November 6 Evening Edition

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION
— Election Results Reporting
https://www.dupageresults.com/IL/DuPage/

 

ABC7
— Illinois governor candidates make last-minute push on Election Day – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-governor-candidates-making-last-minute-push-on-election-day–/4629465/
— Election Day 2018: Voter turnout surges across Chicago area – Jessica D’Onofrio, Chuck Goudie, Evelyn Holmes and Barb Markoff
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/election-day-2018-voter-turnout-surges-across-chicago-area/4629350/

 

NBC5
— How to Get Live Election Results for Illinois’ Midterms For a complete list of results, check the NBC Chicago app and website homepages as polls close
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/2018-election-day-results-voting-live-499691771.html

 

CBS2
— Two Election Judges Removed, Several Precincts To Stay Open Late
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/06/two-election-judges-removed-several-precincts-to-remain-open-late/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Live updates: Illinois voters head to polls to elect governor, key House seats
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-illinois-election-day-live-updates-20181106-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Voters weren’t given page 2 of paper ballot at multiple precincts
Our differences — on immigration, race, the role of work, the value of America itself — are intensifying.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/election-day-live-blog-midterms-chicago-illinois/ 

WGN TV
— LIVE BLOG: Election Day 2018 underway – MELISSA ESPANA
https://wgntv.com/2018/11/06/live-blog-election-day-2018-underway/

 

WTTW
— Tight Race for Attorney General, Other Statewide Offices Appear Safe for Dems – Nick Blumberg
https://news.wttw.com/2018/11/06/tight-race-attorney-general-other-statewide-offices-appear-safe-dems

 

WBBM 780
— Governor Rauner Joins Republicans At Get Out The Vote Rally – ANDY DAHN
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/governor-rauner-joins-republicans-get-out-vote-rally

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Dems try to sweep Illinois races, flip seats – AP
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/2018-11-06/dems-try-sweep-illinois-races-flip-seats.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Downers Grove voters cast midterm ballots
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/lists/2018/11/06/fdda015ba73644ee8fb80135755fdd87/index.xml?page=1

 

CHICAGO NOW
— I was 100% right about Bruce Rauner – William J. Kelly
http://www.chicagonow.com/kelly-truth-squad/2018/11/kelly-i-was-100-right-about-bruce-rauner/

 

ILLINOIS PATCH
— Illinois Election 2018: Polling Problems Plague Some Voters  Voters make their picks for governor, attorney general, Congress and more — including a self-avowed Nazi and Holocaust denier on the ballot. – Shannon Antinori
https://patch.com/illinois/across-il/illinois-election-2018-real-time-results-key-races-watch

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Jim Dodge wants lower taxes, efficient government – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511621477-jim-dodge-wants-lower-taxes-efficient-government

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Late morning/early afternoon precinct reports
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/06/late-morningearly-afternoon-precinct-reports/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump promised that if elected, he would defend and advance the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/election-day-does-republican-party-belong-to-donald-trump/
— The Issues That Tore Us Apart Our differences — on immigration, race, the role of work, the value of America itself — are intensifying. – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/divisive-political-issues-immigration-race-globalization/

 

CNN
— Exit polls: This election is about Donald Trump – Jennifer Agiesta
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/06/politics/2018-exit-poll-results/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Illinois Election Results
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-illinois-elections.html
— Illinois Election Results: Sixth House District We are waiting for the first votes to be counted.
https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/illinois-house-district-6
— Illinois’s 14th House District Election Results: Lauren Underwood vs. Randy Hultgren We are waiting for the first votes to be counted.
https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/illinois-house-district-14

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use foreign countries and their citizens to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/refugees-dont-deserve-trumps-calumnies/2018/11/05/e3c54e68-e142-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.