Our endorsements in Tuesday's primary

Chicago Sun-Times
Published March 19, 2006

For the past couple of weeks, the Chicago Sun-Times has published editorials on which candidates it will be endorsing in Tuesday's primary election. Listed below is a list of who those endorsements are. You may take this list with you to the voting booth.

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GOVERNOR

DEMOCRAT
Rod Blagojevich

REPUBLICAN
Judy Baar Topinka

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LT. GOVERNOR

REPUBLICAN
Steven Rauschenberger

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TREASURER

DEMOCRAT
Alexi Giannoulias

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ILLINOIS SENATE

DEMOCRAT
1st District: Oscar Torres
4th District: Kimberly Lightford
12th District: Eduardo "Eddie" Garza
33rd District: Dan Kotowski
39th District: Don Harmon

REPUBLICAN
27th District: Rita Mullins
31st District: Suzanne Simpson
48th District: Randal "Randy" Hultgren

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ILLINOIS HOUSE

DEMOCRAT
2nd District: Francisco Rodriguez
3rd District: William "Willie" Delgado
6th District: Esther Golar
7th District: Karen Yarbrough
8th District: LaShawn K. Ford
24th District: Michelle Chavez
25th District: Barbara Flynn Currie
26th District: Lovana "Lou" Jones
28th District: Robert "Bob" Rita
29th District: David Miller
33rd District: Marlow Colvin
40th District: Richard Bradley

REPUBLICAN
52nd District: Mark Beaubien
53rd District: Sidney Mathias
55th District: Randy Ramey
56th District: Anna Klimkowicz
75th District: Jason Briscoe
82nd District: Jim Durkin
95th District: Mike Fortner

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COOK COUNTY BOARD PRESIDENT

DEMOCRAT
Forrest Claypool

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SHERIFF

DEMOCRAT
Tom Dart

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COUNTY BOARD

DEMOCRAT
5th: Dian M. Powell
6th: Nicholas "Keith" Chambers
7th: Leonard Dominguez
9th: No endorsement

REPUBLICAN
9th: Peter Silvestri
15th: Carl Hansen

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U.S. CONGRESS

DEMOCRAT
1st: Bobby Rush
3rd: John T. Kelly
5th: Rahm Emanuel
6th: Tammy Duckworth
7th: Danny Davis
10th: Dan Seals
14th: John Laesch

REPUBLICAN
2nd: Robert Belin
3rd: Raymond Wardingley
8th: David McSweeney
9th: Mike Shannon
13th: Judy Biggert

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METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT

DEMOCRAT
Terrence J. O'Brien
James Harris
Debra Shore

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JUDGES

DEMOCRAT

First District Appellate Court

Hartigan vacancy: Michael James Murphy
Hartman vacancy: David Anthony Erickson

Cook County Circuit Court

Burr vacancy: Ann Collins Dole
Jaffe vacancy: Michael J. Howlett Jr.
Nudelman vacancy: James Patrick Murphy
Schiller vacancy: Thomas Byrne
Travis vacancy: Martha A. Mills

Subcircuit Races

Subcircuit 1: Carl Anthony Walker
Subcircuit 2A: Michael "Mike" Stuttley
Subcircuit 5: Diane M. Shelley
Subcircuit 6: Ramon Ocasio III
Subcircuit 7A: Carol M. Howard
Subcircuit 10: Brian Grossman
Subcircuit 11A: Mary Colleen Roberts
Subcircuit 15: John M. Steed

REPUBLICAN

Subcircuit Races

12 (Madden vacancy): Don R. Sampen
12 (Siebel vacancy): Steve Goebel
Subcircuit 12A: Richard D. Schwind
Subcircuit 13: Cary J. Collins
Subcircuit 15: Anthony C. Scrementi

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