Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Lemont resident Duane Bradley says he will run in the March 20 Republican primary as a write-in candidate after being removed from the ballot.
Lemont resident Duane Bradley will run as a write-in candidate in the March 20 Republican primary for the 41st Illinois Senate District after being removed from the ballot Jan. 9. Bradley told Patch on Tuesday that he has filed the necessary paperwork to run as a write-in candidate in Will, DuPage and Cook counties, according to the report. He is challenging Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) in the 41st District, which covers Burr Ridge, Darien, Downers Grove, Homer Glen, Indian Head Park, LaGrange, Lemont, Lisle, Naperville, Western Springs, Willowbrook and Woodridge. According to the Illinois State Board of Elections, Bradley was removed from the ballot after the state's electoral board sustained an objection filed Dec…
Monday, January 9, 2012
Sen. Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) will run unopposed in the 41st District after the Illinois State Board of Elections ruled that Bradley lacked enough signatures on his nominating petition.
Lemont resident Duane Bradley has been removed from the March 20 Republican primary ballot for the 41st Senate district, according to the Illinois State Board of Elections. In a hearing held Monday morning in Chicago, the Illinois State Officers Electoral Board sustained an objection filed Dec. 9 by Homer Township Highway Commissioner Michael DeVivo against Bradley's nominating petition, according to the state board's website. The objection claimed Bradley had only 300 of the required 1,000 signatures before the Dec. 5 filing deadline, according to Rupert Borgsmiller, executive director of the Illinois State Board of Elections. A hearing examiner reviewed DeVivo's objection before submitting a recommendation to the state's General Counsel…
Thursday, January 5, 2012
A ruling is expected to be made next week on an objection filed against Duane Bradley, who is challenging Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogo (R-Lemont) in the March 20 primary.
The state's electoral board will rule next week on an objection filed against Duane Bradley, a Lemont resident seeking election to the 41st Senate District of the Illinois General Assembly. Rupert Borgsmiller, executive director of the Illinois State Board of Elections, said the electoral board met Dec. 20 to set hearing dates for all cases involving objections to nominating petitions for the March 20 primary. Among those cases was the objection against Bradley, filed Dec. 9 by Homer Township Highway Commissioner Michael DeVivo. In the objection, DeVivo claims Bradley's petition for candidacy only contains 300 signatures, Borgsmiller said. The minimum amount required is 1,000. According to Borgsmiller, a hearing examiner has reviewed …
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Laura Reigle will challenge State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) in the 82nd District, while Duane Bradley will run against Illinois Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno (R-Lemont) in the 41st District.
Two Lemont residents are set to challenge the village's current state senator and representative in the upcoming primary election. As of 5 p.m. Monday, all established party candidates running for state office in the March 20 primary have filed their nominating petitions with the Illinois State Board of Elections. Lemont resident Laura Reigle filed her petition Monday to challenge State Rep. Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) in the 82nd District. Durkin filed his paperwork Nov. 28, which means his name will appear first on the primary ballot. The newly drawn 82nd District includes parts of Western Springs, Lemont, Darien, Burr Ridge, Willowbrook and Homer Glen. Durkin, the current assistant minority leader in the Illinois House of …
Scott Richards
6:41 am on Tuesday, January 17, 2012
This makes no sense. Bradley either 1) can't count -- submitting his nominating papers with 700 fewer signatures than needed, 2) can't read instructions or 3) purposely tried to skirt the rules to get on the ballot. Conduct that doesn't give a very good testament as to why he should hold public office. The guy came in dead last in a local SB election why does he think he can and should be elected… more ›