Ballot taking shape for 2010 election
JOLIET -- It's all over, for now.
The deadline for filing petitions for next year's elections ended at 5 p.m. Monday. Will County Clerk Nancy Schultz Voots got the last few in the final hour of the allotted time period. The brief filing season opened at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 26.
After locking the doors Monday, Schultz Voots and her staff went right back to work.
"We are proofing all the names to make sure the spellings are correct, and we just have to wait to see if anyone files any objections," she said, not long after 5 p.m.
There is also a prescribed period for filing objections to petitions, and it ends at 4:30 p.m. Monday for the county-wide races and at the same time Nov. 13 for precinct committeemen.
Although everything went smoothly, Schultz Voots did get about a dozen unusual telephone calls. Because there are elections today in states such as New York and Virginia, some people thought there might be one in Illinois. No such luck.
"It is the first Tuesday of November and there is definitely no election tomorrow," she said firmly.
Here's who is running for office next year:
Republican incumbent Nancy Schultz Voots, of Shorewood
Democrat incumbent Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, of Shorewood
Republican Ron Pemble, of Romeoville
Democrat incumbent Pat McGuire, of Joliet
Republican Steve Weber, of Mokena
Republican Paul Kaupas, of Mokena (incumbent)
Republican Steve Egan, of Joliet
Democrat Ed Bradley, of University Park
Democrat Rich Girot, of Braidwood
Democrat Peter "Pete" Piazza, of Lockport
Republican Ann Dralle (incumbent), of Lemont
Republican Suzanne Hart, of Naperville
Republican Mike Wisniewski, of Naperville
Republican Sally H. Mueller, of Naperville
Republican Laurie McPhillips, of Plainfield
Democrat Diane Benjamin, of Naperville
Democrat Anil Saxena, of Naperville
Democrat Rhonda Reed-Slaughter, of Bolingbrook
Republican Brian Smith (incumbent)
Republican Lee Ann Goodson (incumbent)
Republican John F. Argoudelis, of Plainfield
Democrat Constantine "Dac" Dactelides, of Plainfield
Democrat Mike Hilliard, of Plainfield
Democrat Judith A. McDermott, of Plainfield
Democrat Henry Travis, of Lockport
Democrat Denise Winfrey (incumbent), of Joliet
Democrat Leonard Thompson Jr., of Joliet
Democrat Thelma Kirkland, of Joliet
Democrat Vernel Miller, of Joliet
Democrat Walter Adamic (incumbent), of Joliet
Democrat Joseph Babich (incumbent), of Joliet
Democrat Stephen Wilhelmi (incumbent), of Joliet
Republican Christine Boban Merriman, of Joliet
Republican Robert "Bob" Baldwin, of Crest Hill
Republican Peter DeLaney, of Crest Hill
