The Cook County Republican Party is currently seeking to fill the recent vacancy for Republican Committeeman in Oak Park Township.  The Committeeman is appointed by Cook County Republican Chairman Lee Roupas, and will run until the next Township Committeeman Elections in the Primary Election of 2014.

If you live in Oak Park and are interested in learning more about, or applying for this important grassroots leadership role, please contact Jonathan Blessing at jon@cookrepublicanparty.com.

Deadline for resume submissions is Friday, March 19.

Illinois Republicans finally have a gubernatorial candidate, and for now at least he holds a 10-point lead over incumbent Democratic Governor Pat Quinn. A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of likely voters in the state finds State Senator Bill Brady leading Quinn 47% to 37%. Six percent (6%) prefer some other candidate, and nine percent (9%) are undecided. The survey follows last week's announcement by the state elections board that Brady was the winner of the February 2 Republican Primary. He won by just 193 votes out of 750,000 that were cast. Quinn, who is running for his first full-term after assuming office following Rod Blagojevich’s impeachment, also ran a very close primary race with state Comptroller Dan Hynes for the Democratic nomination. Just before the primary vote,...