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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Shorewood Trustee Says He's Running for State Senate

Gary Fitzgerald joins three others who say they are or may be candidates in the 2012 Republican primary.

Shorewood Village trustee Gary Fitzgerald is the fourth candidate to announce interest in running as a Republican for the newly created 49th District Illinois Senate seat. He joins a field in which Plainfield Village trustee Garrett Peck has already announced his election plans and Tony Giles, an Oswego village trustee, and Robert Kalnicky, a Fountaindale Library Board member, have formed exploratory committees. Thus far, no Democrats have publicly announced they are running in the 2012 primary. Fitzgerald, a 10-year, three-term Shorewood Village Board member, is a senior management administrator for a major health plan, former president of the Will County Board of Health and former director of criminal justice planning for the city of …

Friday, June 17, 2011

Peck Says He's a Candidate for the Illinois Senate in the 2012 Primary

The Plainfield village trustee said he sought the support of a lot of different groups before tossing his hat into the ring for the Republican nomination.

Plainfield Trustee Garrett Peck formally announced Friday that he will be a Republican candidate for the 49th District state Senate seat in 2012. Peck, 32, a Plainfield Village Board member since 2009, said he's been reaching out to all parts of the new district -- which includes all of Plainfield and Shorewood, parts of Oswego and Romeoville, and a very small section of Bolingbrook -- to determine the strength of his support base. "The vast majority of the precinct committeemen have endorsed me and agreed to be on my team," he said. "Overall, we've put together a serious campaign plan that shows we're very organized. We have a Hispanic outreach committee, a veterans outreach committee, a seniors outreach committee, a (parent and schools) …

Eyes on Plainfield

6:04 pm on Thursday, January 10, 2013

Still, one has to question the mindset of a politician who has yet to win a competitive election and then has a "joint" press conference with a potential opponent...that's all. We will all have to wait and see what transpires as the election cycle unfolds.   more ›

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