Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Race for the Toney vacancy very, very close

The Illinois Supreme Court appointed Arthur P. Wheatley to this vacancy, but Judge Wheatley is in an extremely tight race at this hour in his bid to hold onto this seat.

There are now only three City precincts outstanding, and only two suburban ones uncounted and Judge Wheatley is down 311 votes to challenger Kimberly D. Lewis. Judge Wheatley was rated Qualified or Recommended by every bar association. Wheatley had the endorsements of the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Federation of Labor, the IVI-IPO, the Illinois Committee for Honest Government, and the Chicago Defender. Lewis has been an Illinois attorney since 2001 and has served as a hearing officer for the City of Chicago. She refused to participate in the screening process. Lewis leads, at this hour, 7,699 to 7,388.

Mable Taylor is in third place in this race, with 5,884 votes to this point.
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3 comments:

  1. Richard CampbellTuesday, March 20, 2012 11:22:00 PM

    Just to be clear: Wheatley and Wheaton are the same. Judge Wheatley and Lewis are the front runners off by about 300 votes.

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  2. Richard CampbellTuesday, March 20, 2012 11:25:00 PM

    Just to be clear: Wheatley and Wheaton are the same. Judge Wheatley and Lewis are the two front runners with about a difference of 300 votes.

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  3. Jack LeyhaneWednesday, March 21, 2012 7:02:00 AM

    Thank you, Mr. Campbell, for pointing out my errors, which I've corrected. It was late and, in my day, I've typed "Wheaton" far more than I've typed "Wheatley."

    I apologize.

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