Republicans File Illinois Delegate
Slates
Three to five thousand signatures were
required for Democratic and Republican presidential candidates to
appear on the March 15, 2016 presidential preference ballot. In
addition, candidates for delegate and alternate delegate were required
to file petition signatures. Campaigns could begin circulating
petitions on October 8, 2015, and the filing period was January 4-6,
2016.
President
of
the
United
States
Signature Requirements
ESTABLISHED PARTY CANDIDATES
Not less than 3,000 nor more than 5,000 primary electors of his/her
party (10 ILCS 5/7-11)
INDEPENDENT CANDIDATES
1% of the number of voters who voted at the next preceding
statewide general election, or 25,000, whichever is less (10 ILCS
5/10-3)
NEW PARTY CANDIDATES
1% of the number of voters who voted at the next preceding
statewide general election, or 25,000, whichever is less (10 ILCS
5/10-2)
Filing
Dates
ESTABLISHED PARTIES (10 ILCS 5/7-11 and the approved plans
of the respective established political parties)
January 4 – January 6, 2016
Circulation begins October 8, 2015
INDEPENDENTS (10 ILCS 5/10-6)
June 20 - 27, 2016
Circulation begins March 29, 2016
NEW POLITICAL PARTY (10 ILCS 5/10-6)
June 20 - 27, 2016
Circulation begins March 29, 2016
Delegate
and
Alternate
Delegate
Signature
Requirements
Democratic: 500 (Delegate
Selection Rules For the 2016
Democratic National Convention, Rule 14.C.)
Republican: At least the
number of signatures equal to 0.5% of the
qualified primary electors of his or her party in his or her
congressional district (10 ILCS 5/7-10(b))
District
|
Democratic
|
Republican
|
1
|
500
|
337
|
2
|
500 |
289
|
3
|
500 |
548
|
4
|
500 |
145
|
5
|
500 |
455
|
6
|
500 |
899
|
7
|
500 |
179
|
8
|
500 |
475
|
9
|
500 |
514
|
10
|
500 |
563
|
11
|
500 |
533
|
12
|
500 |
756
|
13
|
500 |
739
|
14
|
500 |
861
|
15
|
500 |
987
|
16
|
500 |
804
|
17
|
500 |
598
|
18
|
500 |
1,014
|
Filing
Dates
January 4 – January 6, 2016
Circulation begins October 8, 2015
- press releases from some of the campaigns (alpha) -
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Jeb 2016
January 4, 2016
Jeb Bush files full slate of Illinois delegates, alternate
delegates and 2X required signatures
Today, at 8 a.m.,
representatives of our campaign filed ballot access petitions for a
full slate of 54 Illinois delegates and 54 alternate delegates and a
ballot access petition for Jeb Bush's presidential candidacy.
The delegates and our
campaign gathered more than two times the required number of
signatures. In addition, the campaign is submitting 5,000 signatures in
support of Jeb Bush's candidacy, the maximum permitted
under the law.
Altogether we submitted more than
30,000 signatures in order to qualify for the state's March 15, 2016
primary ballot. The filing window closes on January 6. Gov Bush
filed
at 8:00 a.m., the deadline to enter the lottery for
the ballot placement, which is January 15 at 2:00 pm.
“I am proud of the strong ground
organization we have built in Illinois and across the country for
the
long haul. Thank you to the committed supporters for their hard
work, I am looking forward to competing hard in Illinois on
March 15,” said
Jeb
Bush. (also
see Jeb’s tweet)
This is another show of
organizational strength on the ground by the campaign and its many
volunteers, staff and supporters. See the full delegate
slate and
a
story from Crain’s Chicago Business below.
Jeb Bush's Illinois Delegate Slate
Jeffrey
S
Arseneau
Kirstie
Ann
Brenson
Alexandra
Dumezich
Patrick
E.
Rea
Timothy
J.
Rudis
Kathleen
R.
Rudis
Todd
E.
Arseneau
Michael
Bossert
Jamie
Boyd
Timothy
Bukowski
Darren
C
Collier
Jeff
Keast
G.
Joel
Baise
Ian
Brenson
Scott
Mc
Pherson
Ben
Noble
George
Offord
Colleen
Grant
Schumann
Ramiro
Gonzalez
Maureen
Lydon
Louis
J
Rodriguez
Jesus
E.
Solorio
Joseph
Urani
Walter
Zarnecki
John
M
Dorgan
Amy
S
Findlay
Ron
Gidwitz
Chris
Nybo
Angelo
"Skip"
Saviano
R
Stratford
Shields
Betsy
Baker
Stephen
L
Davis
Kirk
W
Dillard
Gary
A
Grasso
Gwen
S
Henry
Karen
S
McConnaughay
Carol
Smith
Donovan
Evan
Andrew
Feigenbaum
Gregory
J
Hart
Mark
S
Hosty
Kathleen
A.
Thomas
Brian
Timpone
Rodney
S.
Craig
Laura
Fitzpatrick
Paul
B
Hinds
Matthew
Pike
Lauren
Shiliga
Lori
Solyom
Mary
Childers
Tyrone
Fahner
Dan
Peterson
Adam
M
Robinson
Muneer
Ahmad
Satter
Katherine
Dold
White
Louis
G
Atsaves
Bob
Crawford
Lawrence
W
Falbe
Aaron
L
Lawlor
Alexander
D
Stuart
Reeve
B
Waud
John
Aguilar
Gregory
W.
Baise
Jay
Bergman
Roger
C
Claar
Robert
J
Schillerstrom
Sheldon
L
Watts
Magen
Brumleve
Gloria
M
Campos
Zachary
S.
Donahue
George
W
Obernagel
III
Bruce
Rodely
Amy
E
Sholar
Adam
M
Brown
Heidy
P
Carruthers
Martin
Davis
Gordy
Hulten
Bruce
Kettelkamp
Jerrold
Stocks
Tom
Cross
Andrew
M
Faville
Gerard
J
Keating
Paul
D
Lencioni
Burton
D.
Minor
Gary
T
Rabine
Allen
P
Adomite
David
A.
Albin
Robert
V
Fox
Gregory
J
Knott
Jean
Myers
Lu
Ann
Walker
Lauren
H
Johnson
Adam
D
Kinzinger
David
Matthew
Nelson
Susan
M
Rezin
Susan
Thornton
Lori
A
Werden
Andrea
Anderson
Michael
Dittmar
C
Clinton
Elmore
William
"Bill"
Hadley
Todd
Schlichting
Gary
Snyder
David
L
Bender
Bill
Brady
Jim
Edgar
William
L
Kempiners
Connie
Nord
Raymond
Poe
Chris Christie for President
January 4, 2l016
For Immediate
Release:
Monday, January 4, 2016
Christie First To File For Illinois Primary
MORRISTOWN, NJ - Today,
Governor Christie’s campaign
was first to file to be on the ballot in Illinois with over 22,000
signatures and a full slate of 108 delegates and alternates from all 18
Congressional Districts.
“I am incredibly grateful for the thousands of hours of work by our
volunteers and staff to get us on the ballot in Illinois,” said
Governor Christie. “Over the next few months, I will continue to work
hard to directly engage voters in town hall meetings and along the
campaign trail to candidly discuss the tough issues our country faces
including, ensuring our national security, facing our looming
entitlement crisis and tackling the addiction epidemic.”
The campaign submitted 5,000 signatures to place Governor Christie’s
name on the statewide ballot, the maximum allowed under state law. In
addition, the campaign submitted over 17,000 signatures on behalf of
108 delegates and alternates pledged to support Governor Christie from
each of Illinois’ 18 Congressional districts. On March 15, voters
across Illinois will cast their votes for Presidential candidates and
pledged delegates to attend the Republican National Convention to be
held in Cleveland, Ohio, July 18 to 21, 2016. Illinois is widely
considered to be the toughest state in the country to gain access to
the ballot as a Presidential candidate in terms of signature and
delegate requirements.
In addition to Illinois, Governor Christie is already on the ballot in
Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, North
Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee,
Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Wyoming, as well
as participating in the US territories of American Samoa, Guam,
and
the Northern Mariana Islands.
Cruz for President
January 7, 2016
Cruz For President Announces Illinois
Leadership Team
HOUSTON, Texas
– Presidential candidate Ted Cruz today announced his 46-person
Illinois Leadership Team that will help direct his strong grassroots
organization and bring his consistent, conservative message to voters
throughout the Prairie State. On Monday January 4, 2016 the Cruz
for
President campaign filed a full slate of delegates and alternates in
all 18 Illinois Congressional Districts.
"I'm honored and grateful to have the support of these strong
conservatives across Illinois,” said Cruz. "This group of elected
officials, Republican chairmen, grassroots activists, Tea Party
leaders, evangelicals and pastors represents conservatives in every
part of the state, and they are capable of producing one of the best
ground games in the country."
"I'm delighted that such a distinguished group of conservatives from
across the state has come together under the leadership of Ted Cruz,"
said Illinois Co-Chairman Chris Cleveland. "Senator Cruz is far and
away the best choice for conservatives in Illinois."
The Cruz for President Illinois Leadership Team includes the following:
Co-Chairmen
State Senator Tim Bivins (45th District) – Former Sheriff Lee County
State Senator Chapin Rose (51st District)
Chris Cleveland – Chairman, Chicago Republican Party
Nicholas Kammer – Conservative Activist
Leadership Team
Sharee S. Langenstein, Esq. – Eagle Forum National Issues Chairman for
Religious Liberty; Delegate, Republican National Platform Committee
H. Lee Newcom – Former President of URF of Illinois; former McLean
County Recorder; former McLean County Board member; former Executive
Director of IL Christian Coalition
Blair Garber – IL Republican Party State Central Committeeman
Jan Klaas – Republican State Central Committee; Deputy for 16th
Congressional District; Former Chairman Winnebago County Republican
Central Committee
Steve Orlando – Federation of Illinois Young Republicans; Chairman,
Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Illinois
Gretchen Fritz – Will County Republican Central Committee
Pastor Stephen Nyberg – Pankeyville Baptist Church
Karen Hayes – Illinois Family Institute, Board Member
Kevin McGrane – Palatine Township Republican Organization, President
Raquel Mitchell – Wheatland Township Trustee
C. Steven Tucker – Chicago Tea Party
Don Castella – Former Vernon Township Republican Chairman
Chuck Kern – Supervisor, Wheatland Township, Will County
Bradley Wulfsohn – Northshore Tea Party Leader
Clifford Lindemann – Jefferson County Board Member; Republican Central
Committee Member
Jim Fisher – McLean County Tea Party Board Member
Patrick Harlan – President Knox County Tea Party
Sandy Dragoo – Founder and Coordinator of the Springfield, Illinois Tea
Party Group
Robert Boharic – Retired Circuit Court Judge
James Kammer – Retired physician a, former Examiner for American Board
of Ophthalmology
Pastor Mark Minor – 2012 GOP State Senate Candidate (59th District)
Yvonne Bolton – Hispanic Community Leader & Former GOP State Rep.
Candidate
Steve Balich – Will County Board, Co Founder of the Will County Tea
Party Alliance and Homer Lockport Tea Party
Doug Scheflow – Kane County Board Member
Sherry Hellmuth – DeKalb County Republican Central Committee; Board
Member for the DeKalb County IL Tea Party; Treasurer for the Illinois
Conservatives PAC
Michael Hildebrand – Kankakee County Board
Michael Flynn – Conservative Activist
Deborah R. Leininger – State Director, Concerned Women for America of
Illinois
Tony Peraica – Former Cook County Commissioner
David Smith – Illinois Family Institute
Jill Dolan – Board of Directors, Republican Women of Park Ridge;
Conservative Activist
Audrey Tancos – President of Bremen Township Republican Organization;
Past President of United Southland Republican Women
Kathleen Valente – Illinois Family Institute
Steve Coven – LaSalle County Tea Party
Jasmine Velasco Hauser – Republican National Hispanic Assembly,
Secretary
Hilary Till – Women’s Republican Club of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff,
Vice-President
Steve Rooney – McHenry Township Republican Central Committee Chairman
David Hullinger – Grassroots Conservative Activist
Gary Stittgen – Lake Villa Township Republican Club, President
Loren Heal – Grassroots Activist
Linda Dotson – Former Stephenson County Board Member; former Chairman
of Stephenson County Tea Party; Upper Northwestern Illinois Republican
Women
Pastor Lance Davis – New Zion Covenant Church
###
______
...and from 3 1/2 months earlier, on Sept. 12, 2015 this email was
posted on Cal Skinner's McHenry
County
Blog :
Nick Kammer from near Champaign is a volunteer for the Ted Cruz for
President campaign.
He has sent the following:
The
Ted Cruz campaign in Illinois is actively recruiting qualified
candidates for potential Delegate and Alternate Delegate positions to
the Republican National Convention.
Anyone supporting Sen. Ted Cruz for President who is a committed
conservative and is involved in the community or has run for or held
public office is invited to inquire by sending an email to cruzdelegatesil@gmail.com
with your name, contact info, and Congressional District number or
Congressman’s name of where you live.
We will add you to our initial list, which will be winnowed down
and finalized in the near future.
We are doing this, because Sen. Cruz’s support is quite broad and
deep and we want to give all qualified candidates an opportunity to
submit their interest without missing good people.
If you are interested in general volunteer work, please sign up at
the national site: https://www.tedcruz.org/volunteer/
Thank you, and God bless America.
Cruz for Illinois
Kasich for America
January 6, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kasich for America Files Full Slate of Illinois Delegates &
Alternates
Today Governor John Kasich's presidential
campaign filed a
full slate of delegates and alternates in Illinois.
Said
Governor
Kasich,
"Our
ground
operation
is
solid in Illinois. I'm
grateful to every person on our slate for their willingness to share
their expertise and work to spread our message. These individuals truly
understand the voters of Illinois and will be an incredible asset to us
going forward."
---
Gov.
Kasich is running for President to help Americans restore our nation,
live in safety and pass on prosperity to those who come after us—and
he’s got the experience to help us do it. He was reelected last
year by
a 30-point margin after working with his fellow Ohioans to turn an $8
billion shortfall into a $2 billion surplus, cut taxes $5 billion and
create more than 300,000 new private sector jobs. As chair of the
Budget Committee in Congress he led the effort to balance the federal
budget for the first time in a generation and served 18 years on the
House Armed Services Committee where he helped enact President Reagan's
national security agenda. He has also had a successful career as
an
investment banker, New York Times best-selling author and at
FOX News.
He and his wife Karen have twin teenage daughters and live in their
home outside Columbus. You can learn more about him at www.JohnKasich.com
###
Marco
Rubio
for
President
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Alex
Conant/Brooke Sammon
January 6, 2016
Rubio Qualifies for Illinois Ballot With 100% Volunteer Effort
Collecting Signatures
Today, the Marco Rubio for President campaign filed for the statewide
ballot and delegate slates in Illinois.
With
the help of over 400 volunteers in Illinois collecting signatures,
Marco qualified for the ballot without having to pay anyone to collect
a single signature. Unlike other campaigns, 100
percent of Marco Rubio for President's ballot access signature efforts
have been volunteer based. It's a sign of organizational strength and
thriftiness that will get Marco on every ballot using only volunteers.
“I
am proud and honored today to stand as a delegate for Senator Marco
Rubio. He represents the best and brightest of what America has to
offer,” said Congressman LaHood, one of Marco's Co-Chairs in Illinois.
“Senator Rubio’s uplifting plan to create good paying 21st Century jobs
will ensure more people are able to achieve the American Dream. Marco
is a transformational leader, with a bold vision for a New American
Century. I am proud to be a part of his team, and I look forward to
representing
him as a delegate.”
"It
tells the story that some 400 volunteers secured Marco Rubio's place on
the Illinois primary ballot. He is a candidate who can unite
Republicans and inspire the next generation of conservative leadership
in America," said Sen. Mike Connelly, one of Marco's Co-Chairs in
Illinois.
Joining
Congressman LaHood and State Senator Connelly, the Rubio delegate list
is packed with solid conservative leadership credentials. Across the
state, legislators, mayors, county officials, community activists, and
grassroots leaders are joining together to
help Rubio win the Illinois race.
With
the help of volunteers knocking on doors, collecting signatures, and
sharing Marco's optimistic message for our country, Marco has now
qualified for the ballot in 46 states, and is on track to be on the
ballot in every state and territory.
###
Donald
J.
Trump
for
President
January 4, 2016
Donald J. Trump Files to be on the Ballot in Illinois
New York, NY) January 4th, 2016 – Today Donald J. Trump for President
Inc. announced the campaign has officially filed to be on the ballot of
the March 15, 2016 Illinois Republican Presidential Primary. Mr.
Trump’s campaign also filed a full slate of delegates for the
Republican National Convention which will take place in Cleveland July
18-21, 2016.
Mr. Trump stated, “It is my honor to be on the ballot in Illinois and
to file a full slate of delegates. We have received tremendous support
from so many people in Illinois, we are leading in all the polls and
have had the largest crowds. With the support of the people of
Illinois, and around the country, we will Make America Great Again.”
Mr. Trump has a definitive lead in all national and state polls
where most recently he was leading in Illinois by a wide, double digit
margin.
Tonight, Mr. Trump will campaign in Massachusetts before heading to
New Hampshire, Vermont, South Carolina, and Iowa later in the week.
