Posted by Opie2The on April 2, 2017, 9:42 am In Granite City Mayor Ed easily earns his fourth term over challenger Asadorian.
Got that one right
Bob Shipley wins in a laugher over write-in candidate Goclan.
There's another one in the win column.
The school board retains two incumbents Hagnauer and Jones while picking up newbies Argueles and Cook-Sedabres.
3 of 4 Not bad.
Unfortunately no changes in the city council. Youngster Nick Raftopolus loses a close one but should come back in two years when he runs against a lesser opponent. Got these right. Sadly.
In the Village, the incumbents run unchallenged for the village board so I'm going out on a limb to say they win.
I will claim this as a winning projection though it could go no other way
In the Barnum and Bailey township, Clerk Hawkins is elected again because she's a nice lady and lying under oath in this day and age is no big deal.
Makes me sad but I was right.
In the heated highway race Don Moore wins by less than 2 dozen votes because people at too smart to buy into smear politics any longer.
Guess the smear campaign worked. My first bad projection.
The assessor race isn't close. Hanfelder wins again but it is discovered three weeks later that she doesn't live in the township and she resigns.
We'll see.
Horseygirl ousts one of the incumbent board members and becomes a bad tooth in their mouth. No amount of numbing medicine will ease their pain as she exposes the games.
Thought she had it
Finally, the race is close between Presswood and Kreher. Kreher wins because of the strong endorsement by the Pontoon Mayor and the fact that people see he is a true public servant. Presswood finishes close losing by less than 50 votes. Incumbent Viesman is a distant third and a distant memory.
Well I blew this one. I really thought the endorsement of the mayor would make the difference.
on April 4, 2017, 10:33 pm