressional District seat, the Illinois 18th Legislative District seat, Cook County Board President and 10th Congressional District Committeeman. The candidates were seeking the endorsement of the NTDO. A super-majority of 60% was required for endorsement. In two contests, the 10th Congressional District seat and the 18th Legislative District seat, a 60% endorsement was not reached on the first ballot. A runoff vote between candidates Dan Seals and Julie Hamos and candidates Patrick Keenan-Devlin and Eamon Kelly resulted in Seals and Keenan-Devlin then receiving enough votes for an endorsement. Among all the speakers, the candidates receiving the highest percentage of votes was Preckwinkle with 83.9% and Hoffman with 79.4%.

Democratic Primary candidates endorsed by the NTDO:

Pat Quinn:  Governor
David Hoffman:  U. S. Senator
Dan Seals: 10th Congressional District
Patrick Keenan-Devlin:  18th Legislative District
Toni Preckwinkle:  Cook County Board President
Bill Brandt:  State Central Committeeman

Unfortunately, the time required to hear the candidates vying for these important offices (22 speakers plus comments from the floor) made it impossible to include more races in the endorsement meeting. However, a motion was made and approved by the membership to endorse a number of unopposed Democratic candidates whose names will be on the February Primary ballot:

Unopposed Democratic candidates endorsed by the NTDO for the general election:

Janice D. Schakowsky, 9th U.S. Congressional District

Lisa Madigan, State of Illinois, Attorney General
Jesse White, State of Illinois Secretary of State

Daniel K. Biss, 17th State Representative District
Karen May, 58th State Representative District

David D. Orr, Cook County Clerk
Maria Pappas, Cook County Treasurer

Jennifer Bishop Jenkins, County Board Commissioner 14th District

Dean Maragos, New Trier Township Committeeman
Lauren Beth Gash, State Central Committeewoman

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