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THURSDAY, NOV. 12, 2020
DuPage County elects ‘Flat Tax’ over alternative Mazzochi retains seat; Casten beats Ives; Lewis wins over Pappas
By Dee Longfellow
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At 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, with 100% of precincts reporting, the Presidential race had already been declared for Joe Biden in the state of Illinois by many national media outlets. Still the final tally across the nation was not complete at that time. While DuPage County has typically leaned toward Republican candidates, Democrat Biden received 276,902 votes to President Donald Trump’s 191,618. At press time, the Republican president was still planning to contest the results. Illinois’ national representatives In Federal races, U.S. Senator Richard Durbin held his seat, earning 54.67% of the vote in DuPage over his Republican opponent Mark C. Curran, Jr. In Congressional races, Democrat Mike Quigley was winning another term over Tommy Hanson in the 5th District, but the numbers only showed DuPage County, whereas he represents a portion of Cook County, too. The same applies to 8th District, where DuPage delivered more than 69,600 votes to Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, who is a Democrat. Even with their Cook County portions, Quigley and Krishnamoorthi both retained their seats. Voters also had their eyes on the race in the 6th Congressional District, where Democrat Sean Casten garnered 55% of the vote over
Jeanne Ives, winning 112,015 votes of voters said “No,” preferring not to to 89,656. make a change but rather to retain a flat tax in Illinois. At press time, the In the state vote was 216,912 to 194,918. In the race for State Representative DuPage County’s #1 Proposition in Illinois’ 45th District, Republican to Support Law Enforcement was Seth Lewis beat Diane Pappas by al- approved with 74% of the vote. That most 4000 votes, which was almost 54% of the total ballots cast. The race in the 47th District was equally decisive as State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi held her seat over Democrat Jennifer Zordani by more than 4500 votes representing nearly 54% of the total. Republican Peter Breen lost in the 48th District, attempting to take the seat he had held previously. But incumbent Terra Costa Howard received in excess of 53% of the total, winning by more than 4,500 votes. Katheen Willis received more than 60% of the vote in the 77th State Representative District, leaving Anthony Airdo in the dust by 8,924 to 5,800. DuPage County races The race for DuPage County Circuit Court Clerk proved to be a shock for long-time supporters of incumbent Chris Kachiroubas, who has held the seat since 2004. Kachiroubas’ race ended in defeat to Democrat Candice Adams, who received 232,535 to 227,195. Also at the County level, Board member Donald E. Puchalski held his seat over Democrat Zahra Suratwala to represent District 1. In District 2, Sean T. Noonan took a fall to Democratic challenger Paul Deacon Garcia, who won 43,190 to 40,906. Propositions One of the most hotly-contested races was the Constitutional Amendment about income tax rates, also known as the “Fair Tax vs. Flat Tax” vote. In DuPage County, almost 60%
means voters elected to have DuPage County make financial support of law enforcement and public safety its top budgeting priority in the future. The County’s #2 Proposition PPE Stockpile garnered approval with almost 90% of the vote. In other
words, voters believe DuPage County should obtain a stockpile of personal protective equipment (PPE) for nursing homes, first responders, healthcare providers and others who
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Costume contest family winners
Bronco alumni Mike ‘99 and Morgan (Bell) Ripper ‘02 and their family were the first-place winners of the costume contest held on Saturday, Oct. 31 at Montini Catholic’s first-ever Halloween drive-thru. Cars loaded with ghosts, goblins, slinky spidermen, and precious princesses lined up to take part in the costume contest. Bronco cheerleaders and faculty volunteers got into the spirit and handed out bags of goodies to cars full of eager trick-or-treaters. 377325
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