Wednesday, November 7, 2012
How Will County voted for county board seats, county positions and state and national races.
Circuit Clerk: Incumbent and Democrat Pam McGuire was re-elected, taking in 139,036 votes. Her opponent, Republican Marlene Carlson received 101,947 votes. Recorder of Deeds: It was a close race all night for this county position. Republican challenger Laurie McPhillips held the position before current Recorder Karen A. Stukel. Stukel, a Democrat, was re-elected with 125,140 votes. McPhillips earned 114,912 votes. Auditor: This one was also close. Incumbent and Democrat Duffy Blackburn was narrowly re-elected over Republican challenger Mark Batinick. Blackburn had 120,684 votes; Batinick received 113,414 votes. Coroner: In one of the most commanding leads of a county seat, incumbent and Democrat Patrick K. O'Neil led Republican …
How Will County voted for county board seats, county positions and state and national races.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow has secured a fifth term in office.
In a year of victories, Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow just notched another one. Glasgow successfully defended his office againset upstart Republican challenger Dave Carlson, taking 136,469 of 239,975 election night votes. He will be sworn in a fifth term as Will County's top prosecutor. Glasgow captured 56.87 percent of the ballot to Carlson's 43.13 percent. Election results will not be official until Nov. 27, when canvassing of votes is completed and after absentee ballots postmarked by midnight, Nov. 5, and provisional and grace period ballots are counted on Nov. 20. Glasgow was jubilant after the last precincts results were counted. "I'm looking forward to putting bad guys away and creating innovative prevention programs," …
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Dave Carlson is running against incumbent Will Glasgow for Will County State's Attorney.
Dave Carlson, Republican candidate for Will County State’s Attorney, has been endorsed by the Bolingbrook Police Department. Bolingbrook Police Association Local #3 announced its full support of Carlson in a September 15 letter from Local #3 President, Robert Liazuk. Carlson has also been endorsed by the Will County Sheriff’s deputies and the Joliet police. “First I’d like to thank Bolingbrook and all the other police departments that have endorsed me,” said Carlson in a release. "These men and women are fighting crime on the front line and they deal with the State’s Attorney’s office every day. They know who will help get the job done right.” Carlson also has received endorsements from other police departments including Plainfield, New …
Monday, September 24, 2012
Dave Carlson, an attorney from Plainfield, hopes to oust James Glasgow in the November election.
Fresh off his victory in the Christopher Vaughn murder trial, Will County State’s Attorney James Glasgow drew applause from some attendees at the Grand Haven candidates’ event Thursday. But opponent Dave Carlson had some harsh words for his former boss. Carlson, 41, accused Glasgow of gloating over his recent high-profile convictions of Vaughn and, two weeks ago, Drew Peterson. The Republican from Plainfield vowed to bring the state’s attorney’s office “back to basics” if he's elected on Nov. 6. “Take out the media,” Carlson said. “Take out the politics. We shouldn’t gloat. We shouldn’t pound our chests. We shouldn’t act out for the media. “ … We won’t have that in my administration,” Carlson added after taking a swipe at Glasgow’s office …
Judith M Baker
11:24 pm on Saturday, November 10, 2012
You are insensitive and stupid. Women were thinking, period. You obviously are not, except perhaps that your candidate lost. In this day and age,when many women are raising children by themselves and two people salary households are often necessary to provide for the family, contraception is of prime importance. Ir is of prime importance. I had to take pills to get pregnant and am not pro … more ›