Here are your representatives/leaders

Good morning, Carpentersville!

What a good morning it is, too!  With high temperatures expected in the low 70s — in early November! — and the election for “change” now sucessfully completed …

Democrat Barack Obama won Kane County (52% to 46%) for President of the Unted States.  Republican John McCain did manage to eek out more votes in one or two precincts in Carpentersville.

Dick Durbin won re-election, receiving nearly 54% of Kane County votes (58% overall).

Bill Foster won re-election, receiving more than 54% (59% overall) of the vote in Kane County.  Jim Oberweis was again defeated, getting less than 42% (41%) of the vote.

Democrat Keith Farnham defeated incumbent Republican State Representative Ruth Munson by a 2-percent margin in Kane County (46-44) in the 43rd District, while Tim Schmitz won in the 49th by a large margin – 53 to 40 – over Rachel Shattuck.

For County Board, Hollie Kissane won handily over Carpentersville Trustee Kay Teeter.  Kissane received 62% of the vote to Teeter’s 27%.

The decision was overwhelmingly no (62%) on the matter of an Illinois Constitutional Convention.

John Noverini won the race for Circuit Court Judge over Patricia Piper Golden – 48 to 43.

That is most of the races that mattered …

Overall, a happy result.

Enjoy your day.