Election 2016: Nominations are in for Winnebago, Boone races - News - Rockford Register Star - Rockford, IL

By Ben Stanley
Staff writer

Posted Nov. 30, 2015 at 6:50 pm Updated at 8:45 AM

ROCKFORD — Winnebago County voters who head to the polls March 15 will have a choice in at least nine of the 25 local, state and federal contests on county ballots

 

 

…Today’s filings do not set the primary ballot in stone. Anyone who wants to remove an individual from the ballot has until 5 p.m. Dec. 7 to challenge a candidate's petition paperwork.

Independent candidates can file for office from June 20 to 27, 2016.

Here’s a look at who filed:

Boone County

Coroner: Rebecca Wigget, R
Circuit clerk: Linda Anderson, R; Todd Shattuck, R
State’s attorney: Michelle Courier, R; Tricia Smith, R

County Board
Six seats open (two for each of the county's 3 districts)
District 1: W. Fred Genrich, R; Marshall Newhouse, R; Dennis Ellingson, R
District 2: Cathy Ward, R; Bernard O’Malley, R; Cory Lind, R
District 3: Carl Larson, R; Matthew Ragano, R; Martin Vanderweit, R; Marion Thornberry, R; Craig Schultz, D

Illinois House

67th District: Litesa Wallace, D; Wladimiro Aguirre, D; Lisa Jackson, D
68th District: John Cabello, R; Tricia Sweeney, D
69th District: Joe Sosnowski, R; Angelique Bodine, D
89th District: Brian Stewart, R

Illinois Senate

34th District: Steve Stadelman, D
35th District: Dave Syverson, R

Ben Stanley: 815-987-1369; bstanley@rrstar.com; @ben_j_stanley

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