Local candidates begin petition filings

Update: Friday, December 2, 2011, began the petition filing period for all established party candidates seeking nomination in the March 20, 2012 Primary. About 15 candidates were on hand as the office of County Clerk & Recorder opened at 8:30 AM.

Over the course of the next week, candidates will have the opportunity to file nominating papers in the office to have their name placed on the ballot. The last day to submit nominating petitions is 5 PM on December 5, 2011.

The benefit of filing petitions at 8:30 AM allows those that file at the same time the opportunity to enter a lottery to determine who will be placed on the ballot first in the primary. All other filings are placed on the ballot in the order they are received.

One such race exists; States Attorney for DeKalb County will undergo a lottery at a forthcoming date to determine the ballot placement of the two primary candidates vying for that office.

The following is a listing of local candidates seeking office as of 5:00pm, November 28, 2011.

As of 5 p.m. Thursday:

Countywide offices

• Maureen A. Josh (R) – Circuit Clerk

• Dennis J. Miller (R) – Coroner

• Clay Campbell (R) – State’s Attorney

• Sean P. Smith (R) – State’s Attorney

• Mark A. Todd (R) – Treasurer

County Board seats

• James Hanson (D) – District 2

• John Emerson (R) – District 2

• Riley Oncken (R) – District 3

• Ken Andersen (R) – District 3

• Joseph Bassett (D) – District 4

• Stephen Reid (D) – District 5

• Derek A. Tyson (D) – District 5

• Craig Roman (D) – District 6

• Robert Brown (D) – District 6

• Misty Haji-Sheikh (D) – District 7

• Marc Johnson (D) – District 8

• Juila Fauci (D) – District 9

• Paul R. Stoddard (D) – District 9

• Samuel-Louis Bandy (R) – District 9

• Jeff J. Whelan (R) – District 10

• James MacMurdo (R) – District 10

• Suzanne Fahnestock (R) – District 11

• Daniel Cribben (R) – District 11

* John Gudmunson (R) – District 11

• Jeffery Metzger (R) – District 12

• Marlene D. Allen (R) – District 12

90th State Representative District

• Liandro Arellano Jr. (R) – Dixon

• Tom Demmer (R) – Dixon

• Chet Olson (R) – Rochelle

• Daniel Sidmore (R) – DeKalb

70th State Representative District

• Robert Pritchard (R) – Hinckley

35th State Senate District

• Dave Syverson (R) – Rockford

45th State Senate District

• Tim Bivins (R) – Dixon

23rd Circuit Judge (Klein vacancy)

• Bill Brady (R) – Sycamore

To see a listing of all candidates, or to request a viewing, (we do have digital copies), of these petitions, visit www.dekalbclerk.com, and then select “Elections”. This list will be updated daily. For more information or questions, contact the Election’s Division at 815.895.7147.