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Tribune 2004 Endorsements

The Tribune's endorsements
Chicago Tribune
November 2, 2004


These are the Chicago Tribune editorial board's endorsements in Tuesday's elections.

Endorsements are made only in contested races.

NATIONAL OFFICES

U.S. PRESIDENT

George W. Bush (R)

U.S. SENATE

Barack Obama (D)

U.S. HOUSE

1st District

Bobby Rush (D)

2nd District

Jesse Jackson Jr. (D)

3rd District

Daniel Lipinski (D)

4th District

Luis Gutierrez (D)

5th District

Rahm Emanuel (D)

6th District

Henry Hyde (R)


7th District

Danny Davis (D

8th District

Melissa Bean (D)

9th District

Jan Schakowsky (D)

10th District

Mark Kirk (R)

11th District

Jerry Weller (R)

12th District

Erin Zweigart (R)

13th District

Judy Biggert (R)

14th District

Dennis Hastert (R)

15th District

Tim Johnson (R)

16th District

Donald Manzullo (R)

17th District

No endorsement

18th District

Ray LaHood (R)

19th District

John Shimkus (R)

STATE OFFICES

ILLINOIS SENATE

5th District

Rickey Hendon (D)

8th District

Ira Silverstein (D)

11th District

Louis Viverito (D)

26th District

Bill Peterson (R)

29th District

Susan Garrett (D)

32nd District

Pamela Althoff (R)

35th District

Brad Burzynski (R)

38th District

Gary Dahl (R)

47th District

John Sullivan (D)

56th District

Bill Haine (D)

59th District

Ron Summers (R)

ILLINOIS HOUSE

5th District

Ken Dunkin (D)

8th District

Julie Samuels (Green)

10th District

Annazette Collins (D)

11th District

John Fritchey (D)

12th District

Sara Feigenholtz (D)

15th District

William Miceli (R)

16th District

Lou Lang (D)

17th District

Elizabeth Coulson (R)

18th District

Julie Hamos (D)

19th District

Joseph Lyons (D)

20th District

Michael McAuliffe (R)

21st District

Robert Molaro (D)

22nd District

Michael Madigan (D)

24th District

No endorsement

28th District

Michael Fredette (R)

35th District

Kevin Joyce (D)

36th District

James Brosnahan (D)

38th District

Robin Kelly (D)

40th District

Richard Bradley (D)

43rd District

Ruth Munson (R)

46th District

Lee Daniels (R)

47th District

Patti Bellock (R)

48th District

Guy Rosenthal (D)

50th District

Patricia Reid Lindner (R)

51st District

Ed Sullivan Jr. (R)

52nd District

Mark Beaubien (R)

53rd District

Sidney Mathias (R)

57th District

Elaine Nekritz (D)

58th District

Karen May (D)

59th District

Kathleen Ryg (D)

60th District

Eddie Washington (D)

61st District

JoAnn Osmond (R)

62nd District

Sharyn Elman (D)

63rd District

Perry Moy (R)

64th District

Michael Tryon (R)

65th District

Rosemary Mulligan (R)

68th District

Dave Winters (R)

70th District

Robert Pritchard (R)

71st District

Steve Haring (R)

72nd District

Patrick Verschoore (D)

74th District

Donald Moffitt (R)

75th District

Doug Hayse (R)

79th District

Kay Pangle (R)

82nd District

Eileen Lyons (R)

85th District

Brent Hassert (R)

88th District

Dan Brady (R)

92nd District

Aaron Schock (R)

95th District

Randall Hultgren (R)

99th District

Raymond Poe (R)

101st District

Robert Flider (D)

103rd District

Deborah Frank Feinen (R)

106th District

Keith Sommer (R)

107th District

Kurt Granberg (D)

108th District

David Reis (R)

109th District

Roger Eddy (R)

111th District

Steve Davis (D)

114th District

Wyvetter Younge (D)

115th District

Mike Bost (R)

117th District

John Bradley (D)

STATE COURTS

ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT

5th District

Lloyd A. Karmeier (R)

ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT

3rd District

Jim Wright (R)

ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT -- RETENTION JUDGES

Vote "YES" for the following:

1st District

Thomas Hoffman

Sheila O'Brien

Mary Jane Wendt Theis

2nd District

Susan Fayette Hutchinson

3rd District

William Holdridge

Endorsements in the collar counties

These are the Chicago Tribune's endorsements in Tuesday's elections for races in Cook, DuPage, Kane, McHenry, Will and Lake Counties:

COOK COUNTY

COOK COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY

Richard Devine (D)

COOK COUNTY RECORDER

John Cox (R)

COOK COUNTY CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

Dorothy Brown (D)

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DIST.

Patricia Young (D)

Gloria Alitto Majewski (D)

Barbara McGowan (D)

COOK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

Salyers vacancy

Michelle Jordan (D)

COOK COUNTY COURT SUBCIRCUITS

4A

Bill Kunkle (R)

12

Kay Marie Hanlon (R)

15

Catherine Sanders (R)

COOK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT -- RETENTION JUDGES

The Tribune recommends a "YES" vote for the judges seeking retention, with the following exceptions. On these judges, the Tribune recommends a "NO" vote:

Dorothy Jones

Susan McDunn

William O'Neal

DUPAGE COUNTY

DUPAGE COUNTY BOARD

1st District

Paul Fichtner (R)

2nd District

Patrick O'Shea (R)

3rd District

Richard Moss (D)

4th District

Debra Olson (R)

5th District

Hiram Wurf (D)

6th District

Pamela Rion (R)

DUPAGE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE COMMISSION

1st District

Marsha Murphy (R)

3rd District

Wallace Brown (R)

5th District

Carl Schultz (R)

DUPAGE CO. CLERK OF THE CIRCUIT COURT

Chris Kachiroubas (R)

DUPAGE COUNTY CORONER

Peter Siekmann (R)

18TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT -- RETENTION JUDGES

Vote "YES" for the following judges:

Bonnie Wheaton

Robert Emmett Byrne

Robert K. Kilander

Rodney Equi

KANE COUNTY

KANE COUNTY BOARD

2nd District

Mary Richards (R)

4th District

Penelope Cameron (R)

10th District

Thomas Van Cleave (R)

14th District

Elaine Stern (D)

20th District

Marlena Fox (D)

22nd District

Jackie Tredup (R)

24th District

Margaret Scalfaro (R)

KANE COUNTY BOARD CHAIRMAN

Karen McConnaughay (R)

KANE COUNTY CORONER

Charles West (R)

KANE COUNTY RECORDER

Sandy Wegman (R)

KANE COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY

John Barsanti (R)

16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT

Jensen vacancy

Robert Spence (R)

Vote "YES" for the following retention judges:

James Doyle Donald Fabian

LAKE COUNTY

LAKE COUNTY BOARD

1st District

Judy Martini (R)

5th District

Bonnie Thomson Carter (R)

6th District

Lawrence Leafblad (R)

10th District

Diana O'Kelly (R)

11th District

Sandy Cole (R)

16th District

Robert Powers (R)

LAKE COUNTY CLERK

Sally Coffelt (R)

LAKE COUNTY CORONER

Richard Keller (D)

LAKE COUNTY RECORDER

Mary Ellen Vanderventer (D)

LAKE COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY

Michael Waller (R)

NORTH SHORE SANITARY DISTRICT

Daniel Pierce (D)

19TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT -- RETENTION JUDGES

Vote "YES" for the following:

Raymond McKoski

Henry Tonigan

Margaret Mullen

McHENRY COUNTY

McHENRYCOUNTY BOARD

1st District

Dan Shea (R)

Marc Munaretto (R)

2nd District

Marie Chmiel (R)

Lori Keller (D)

3rd District

Ann Kate (R)

Nick Provenzano (R)

4th District

John Hammerand (R)

Sue Draffkorn (R)

5th District

Virginia Peschke (R)

John Jung Jr. (R)

6th District

Richard Klasen (R)

Mary Lou Zierer (R)

WILL COUNTY

WILL COUNTY BOARD

1st District

Lee Deutsche (D)

Mary Ann Gearhart Deutsche (R)

Cory Singer (R)

2nd District

Thomas Weigel (R)

6th District

Don Gould (R)

Kerry Sheridan (R)

Deborah Rozak (R)

7th District

Kathleen Konicki (R)

Ronald Svara (R)

Jim Bilotta (R)

9th District

Stephen Wilhelmi (D)

WILL COUNTY CIRCUIT CLERK

Pamela McGuire (D)

WILL COUNTY RECORDER

Laurie McPhillips (R)

WILL COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY

James Glasgow (D)

WILL COUNTY AUDITOR

Steve Weber (R)

WILL COUNTY CORONER

Patrick O'Neil (D)

WILL COUNTY CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Joseph Mikan (R)

The Tribune's endorsements, Chi. Trib., November 2, 2004, § 1, at 20.

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