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Wednesday, November 16, 2016
Putnam County, nation choose Trump Illinois votes for Hillary Clinton By Goldie Rapp
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While many stayed up to watch the national presidential election returns, many Americans woke up Wednesday, Nov. 9 to learn of Donald Trump’s
win as the 45th President of the United States. Trump, the Republican nominee with no government experience, stands as a powerful rejection of the establishment. Reports from the New York Times say these historic results amount to a repudiation of not only Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, but also of President Barack Obama, whose legacy is suddenly threatened. New York Times said,
“it was a decisive demonstration of power by a largely overlooked coalition of mostly blue-collar white and working-class voters who felt the promise of the United States had slipped their grasp amid decades of globalization and multiculturalism.” In his victory speech in New York early Wednesday morning, Trump pledged he would be “president for all Americans,” and he would be reaching out to
“unify the country.” Trump also spoke well of his challenger, Clinton, saying she was “owed a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country.” Back at home, supporters of Trump in Putnam County defeated those of Clinton. Final tallies showed Trump with 1,762 votes to Clinton’s 1,143 — 57.28 percent compared to 37.16 percent. Along with those votes, 136 voters chose Libertarian Gary
Johnson, and 35 voters chose Green Party nominee Jill Stein. Despite Trump’s win over Putnam County, the state’s majority vote went to Clinton, who received 55 percent of votes statewide compared to Trump’s 39 percent. Clinton gained 20 electoral votes for the win. Regarding voter turnout in the county, 74.5 percent of Putnam County’s 4,260 voters turned out this election to cast 3,174 ballots.
Mennie wins state’s attorney race
Honoring our veterans
By Dave Cook
news@putnamcountyrecord
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Steve Malavolti (far right) from Hennepin’s American Legion Post 1044 acknowledged area veterans when he spoke to students during Putnam County Junior High’s Veterans Day assembly on Friday, Nov. 11. He stressed the importance of honoring the sacrifices of those who had served their country and sometimes gave all in the preservation of freedom.
Senate/representative races decided By Terri Simon
tsimon@putnamcountyrecord.com
Unofficial results from the Illinois U.S. Senate race, as well as the unofficial tallies for Illinois State Senator and Illinois State Representative who cover Putnam County have been announced. Democrat Tammy Duckworth Vol. 149 No. 12
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defeated incumbent Republican Sen. Mark Kirk. Collectively Duckworth received 54.4 percent of the vote, followed by Kirk’s 40.2 percent. Libertarian Kenton McMillen received 3.2 percent, and Scott Summers gathered 2.1 percent of the vote. Locally, Putnam County gave Kirk the nod with 1,583 votes;
Duckworth received 1,252 votes from Putnam County voters. For the race in the 76th District for Illinois State Representative, Jerry Long, a Republican, won the race by a narrow margin. Collectively in all four counties — LaSalle, Bureau, Putnam and Livingston, Long earned 50.7 percent of the collective vote, compared to Skoog, a Demo-
crat, who got 49.3 percent, separated by just a little over 600 votes. Long, the Republican, is a newcomer to the seat. Skoog was appointed last year to fill the unexpired term of Frank Mautino, who left the seat to assume the role of Illinois Auditor General.
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HENNEPIN — Voters in Putnam County have chosen to keep Republican Christina Judd-Mennie as their state’s attorney. With 100 percent of precincts reporting and a total of 3,123 votes Christina cast, Mennie Judd-Mennie was victorious with 65.9 percent of the votes. Mennie received 2,058 votes compared to Democrat Brad Brad Popurella’s Popurella 1,065 votes or 34.1 percent. These are unofficial results tabulated in Tuesday’s general election. Mennie said, “I am humbled by the results. I want to thank Brad Popurella, his family and constituents for running a campaign focusing on the issues and not on a personal basis. I also want to thank the people of Putnam County for their support and confidence in me.” Popurella said, “I thought it was a good clean race, and both campaigns were conducted with class. I tip my hat to her and have much respect for her, her family and her supporters. I wish her the best of luck.”