Naperville Election Central and Voter's Guide
DuPage County Chairman
County Board District 5
DuPage County Sheriff
John Zaruba* (R)
DuPage County Judicial
2nd Appellate (Callum vacancy)
2nd Appellate (Gilleran-Johnson vacancy)
Mary S. Schostok (R)
18th Circuit (Kilander vacancy)
Ron Sutter (R)
DuPage County Clerk
Gwen Henry (R)
DuPage Forest Preserve
President of Forest Preserve
Dennis P. Clark (D)
D. Dewey Pierotti (R)
Will County Board
District 3
Rhonda Reed Slaughter (D)
Diane Benjamin (D)
Anil Saxena (D)
Ann Dralle (R)
Suzanne Hart (R)
Laurie McPhillips (R)
Will County Sheriff
Peter "Pete" Piazza (D)
Paul J. Kaupas (R)
Will County 12th Judicial
Subcircuit One
Robert P. Livas (R)
Subcircuit Three
Ray Nash (R)
Subcircuit Four
Wayne M. Kwiat, Sr. (R)
Subcircuit Five
Barbara N. 'Bobbi' Petrungaro (R)
Subcircuit Five (B)
Raymond E. (Ray) Rossi (R)
Township Precinct Committeemen
will not be posted.
Visit your Township for information/results.
Note: Candidates' Web sites linked to this page upon request.
County, state and federal candidates running in the General Election on Nov. 2 will be posted.
HOT! ISSUES! HOT!
In Naperville, referendum questions will be placed on the ballot.
Stay tuned for the debate and exact wording about term limits for City Council (three four-year terms), City Council districts and at-large representation and pension funding.
You will be asked to vote "Yes" or "No" on the questions.
The exact wording of the questions will be coming soon.
ENDORSEMENTS
Be sure to visit the Web sites of individual candidates posted above on PN's Election Central. Many of their Web sites post their supporters and endorsements from local political action groups.
The endorsements posted here are the result of impartial interviews by daily newspapers.
Local Media Endorsements
Coming Soon / Maybe Not!
Daily Herald
Chicago Tribune
Naperville Sun
Source: DuPage Election Commission. Will County and Illinois Board of Elections
Deadline to submit an Election Central page link for the Illinois General Election is October 29. Candidates posted here will serve Naperville in Wheaton or Joliet, Springfield and Washington.
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Positively Naperville will accept positive messages from announced candidates for print in the monthly Positively Naperville newspaper.
Candidates who pay to advertise also will be featured on the promotions page at www.pnmonthly.com.
PN will not endorse candidates running for election. We do, however, promote free enterprise, small independent businesses (the nation's biggest job creator) and individual liberty as we pray for peace.
Declared candidates may request a PN link on this Web site to their campaign Web site for no charge! The deadline for the 2010 General Election is noon on October 29.
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Reminder! Every vote
counts on Tues., Nov. 2!
Democracy is not a spectator sport.
—Lotte E. Scharfman
Refugee from Hitler's Germany, Member of the Massachusetts
League of Women Voters
in the 1970s
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
—Plato
Remember in November!
—Hand-painted sign on
pick-up truck driving around Naperville in August 2010
It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.
—James Madison
Let there be no change [in Constitutional powers] by usurpation; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
—George Washington
Educate and inform Everyone… They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
—Thomas Jefferson
I have just received the following telegram from my generous daddy. It says, 'Dear Jack: Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.'
—John F. Kennedy
Gridiron Dinner
Washington, DC, 1958
In more recent years, the mantra for Naperville Community First was
"Educate, communicate, cooperate."
Editor's note: We also like the idea of decodification. For every new law proposed, at least five old laws should be proprosed for repeal.
We urge every individual to read the U.S. Constitution and its amendments, to study the ideals of our founding fathers and to learn our nation's history.
Think for liberty. Think about all the sacrifices that have been made to protect our freedom.
And Remember!
Vote between 6AM-7PM,
Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010.
It's more important this year
than ever!
Thank you for your time and interest in this great nation.
God Bless America!
CLICK HERE for PN's GOVERNMENT GUIDE with a listing of Naperville's current elected officials!
U.S. Senate
Alexander "Alexi" Giannaoulias (D)
Michael Labno (Libertarian)
Important Two-Vote Note: A federal court ruled that the appointed term of Senator Roland Burris (D-IL) must end on Election Day with a Special Election to fill the seat. Therefore, on the Nov. 2 ballot, there will be two votes and two elections for U.S. Senator from Illinois: one for a November-January term and one for the 6-year term beginning in January.
U. S. Congress
13th Congressional District
Scott Harper (D)
Judy Biggert (R)
TOWNSHIPS
(DUPAGE RESIDENTS click HERE
to see which township you live in,
WILL residents click HERE to see
which township you live in)
Illinois Governor /
Lieutenant Governor
Pat Quinn (D)
Sheila Simon (D)
Jason Plummer (R)
Rich Whitney (G)
Don Crawford (G)
Note: Though Governor & Lt. Governor candidates ran independently in the primary, they run together on tickets in General Election.
Illinois Attorney General
Lisa Madigan (D)
Steve Kim (R)
Illinois Secretary of State
Illinois State Comptroller
David Miller (D)
Judy Baar Topinka (R)
Erika Schaefer (G)
Julie Fox (Libertarian)
Illinois State Treasurer
Robin Kelly (D)
Dan Rutherford (R)
Scott Summers (G)
Illinois Representative District
48th Representative District
Barbara Green (D)
Michael G. Connelly (R)
96th Representative District
Dawn Desart (D)
Darlene Senger (R)
ELECTION EVENT CALENDAR
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Last Day of Early Voting
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Primary Election Day
Polls open 6AM to 7PM
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Last Day of Early Voting
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
General Election Day
Polls open 6AM to 7PM
Illinois Elections Web site
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
—Plato
Another reason to register to vote by Oct. 5, 2010...
The U.S. National Debt topped
$13,050,826,460,886.97
the week of June 7, 2010.
Yes, that's trillions! How much is a trillion?
First, consider one million.
Let's say you started counting from one to one million right now... You didn't stop to eat or sleep and you allowed 2 seconds for every number. It would take you 23 days just to get to one million.
Above, the red six (6) marks the spot where you'd be after nearly 140 days and you've only just begun to get to 10 million.
How many days to Nov. 2?
On this day in June, it's about 140 days (about equal to time it takes to count nonstop to 6 million).
Wherever you live in this great nation and whatever your opinion about the National Debt, be sure to register to vote by Oct. 5 so you can vote in the 2010 General Election. Thank you.
P.S. Using a similar formula and pronouncing every syllable of every number, it would take 190,259 years to count to one trillion. Now multiply by 13...and see how far you can count.
Source: How Much Is a Million? by David M. Schwartz / Posted June 11, 2010
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Thanks for encouraging other citizens to become educated voters.
Naperville Healing Field of Honor with 2,009 American flags on Rotary Hill along the Riverwalk / Nov. 8-14, 2009
Celebrate American spirit in Naperville during the Memorial Day Parade and Observance at Central Park on the last Monday in May, Exchange Club Ribfest and Independence Day Fireworks over July 4th weekend in Knoch Park; and Veterans Day at 11AM on November 11 at Veterans Park on Gartner.
Also, just for the fun of it, the Naperville Jaycees host the Last Fling, its annual four-day family festival with the Last Fling Labor Day Parade.
Note that Ribfest and Last Fling have raised millions of private dollars over the years in support of nonprofit organizations providing humanitarian and health services in the community.
Find more information about these events posted on our monthly online calendars.
Thank you for flying the
American flag, especially on
these special days...
Jan. 1 / New Year's Day
Jan. 20 / Inauguration Day
Feb. 12 / Lincoln's Birthday
3rd Monday in February / Washington's Birthday
Easter Sunday
3rd Saturday in May / Armed Forces Day
Last Monday in May / Memorial Day
June 14 / Flag Day
July 4 / Independence Day
1st Monday in September / Labor Day
Sept. 17 / Constitution Day
2nd Monday in October / Columbus Day
Nov. 11 / Veterans Day
4th Thursday in November / Thanksgiving Day
Dec. 25 / Christmas Day
CLICK HERE FOR YOUR GOVERNMENT GUIDE TO YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS!
Meet the Candidates below via name & Web site!
Read their Web sites. Get behind a candidate.
Thanks for helping to get the word out about voter registration! Educate! Communicate! Connect!
To vote Nov. 2, register by Oct. 5, 2010
General ELECTION2010 is Tues., Nov. 2.
General ELECTION2010 / NOV. 2
This non-partisan listing of major party candidates includes information
for federal, state and county races in the Nov. 2, 2010, General Election
that will impact Naperville voters and all local residents.
PN welcomes all candidates
to submit local public opportunities to meet and
greet candidates or volunteer prior to the General Election
on Nov. 2.
Send posting requests to:
Stephanie@positivelynaperville.com.
Events will be posted within 24 hours of receipt. Thank you.
September and October promise to be busy months with opportunities to meet & greet candidates. Stay tuned.
Chamber's message at August luncheon: People on both sides of the aisle must urge elected officials & candidates to promise to pass real budget reform now. Illinois' future depends on it. Vote Nov. 2!
Read about the 2010 August Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon featuring the need in Illinois for 'Real Budget Reform Now.'
'Meet & greet' candidate events will be posted at left under 'Townships.' Simply scroll down & look on the left side of this page.
We welcome all candidates to request a link here.
Thanks to everyone who made a request!
On Aug. 23, the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce hosted its monthly luncheon at the Holiday Inn Select, featuring a non-partisan educational opportunity to learn why it's more important than ever to vote in the Nov. 2 General Election.
Chamber President John Schmitt welcomed Miles White and R. Eden Martin of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago to discuss the Illinois Is Broke Coalition. This initiative is going to be one of the most important grassroots efforts the Chamber has ever partnered with in our history, noted Schmitt.
More than 150 luncheon attendees were encouraged to visit www.illinoisisbroke.com for facts about retirement benefits, pensions and budget deficits. Consider joining business leaders, chamber members, social service agency directors and other Illinois residents, all of whom are concerned about the state's financial crisis.
To learn more about proposals to fix the state budget and reduce costs, visit
Thanks for supporting
now more than ever...
R. Eden Martin, left, and Miles White of the Civic Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago
