March 18 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Jim Oberweis To Face U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, Jeanne Ives To Face U.S. Rep. Sean Casten In Key Congressional Races
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/03/17/house-race-democrats-lauren-underwood-sean-casten-jeanne-ives-jim-oberweis/

NBC5
— Pritzker Activates Illinois National Guard to Assist With Coronavirus Response A total of 60 members of the National Guard will be activated to assist with the response
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/governor-pritzker-activates-illinois-national-guard-to-assist-with-coronavirus-response/2239181/

ABC7
— Healthy individuals encouraged to donate amid COVID-19 pandemic – Judy Hsu and Marissa N. Isang (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, the older that you are, the less healthy that you are. In my defense, I stress that neither health problems nor any other kind of problem has stopped me from putting a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email together and sending it out each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening too since 2015.)
https://abc7chicago.com/health/blood-donation-crucial-now-more-than-ever-/6022291/
— Chicago coronavirus update: DePaul faculty member tests positive for COVID-19
https://abc7chicago.com/health/depaul-faculty-member-tests-positive-for-covid-19/6024244/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-3/18/2020
— Midway Control Tower workers test positive for coronavirus; hundreds of flights canceled at airport
https://abc7chicago.com/travel/midway-operations-limited-after-3-control-tower-technicians-test-positive-for-covid-19/6023973/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-3/18/2020

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ILLINOIS ELECTION RESULTS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/results/

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— Unofficial Results: Republican
https://www.dupageresults.com/IL/DuPage/101646/Web02.245501/#/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois’ 2020 primary leaves hundreds of thousands of ballots still to be counted in Chicago alone Voters braved emergency conditions to hit the polls Tuesday amid a global pandemic that has had a dramatic impact on the election process.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2020/3/17/21183134/illinois-2020-primary-election-chicago-live-updates-votes-uncounted-chicago
— Neo-Nazi sees little support in latest congressional bid With about 92 percent of precincts reporting, Arthur Jones had garnered just 10 percent of the vote with Mike Fricilone leading in the three-way GOP race. – Sam Charles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/3/17/21184471/illinois-gop-3rd-district-race-congress-jones-fricilone-oshea

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES: Downtown Naperville a ghost town in wake of virus shutdowns and behind the closed doors people are struggling – HILARY DECENT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-decent-column-st-0318-20200317-ee2araaqbjhqtanlp5wjxp2itu-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Naperville voters say ‘yes’ to recreational marijuana sales in the city – ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-marijurana-referendum-results-napervill-st-20200318-bhaiyx65mncgnksn5gbin7rjle-story.html 
— The (Jeanne) Ives of March – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-jeanne-ives-sean-casten-20200318-qcxlwos3tndqxm4kva42xka7qm-story.html
— Voters send a message to neo-Nazi Arthur Jones – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-neo-nazi-candidate-3rd-district-20200318-u2srqk67xbabhc3sxdfpr27hoi-story.html
— Illinois expands coronavirus testing guidelines, but many sick people still don’t qualify – PETER NICKEAS and ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-testing-illinois–20200317-yenasnxqlfg7hkscouggd6gdv4-story.html
— It’s census time — and time to rehash the definitions of race – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: How soon will we see “WHITES ARE NOT WELCOME” signs followed by “MEN ARE NOT WELCOME” signs followed by “OLD PEOPLE ARE NOT WELCOME” signs?) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-census-race-page-20200317-ftaixrpf6fglrnlf6ojlrarq2e-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Naperville voters leaning yes in recreational pot advisory vote – Marie Wilson 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200317/naperville-voters-leaning-yes-in-recreational-pot-advisory-vote

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— COVID-19: KANE COUNTY DECLARES EMERGENCY, ISSUES 9-1-1 AND GOVERNMENT SERVICES PROTOCOLS
https://kanecountyconnects.com/2020/03/covid-19-kane-county-declares-emergency-issues-9-1-1-and-government-services-protocols/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The fluke that’s holding up city vote totals Chicago is going through its own hanging chad episode of sorts this primary election, and it’s not clear when we’ll have the results of many races. – GREG HINZ 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/fluke-thats-holding-city-vote-totals

WTTW
— Illinois Congressional Races: Newman Defeats Lipinski; Oberweis, Ives Declare Victory – Nick Blumberg
https://news.wttw.com/2020/03/17/illinois-congressional-races-2020-primary

WBEZ
— Jim Oberweis Claims Victory, Will Take On Freshman Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood – Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/republicans-fight-to-take-on-rep-lauren-underwood/9f440a53-12c9-4afe-bcdc-b5799eaed260
— Jeanne Ives Easily Wins The Chance To Make The 6th Congressional District Red Again – Becky Vevea
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/republicans-try-to-make-6th-congressional-red-again/4ae46b9d-3d5e-4cfb-9bdd-b421135cdbc2

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Oberweis defeats GOP challengers in 14th District – DREW ZIMMERMAN (DIERSEN: On July 5, 2003, all five announced Republican U.S. Senate candidates (John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) attended a picnic that I organized in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, Jeanne Ives’ precinct to the east, and Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200+ attendees included Randy Hultgren.)
https://www.nwherald.com/2020/03/18/oberweis-defeats-gop-challengers-in-14th-district/af5v88t/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Biden sees gender key issue in presidential race – John and Andy Schlafly
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Biden-sees-gender-key-issue-in-presidential-race-15138900.php
— Pot buyers in Collinsville must now keep 6 ft. apart — medical sales tighten safety, other dispensaries freeze rec. sales
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Illinois-sets-COVID-19-guidelines-for-sales-of-15138525.php

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Record 35% of primary voters cast ballots early – Matt Koester
https://www.galesburg.com/news/20200317/record-35-of-primary-voters-cast-ballots-early

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Effingham County to Chicago: Get lost Effingham County voters on Tuesday overwhelmingly said they want Chicago to separate from the rest of Illinois. A local referendum favored that by a margin of 73.8 percent to 26.2 percent.
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/2020_election/effingham-county-to-chicago-get-lost/article_bb42d7aa-6899-11ea-83d4-e785ae6f1780.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Few close contests in races for DuPage County offices
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/03/18/few-close-contests-in-races-for-dupage-county-offices/aflqs83/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the Republican side, incumbent Bob Grogan easily won the primary race for auditor, defeating Jeffrey Mack of Downers Grove. Grogan collected 21,627 votes to 13,719 ballots cast for Mack. The GOP primary for recorder was a closer affair. In the end, Babette Holder Youngberg of Wheaton collected 18,223 votes to outlast Ronald Almiron, a Wheaton attorney, who garnered 16,428 votes, according to unofficial results. In the District 5 Republican primary for Forest Preserve District Board, incumbent Mary Lou Wehrli defeated Carl Schultz of Aurora. Wehrli picked up 3,862 to outlast Schultz who collected 2,393 votes.)

ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— Turnout Down As Coronavirus Stalks Illinois Primary – Brian Mackey
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/turnout-down-as-coronavirus-stalks-illinois-primary/

CAPITOL FAX
— State labs only processing around 300 COVID-19 specimens a day
https://capitolfax.com/2020/03/18/state-labs-only-processing-around-300-covid-19-specimens-a-day/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Are black Republicans running for office the death knell of the Democratic Party? Carrying the banner of conservatism and Donald Trump – Bruce Eberle and Vernon Robinson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/17/are-black-republicans-running-for-office-the-death/
— OUTRAGEOUS: ‘Going big’: Trump proposes $1,000 payments to Americans, aid to buoy businesses – Dave Boyer (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who tell Trump that everyone who he gives $1,000 to will vote for him on November 3, 2020? Needless-to-say, any cash assistance should only go to those who have been directly and negatively impacted financially by coronavirus in a big way. What do you say to Democrats and RINOs who demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans who are angry and suspicious about actions that Democrats want Trump to take?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/mar/17/trump-considering-1000-checks-most-americans-coron/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The COVID-19 pandemic shows our elite pundit class is completely worthless – Becket Adams
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-covid-19-pandemic-shows-our-elite-pundit-class-is-completely-worthless

AMERICAN THINKER
— Viral Soul-Searching: Left and Right Politics after a Plague – Robert Oscar Lopez
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/03/viral_soulsearching_left_and_right_politics_after_a_plague.html

GOPUSA
— America Gets A Big Taste Of Socialism With Coronavirus
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=86253

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Economic Stimulus: Take Care Of The Little Guys First – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/32152

CBN NEWS
— Neither Refugees Nor Asylum Seekers: The Real Reason These Migrants are Coming to the US Illegally – Chuck Holton
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2020/march/neither-refugees-nor-asylum-seekers-the-real-reason-these-migrants-are-coming-to-the-us-illegally
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Leaving to “Keep Up with the Joneses” “The people who die here die of old age in bed,” Bensman said. “So you can’t argue that people are fleeing this place. But what you can say is that people are leaving this place to keep up with the Joneses.” “People are telling us about something entirely different as a motive for going to the United States, and it has to do with envy. What I mean by envy, particularly, is house envy,” Bensman continued. “American dollars being sent back to the families here have been poured into huge, beautiful houses.” Guatemala receives more than ten billion dollars a year in remittances from its citizens who are living in the United States and sending their money back home. And a lot of that money – at least in this town – is being used for home construction. The people that are working in the United States send money to their family members and what few men are left in this town are very busy constructing houses. Two homes we saw under construction are 2,500 square feet. Many Guatemalans appear to be achieving the American dream by moving the American dream back to Guatemala. The Dream? To Build a Nice House Back in Guatemala Marcus Domingo’s sons are in Missouri, working jobs where they’re paid “under the table” and sending enough money home to build both of these houses. “See, the problem here is there aren’t any economic resources, no jobs for us, it’s only in the United States where there’s work that pays enough to do this because Guatemala is a poor country,” Domingo said. “Right now our dream is for each of us to build our own house so we can have a good life, buy a little piece of land, and put a little money in the bank so that we can better our situation. Everyone sees that some are building all this and everyone became preoccupied with fighting to have one for themselves,” he said.)

CNS NEWS
— 2,060 Chinese Nationals Apprehended At U.S.-Mexico Border in Fiscal Year 2019 – Terence P. Jeffrey 
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/terence-p-jeffrey/2060-chinese-nationals-apprehended-us-mexico-border-fiscal-year-2019

PJ MEDIA
— After Four Years of Pro-Israel Trump, American Jews Still With the Democrats – P. DAVID HORNIK (DIERSEN: Obviously, overwhelmingly, Jewish people in America are liberal/moderate.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/after-four-years-of-pro-israel-trump-american-jews-still-with-the-democrats/

TOWNHALL
— President Trump Is Getting the Coronavirus Under Control, But the Media Aren’t Helping – Madison Gesiotto
https://townhall.com/columnists/madisongesiotto/2020/03/17/president-trump-is-getting-the-coronavirus-under-control-but-the-media-arent-helping-n2565170
— Beware of the ‘Emergency Declaration’ – Bob Barr
https://townhall.com/columnists/bobbarr/2020/03/18/beware-of-the-emergency-declaration-n2565169
— Countering Biden’s Gender Play – John and Andy Schlafly (DIERSEN: Of course, to get votes from women, Biden will promise to use the federal government give women even more preference. I would not be surprised at all if Biden ordered the federal government to immediately terminate all its male employees who did not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2020/03/18/countering-bidens-gender-play-n2565166

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Mainstream media use fake news to paint Trump as callous on coronavirus It turns out that the New York Times was engaged in a lie by omission. – Andrea Widberg
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/mainstream-media-use-fake-news-to-paint-trump-as-callous-on-coronavirus

THE HILL
— Dan Lipinski defeated in Illinois House primary – TAL AXELROD (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be someone who promotes abortion.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/487598-newman-wins-contentious-illinois-house-primary
— Trump admin to begin turning back all undocumented immigrants, asylum seekers at borders – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/488164-trump-admin-to-begin-turning-back-all-undocumented-immigrants-asylum

POLITICO
— Poll: Most Americans don’t trust Trump on coronavirus information The president’s trust ratings regarding the pandemic rank lower than other prominent sources of information. – QUINT FORGEY (DIERSEN: Who focuses on making people distrust you? I should write a book about those who focus on making people distrust me. Better yet, I should sue them. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservatives, and/or Republican. I would focus on leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/03/17/poll-americans-lack-trust-in-trump-on-coronavirus-information-133576
— A global pandemic in the age of political venom – ANNA PALMER and JAKE SHERMAN (DIERSEN: The following will use coronavirus to destroy Republicans: those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2020/03/18/a-global-pandemic-in-the-age-of-political-venom-488614

CBS NEWS
— Guns and ammo sales spike in U.S. on coronavirus worries – STEPHEN GANDE
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/guns-ammunition-sales-coronavirus-concerns/

CNN
— Trump confirms US-Canada border will be closed to non-essential traffic
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-outbreak-03-18-20-intl-hnk/h_ff6b007659c97215e0b9d9df70272baa

NEW YORK TIMES
— Illinois Polls: Who Different Groups Supported
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/03/17/us/elections/exit-polls-illinois-primary.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being racists. I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who focus on demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Republicans as being racists. I would focus on those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/18/opinion/trump-republicans-racism.html
— The Left Is Still Leery of Biden. Here’s How He’s Reaching Out to Them. The Biden campaign and a long list of surrogates are striving to engage progressive Democrats who have so far been cool to Mr. Biden’s presidential bid. – Katie Glueck and Thomas Kaplan (DIERSEN: To get more votes from the left, Biden will promise to do even more to use the federal government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/us/politics/joe-biden-democrats-liberals.html

WASHINGTON POST
— U.S. stocks and oil prices slump as coronavirus reaches all 50 states The Dow plunges more than 1,300 points as White House plans to bail out hard-hit industries and cut checks to Americans do little to reassure investors – Taylor Telford and Thomas Heath (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use coronavirus to destroy America to defeat Trump.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/18/markets-economy-live-updates-coronavirus/
— Democratic groups to spend millions hitting Trump over coronavirus response – Isaac Stanley-Becker (DIERSEN: What do you say to RINOs who join these Democratic groups?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democratic-groups-to-spend-millions-hitting-trump-over-coronavirus-response/2020/03/17/5f9fadba-686c-11ea-9923-57073adce27c_story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Americans are very likely to get $1,000 (or more) checks. Here’s what you need to know. Romney suggested sending every American such a sum to help amid the coronavirus outbreak. The plan received thumbs up from Trump and lawmakers and economists across the political spectrum. – Heather Long
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/03/17/checks-virus/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump says national lockdown is ‘something we talk about,’ but unlikely – Steven Nelson
https://nypost.com/2020/03/17/trump-says-national-lockdown-is-something-we-talk-about-but-unlikely/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Administration May Close U.S. Borders to Unauthorized Foreigners Over Coronavirus Risk Asylum seekers would be immediately returned to Mexico under a plan that could take effect in as soon as two days – Michelle Hackman and Alicia A. Caldwell
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-may-close-u-s-borders-to-unauthorized-foreigners-over-coronavirus-risk-11584495442
— As U.S. Tries to Slow Coronavirus Impact, Europe Hunkers Down France’s 15-day lockdown takes effect as governments pledge billions to help companies, employees; global death toll surpasses 7,800 – Jennifer Calfas, Jim Carlton and Sam Schechner (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want America to take actions which will bankrupt America and bankrupt each and every individual, organization, company, government, and state in America?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/as-europe-hunkers-down-governments-pledge-billions-to-help-companies-11584447981
— U.S. Seeks to Send Checks to Americans as Part of Stimulus Package Coronavirus-driven economic slowdown prompts $1 trillion stimulus proposal, including effort to get money into consumers’ pockets – Andrew Restuccia, Andrew Duehren and Lindsay Wise (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want America to take actions which will bankrupt America and bankrupt each and every individual, organization, company, government, and state in America?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-seeking-850-billion-stimulus-package-11584448802
— Coronavirus Has Boomers Asking: Who Are You Calling Elderly? – Kathleen A. Hughes (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who promote age discrimination. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-has-boomers-asking-who-are-you-calling-elderly-11584457650
— China Banishes U.S. Journalists from Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who have constructively or actually banished me from their offices, meetings, and events. I would focus on those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-bans-all-u-s-nationals-working-for-the-wall-street-journal-new-york-times-washington-post-whose-press-credentials-end-in-2020-11584464690
— Coronavirus Sends Travel Business and Millions It Employs Into All-Out Crisis The pandemic is shaping up to be the biggest test the modern travel industry has ever faced – Craig Karmin, Katherine Sayre and Costas Paris
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-travel-business-and-the-millions-it-employs-confront-all-out-crisis-11584484867

BLOOMBERG
— Those $1,000 Checks Can’t Stop the Now-Inevitable U.S. Recession – Katia Dmitrieva and Reade Pickert (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my naive critics/opponents, their naive operatives, and their naive dupes who refuse to believe a) that Democrats are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means and b) that Democrats will do “whatever it takes” to defeat Trump.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-03-18/those-1-000-checks-can-t-stop-the-now-inevitable-u-s-recession?srnd=premium

FAST COMPANY
— Act your age! Use your years of experience to fight ageism in the workplace – SUNSHINE FARZAN (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned the experience that I gained a) working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year, b) working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year, c) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, d) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt, and e) earning master’s degrees in finance, accounting, and business. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90478335/act-your-age-use-your-years-of-experience-to-fight-ageism-in-the-workplace

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters join with China to destroy America to defeat Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/china-state-media-donald-trump-pandering-racists-pandemic-response-sloppy-belated-1492899

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use coronavirus to promote hatred of Republicans. 
https://www.salon.com/2020/03/18/donald-trump-the-coronavirus-and-the-power-of-white-privilege/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— How many votes did the Republican candidates in contested races get in your precinct? Below are the unofficial results from the DuPage County Election Division for my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. I do not recommend or endorse candidates in Republican primaries. I do not do that because my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) have been so successful in painting any recommendation or endorsement by me as being THE KISS OF DEATH for candidates. Further, the aforesaid do everything that they can to suppress the number of Republican primary ballots cast in my precinct because the more ballots that are cast, the greater the weighted vote that I have in MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP leadership elections. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. – Dave Diersen 
http://www.gopillinois.com

PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
– Trump: 37
– Fuente: 7

UNITED STATES SENATOR
– Curran: 32
– Hubbard: 6
– Tarter: 3
– Marshall: 1

UNITED STATES REPRESENTATIVE
– Ives: 39
– Kinzler: 11

COUNTY AUDITOR
– Grogan: 31
– Mack: 10

RECORDER
– Almiron: 25
– Youngberg: 16

CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE
– Felice: 19
– Veenstra: 10
– Abbott: 9
– Pcolinski: 1

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.