Monday, February 6, 2012
Northfield Township party leaders urge endorsement of no candidate, enough members listen.
The Northfield Township Democratic Organization will not endorse a 10th Congressional District Democratic candidate for the March 20 primary after attacks by advocates of certain contenders left no consensus choice Saturday in Northbrook. Supporters of Waukegan community organizer Ilya Sheyman criticized Deerfield management consultant Brad Schneider for campaign contributions to Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Highland Park), while the 25-year-old Sheyman came under fire for his age. The other two candidates who appealed to more than 150 people in the room were Long Grove business owner John Tree and Mundelein attorney Vivek Bavda. Only 53 of those people had green cards to vote as organization members. When it came time to vote, 22 people raised their…
Monday, January 30, 2012
Schakowsky, Morrison also get nod.
Ilya Sheyman was endorsed for the Democratic nomination in the March 20 primary Sunday by the New Trier Township Democratic Organization for the opportunity to challenge Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth). A community organizer from Waukegan, Sheyman received the nod from 64.42 percent of the ballots cast for the 10th Congressional District nomination by more than 200 members of the group. Balloting was limited to paid members of the New Trier Democrats. Deerfield management consultant Brad Schneider was preferred by 30.06 percent while Mundelein attorney Vivek Bavda and Long Grove business owner John Tree garnered 4.72 percent between them. Earlier: Democratic Candidates Praise Obama Speech In the 9th Congressional District, the organization…
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
No other candidates have disclosed fundraising totals. Reports are due Jan. 31.
Democratic Congressional candidate John Tree, a Long Grove business owner and Air Force Reserve colonel, raised $101,000 for his campaign for the quarter that ended Dec. 31 and has approximately $80,000 on hand, according to spokesperson Ken Snyder. Tree, who became a candidate Nov. 10, is one of five Democrats facing off in the March 20 primary to earn the right to challenge Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) in the Nov. 6 general election. The other Democratic contenders are Deerfield management consultant Brad Schneider, Waukegan community organizer Ilya Sheyman, Mundelein attorney Vivek Bavda and Hainesville mathematician Aloys Rutagwbira. Neither Dold nor the other Democrats have disclosed the results of their fundraising efforts. …
Friday, January 6, 2012
Five diverse candidates explain why they have the best chance to win a seat in Congress.
All five Democrats vying in the March 20 primary to challenge Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) see themselves as best able to unseat the freshman incumbent in the Nov. 6 general election. The contest promises to be one of the country’s most hotly contested races. Before Dold was sworn into office a year ago, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee targeted him for defeat on the heels of his 5,000 vote victory over Dan Seals even though the area’s new boundaries were not drawn. A few months later, Emily’s List, an organization dedicated to electing progressive women to office, declared its intention to defeat Dold as well. In May, the Illinois General Assembly passed a new Congressional map placing Dold’s Kenilworth home in the 9th …
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Evanston Democrat challenges Schakowsky. One more Democrat joins 10th District race.
Update (5 p.m.). Simon Ribeiro of Evanston filed nominating petitions today to enter the March 20 Democratic primary against Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston). In the 10th District, one more Democrat, Aloys Rutagwibira of Hainesville, submitted paperwork to enter the primary making it a five candidate field seeking the right to face Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) in the Nov. 6 general election. (Earlier: 6 a.m.) Four Democrats hoping to represent the newly redrawn 10th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives along with person they hope to replace, Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth), filed petitions Friday securing a place on the March 20 primary ballot. In the 9th District, Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) …
Monday, December 12, 2011
Schakowsky, Dold split on philosophy behind bill. Original ideas altered.
A bill approving an extension of the payroll tax holiday and continuing long term unemployment benefits passed the United States House of Representatives Tuesday night, 234-193, and drew mixed reaction from Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) and Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth). The bill, expected to be rejected by the Senate, would prevent an additional $1,000 coming out of American paychecks after Jan. 1 but shorten the length of time the long term unemployed can receive benefits from 99 weeks to 59 weeks. “Congressman Dold supported this legislation because he believes it was important to extend both of these programs before they expired at the end of this year,” Dold Communications Director Stefani Zimmerman said. “Traditionally, …
Monday, November 28, 2011
Candidates for 9th and 10th Districts must wait until Dec. 23 to file petitions. All other Illinois office seekers begin today and must finish by Dec. 5.
Candidates for Illinois’s 18 seats in the United States House of Representatives can do nothing but continue to gather signatures on their petitions today as all other office seekers in the state are ready to file their petitions to get on the March 20 primary ballot. After Gov. Patrick Quinn signed legislation enacting the new Congressional map last summer Republican members of Congress including Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) of the 10th Congressional District challenged the new boundaries in federal court. As it considers the case, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois postponed the filing period for people running for Congress Wednesday. Rather than file petitions today, the Court ordered a delay …
Monday, October 17, 2011
Schakowsky faces little opposition in 9th District.
Potential opponents of Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) lag behind the North Shore Congressman in fundraising, according to reports filed in the last few days with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Deerfield management consultant Brad Schneider raised $78,999 for the period ending Sept. 30, according to a report filed with the FEC Friday. He now has $417,016.93 in the bank after collecting $321,005.11 last quarter. He has also loaned his campaign $100,000 and donated $50,000 of his own money. Mundelein attorney Vivek Bavda, who entered the race early last month, raised $23,301 in the month. He also loaned his campaign $25,000 and has $28,619.25 in the bank. Schneider and Bavda will face Waukegan community organizer Ilya Sheyman and …
Friday, October 14, 2011
Congressman raised $376,534 for the quarter that ended Sept. 30.
Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) has nearly $1 million in the bank to finance his reelection campaign as of Sept. 30, according to a report filed Thursday with the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Dold raised $367,665 for the quarter that ended Sept. 30, according to the FEC. He has collected $1,276,067.86 since he was elected less than a year ago. None of Dold’s potential Democratic opponents—Deerfield management consultant Brad Schneider,Waukegan community organizer Ilya Sheyman or Mundelein attorney Vivek Bavda—have filed their reports yet. They are due Oct. 15 Sheyman told Patch earlier this month he had raised more than $140,000 from over 4,800 donors as of Sept. 30. For the entire campaign he has collected more than $250,000. …
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
More than 4,800 people made donations. Dold, Schneider wait to disclose totals.
Congressional candidate Ilya Sheyman raised more than $140,000 from over 4,800 donors for the quarter ending Sept. 30 in his pursuit of the Democratic nomination in the March 20 primary to oppose Rep. Robert Dold (R-Kenilworth) in the November, 2012 general election. Sheyman, a community organizer from Waukegan, was the first candidate to disclose his third quarter fundraising totals, which must be filed with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) by Oct. 15. One of Sheyman’s primary opponents, Deerfield management consultant Brad Schneider, and a spokesperson for Dold indicated they plan to release their results by the deadline. The third Democratic candidate, Mundelein attorney Vivek Bavda, did not return calls from Patch. Sheyman was …
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7:32 pm on Friday, February 10, 2012
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