I'm tracking the endorsements of elected and party officials for the Republican nomination for governor at this site: www.djw.info/gopgovernor06.htm
If you have any endorsements that are public (on a campaign website), please send them to me.
I'll probably do one for the other GOP statewides as well, and for the Dem Treasurer race (no real candidates so far....maybe that's a sign of how much cross-over appeal Judy Baar Topinka enjoys).
I did this for the '04 Senate primary (both D and R), and if you'd like to remember who endorsed whom (and who didn't endorse), that site's address is www.djw.info/senate.htm.
I notcied that Fritchey has predicted that Jim Edgar will get the GOP nomination. Any other predictions?
I predict that Edgar will not run. But I'm not ready to make a prediction who will get the nomination. Feel free to predict in comments.
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I endorse Dan Johnson Weinberger for Governor of Illinois. BTW I found my Washburne junior high school yearbook, and who should be prominently featured on the student counsel page standing at the podium giving a speech? DJW in all his 12 year old glory. Dan, you always did love the spot light. I'll have to scan that baby.
do not know enough to predict or endorse-
did you see the article in the Chicago Tribune around Aug 21 or so called something like Illinois Could Use a Few Good Edisons?
the content in this should be a campaign issue.
fair enough, DJW, but if you're making predictions about a ticket, an omission for AG is a fairly large hole in the ticket ... not that Madigan is terribly vulnerable ... I wonder why Rutherford is going for SOS rather than Comptroller. Of the Dem constitutional officers, Hynes, fresh from his 2004 defeat, would seem more vulnerable than Jesse White.
Also, if you're advising Jim Edgar (and if you are, DJW, that would be very impressive for a Senate Dem staffer), wouldn't you want to cut a deal with the White House to get assurances of a Cabinet post in the event that you lose the race for guv? That way, if Edgar loses, he saves face by finishing his career as DOT Secretary (to throw out an option considering Mineta has been there since the beginning of the Bush Adm)
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