Campaign 2006: Illinois Primary
The Tribune endorsements

Published March 19, 2006

These are the Chicago Tribune's endorsements in Tuesday's primary elections. Endorsements are made only in contested races.

REPUBLICANS

GOVERNOR
Ron Gidwitz

LT. GOVERNOR
Steven J. Rauschenberger

 

U.S. HOUSE

2nd District: Robert Belin
3rd District: Ray Wardingley
8th District: David McSweeney
9th District: Michael P. Shannon
13th District: Judy Biggert
17th District: Jim Mowen

 

ILLINOIS SENATE

27th District: Rita L. Mullins
31st District: Suzanne D. Simpson
48th District: Randall M. "Randy" Hultgren

 

ILLINOIS HOUSE

45th District: Franco Coladipietro
52nd District: Mark H. Beaubien Jr.
53rd District: Sidney H. Mathias
55th District: Pamela Joy Fenner
56th District: Paul Froehlich
62nd District: Sandy Cole
75th District: Jason Briscoe
81st District: Rene Kosel
82nd District: Jim Durkin
95th District: Mike Fortner

 

COOK COUNTY BOARD

District 9: Peter N. Silvestri
District 15: Timothy O. Schneider

 

COOK COUNTY COURT SUBCIRCUITS

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

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DEMOCRATS

GOVERNOR
No endorsement

TREASURER
Paul Mangieri

 

U.S. HOUSE

1st District: Bobby L. Rush
3rd District: Daniel William Lipinski
5th District: Rahm Emanuel
6th District: L. Tammy Duckworth
7th District: Danny K. Davis
10th District: Daniel J. Seals
12th District: No endorsement
13th District: Bill Reedy
14th District: Jonathon "John" Laesch
19th District: Danny L. Stover

 

ILLINOIS SENATE

1st District: Oscar Torres
4th District: Kimberly A. Lightford
12th District: Eduardo "Eddie" Garza
33rd District: Dan Kotowski
36th District: Mike Jacobs
39th District: Don Harmon
46th District: David Koehler

 

ILLINOIS HOUSE

2nd District: Francisco Rodriguez
3rd District: William "Willie" Delgado
6th District: Esther Golar
7th District Emanuel "Chris" Welch
8th District: La Shawn K. Ford
24th District: Roberto Garcia
25th District: Barbara Flynn Currie
26th District: Lovana S. "Lou" Jones
28th District: Robert "Bob" Rita
29th District: David E. Miller
33rd District: Marlow H. Colvin
40th District: Richard T. Bradley
53rd District: No endorsement
91st District: Michael K. Smith
99th District: Chuck Redpath

 

ILLINOIS APPELLATE COURT

1st (Hartigan vacancy): Deborah Mary Dooling
1st (Hartman vacancy): David Anthony Erickson
3rd (Slater vacancy): Tom O'Neal
5th (Maag vacancy): Bruce Stewart

 

COOK COUNTY BOARD

President: Forrest Claypool

Sheriff: Tom Dart

5th District: Dian M. Powell
6th District: N. Keith Chambers
7th District: Leonard "Len" Dominguez
9th District: No endorsement

 

METROPOLITAN WATER RECLAMATION DISTRICT

Debra Shore
Terrence O'Brien
Lewis W. Powell III

 

COOK COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT

Burr vacancy: Ann Collins Dole

Jaffe vacancy: Michael J. Howlett Jr.

Nudelman vacancy: James Patrick Murphy

Schiller vacancy: Thomas J. Byrne

Travis vacancy: Martha Mills

 

COOK COUNTY COURT SUBCIRCUITS

1st subcircuit (Crooks vacancy): Carl Anthony Walker

2nd subcircuit ("A" vacancy): Michael Stuttley

5th subcircuit (Greene-Thapedi vacancy): Diane M. Shelley

6th subcircuit (Jorzak vacancy): Ramon Ocasio III

7th subcircuit ("A" vacancy): Carol M. Howard

10th subcircuit (Golniewicz vacancy): Brian Grossman

11th subcircuit ("A" vacancy): Mary Colleen Roberts

15th subcircuit (Nowinski vacancy): Thomas Anthony Gibbons

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Endorsements in the collar counties These are the Chicago Tribune's endorsements in Tuesday's primary elections for contested races in DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry and Will Counties. All candidates are Republican unless noted as Democratic (D).

DUPAGE COUNTY SHERIFF
John E. Zaruba

DUPAGE COUNTY TREASURER
Robert Heap

KANE COUNTY SHERIFF
Ignacio "Joe" Pea

LAKE COUNTY SHERIFF
Mark C. Curran Jr. (D)

WILL COUNTY SHERIFF
Theodore Rizo (D)

WILL COUNTY TREASURER
Michael F. Turk (D)

12TH CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE
1st subcircuit ("A" vacancy): Diane M. Para

16TH CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE
Kane, Kendall, DeKalb Counties

(Nottolini vacancy): Thomas E. Mueller

19TH CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE
Lake, McHenry Counties

("B" vacancy): Valerie Boettle Ceckowski

("C" vacancy): George Bridges

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