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Brown Root

Decision 2018

Hearings for Macon County sheriff’s race concludes

Written arguments will now settle ongoing legal battle between Brown and Root

DECATUR -- While the courtroom hearings have concluded and the legal battle to determine whether Macon County Sheriff Tony Brown, a Democrat, retains his position or Republican challenger and fellow officer Lt. Jim Root takes over for the remainder of the term is, in some ways, just beginning. Both Brown and Root appeared in a Macon County courtroom on Thursday, Feb. 11 in a final scheduled hearing before Judge Anna M. Benjamin, who was brought in from Champaign County to […]

todayFebruary 20, 2021 4

Don Tracy

Capitol News Illinois

Illinois Republicans name Don Tracy as new chairman

Springfield attorney formerly led Illinois Gaming Board

SPRINGFIELD (CNI) -- The Illinois Republican Party Central Committee on Saturday named Springfield attorney Don Tracy as its new chairman, replacing Tim Schneider, who had held the post for more than six years. Tracy, a partner in the firm Brown Hay and Stephens, also served as chairman of the Illinois Gaming Board during former Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration. “I ran for this position because I love Illinois – it’s my home – and I believe the ILGOP can be a […]

todayFebruary 8, 2021 5

Shane Hazel

Decision 2022

Libertarian Hazel seeks 2022 gubernatorial nod

WALESKA, Ga. -- Following a U.S. Senate race in November, a Georgia Libertarian is turning his eyes toward Georgia's top statewide office in 2022. Shane T. Hazel would receive 2.3 percent of the vote in November's general election. Now, as the runoff election nears this week, Hazel would make an announcement in mid-December that he was seeking the gubernatorial nomination. Hazel platform, without an update, still holds validity While Hazel's campaign website still has remnants of his U.S. Senate race, his […]

todayJanuary 3, 2021 1

Capital Area Region

Libertarian VP nominee to make campaign stops in Illinois

SPRINGFIELD -- Libertarian vice presidential nominee Jeremy "Spike" Cohen will be in Illinois beginning Sunday in preparation for a campaign blitz in the state. Cohen will be in Springfield Monday as he and running mate Jo Jorgensen file their paperwork for the November 3 election. Additionally, there will be Congressional and state legislative candidates filing their candidate packets that day as well. The expected time of filing should be around 11 a.m. A press conference on the Illinois State Capitol […]

todayJuly 18, 2020

National

Sarwark, Libertarian national chair, not seeking re-election, fuels speculation for VP bid

MANCHESTER, N.H. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The current sitting chairman of the Libertarian National Committee will not be seeking a fourth term, according to a post on Twitter Thursday. https://twitter.com/nsarwark/status/1255983771716902912 https://twitter.com/nsarwark/status/1255660452530532354 Nicholas Sarwark, who has been the national chairman since 2014, states in a Twitter post that he would not seek another term. Presidential candidate Adam Kokesh publishes speculation that Sarwark could become a potential running mate for Congressman Justin Amash. Amash recently made a declaration to run for the Libertarian […]

todayMay 1, 2020 1

Decision 2020

De La Fuente, Richardson tapped for Alliance Party presidential, VP ticket

(Heartland Newsfeed) -- Rocky De La Fuente and Darcy Richardson became the Alliance Party presidential ticket via a 24-2 vote Saturday during their virtual convention. De La Fuente was on the ballot for some presidential primaries this year. In Missouri's Democratic primary, he received 66 votes. He would later receive 21,833 votes against President Donald Trump in Illinois' Republican primary. "Rocky checks a lot of the boxes," states Dan Schaefer, Alliance Party Missouri chairman, in an email response. "He's well […]

todayApril 25, 2020 16

Ballot Access News

Libertarian Party of Illinois seeking ballot access from state board of elections, Gov. Pritzker

CHICAGO (Heartland Newsfeed) -- The Libertarian Party of Illinois (LPIL) is petitioning the state's election authority for November's general election, a press release states Thursday. They're asking the Illinois State Board of Elections to grant the party ballot access. The release cites the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak as a result of the March 9 disaster proclamation by Gov. JB Pritzker. Additionally, combined with the Centers for Disease Control recommendations, it makes ballot access petitioning impossible as a result. New political parties, […]

todayMarch 19, 2020 15

Decision 2020

Monds becomes fifteenth active candidate for Libertarian presidential nomination

CAIRO, Ga. (Heartland Newsfeed via press release) -- The first Libertarian to receive over a million votes at the state level is taking a crack at the Libertarian presidential nomination, according to a press release Tuesday. The candidate, John Monds, received over a million votes in his 2008 Libertarian campaign for public service commissioner in Georgia. Monds would later run for governor in 2010 and set history as the first African-American candidate to appear on the ballot in Georgia. To […]

todayFebruary 4, 2020 41

Decision 2020

Cory Booker drops out of presidential race with ‘no path to victory’

NEWARK, N.J. (UPI) -- Democratic New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker announced Monday he's leaving the 2020 presidential race. "It's with a full heart that I share this news-I'm suspending my campaign for president," he tweeted. "To my team, supporters, and everyone who gave me a shot -- thank you. I am so proud of what we built, and I feel nothing but faith in what we can accomplish together." Booker's exit comes just weeks before the primary season begins in […]

todayJanuary 13, 2020 4

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