my sister won! some thoughts from a purple county.
my sister, sheila rutledge, ran for a county board seat in formerly solid red dupage county. there were 3 candidates for 2 seats.
my sister outworked the next vote getter, erica green, but the vote totals are pretty close in all. looking at the precinct totals, i can see where sheila campaigned, and where the erica did.
they were #1 & #2 on the ballot. the #3 candidate, a young man named john macguire, was the loser, a distant third.
the message? the women are coming for you, republicans.
although sean casten won the right to face peter ro-scum for the 6th cd, out of 7 candidates, 2 men and 5 women, he only got 35% of the vote. the other man got 2%, and the 5 women split the rest of the votes.
up and down the ballot here, women outperformed men.
it's a new day.
onward to november.
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Been thinking of y'all!
ROCK ON!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
You worked hard
Well done!! and megathanks to you & Sheila for your patriotism!!!
Congrats to you and Shelia! 
I'm so happy for all of you!
You must both be thrilled!
She outworked and won. Hopefully you'll be able to offer some insights into county government now and then.
You might try to partner with them. Excellent folk doing good work. Just like you and your sister! Congrats! We're all looking forward to hearing of your adventures and travails in the coming months...
Cheers! 
K&R
That's wonderful.....
It's a new day, all right!
posts!
And to all those who helped see her through to victory.
