{"id":3500,"date":"2016-02-28T20:25:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T01:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/?p=3500"},"modified":"2016-02-29T13:25:22","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T18:25:22","slug":"the-pre-primary-countdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/the-pre-primary-countdown\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pre-Primary Countdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2183\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/event\/201408_community_forum_meet_the_candidates\/kifowit-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2183\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2183\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/event\/201408_community_forum_meet_the_candidates\/kifowit-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/kifowit.jpg?fit=186%2C271&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"186,271\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kifowit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/kifowit.jpg?fit=186%2C271&amp;ssl=1\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2183\" class=\"wp-image-2183 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/kifowit-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"kifowit\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/kifowit.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/kifowit.jpg?resize=50%2C50&amp;ssl=1 50w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephanie Kifowit<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/event\/february-community-forum\/\">Candidate Extravaganza held at the February 25th NTDO meeting<\/a> was a wonderfully inspirational\u00a0and exceptional experience! We heard from the following ten candidates or their representatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Congressman <strong>Bill Foster<\/strong> (<em><strong>Ben Huntley<\/strong><\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>Congresswoman <strong>Tammy Duckworth<\/strong> \u2013US Senate, candidate (<em><strong>Kim Savage<\/strong><\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amanda Howland<\/strong> -Congressional, 6th district, candidate (<em><strong>Nancy Sheperdson<\/strong><\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Corinne Pierog<\/strong>-State Senate \u2013 District 25, candidate-(<em><strong>Kim Savage<\/strong><\/em>)<\/li>\n<li>State Senator <strong>Tom Cullerton<\/strong>&#8211; District 23<\/li>\n<li>State Rep <strong>Linda Chapa LaVia<\/strong>, District 83, candidate (<em><strong>Linda Garrison-Carlton<\/strong><\/em>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Greg Hose<\/strong>-State Rep 81, candidate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regina Brent<\/strong>-DuPage County Board, District 5, candidate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tony Michelassi\u00a0<\/strong>&#8211; DuPage County Board, District 5, incumbent and candidate<\/li>\n<li>State Rep <strong>Stephanie Kifowit<\/strong>, District 84, candidate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_3502\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/the-pre-primary-countdown\/tony_michelassi\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3502\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3502\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/the-pre-primary-countdown\/tony_michelassi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tony_michelassi.jpg?fit=551%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"551,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tony_michelassi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tony_michelassi.jpg?fit=551%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3502\" class=\"wp-image-3502 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tony_michelassi-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"tony_michelassi\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tony_michelassi.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tony_michelassi.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/tony_michelassi.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tony Michelassi<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Invited, but unable to attend: <strong>Napoleon Harris<\/strong>, US Senate candidate,\u00a0<strong>Joe Heneghan<\/strong>, DuPage County Board candidate, District 4; <strong>Liz Chaplin<\/strong>,\u00a0DuPage County Board candidate, District 2; State Rep <strong>Deb Conroy<\/strong>, District 46; <strong>Moon Khan<\/strong>, DuPage\u00a0County Record of Deeds, write-in candidate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3507\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/the-pre-primary-countdown\/tom-cullerton-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3507\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3507\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/the-pre-primary-countdown\/tom-cullerton-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Tom-Cullerton.jpg?fit=260%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"260,194\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tom Cullerton\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Tom-Cullerton.jpg?fit=260%2C194&amp;ssl=1\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3507\" class=\"wp-image-3507 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Tom-Cullerton-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"Tom Cullerton\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Cullerton<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Many of the candidates expressed alarm and concern regarding the undue influence of our billionaire\u00a0governor and the money that will be spent during this upcoming election season to reduce or even\u00a0eliminate Democratic majorities in the General Assembly. If we are to protect the middle class and\u00a0\u201cworkplace democracy\u201d or, as it is better known, collective bargaining, especially for our public\u00a0employees, we need to be proactive and involved\u2026NOW!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3510\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/the-pre-primary-countdown\/regina-brent\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3510\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3510\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/the-pre-primary-countdown\/regina-brent\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Regina-Brent.jpg?fit=1200%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Regina Brent\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Regina-Brent.jpg?fit=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3510\" class=\"wp-image-3510 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Regina-Brent-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150\" alt=\"Regina Brent\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Regina-Brent.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Regina-Brent.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Regina-Brent.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3510\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Regina Brent<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To that end, the NTDO amended its current budget to increase the line item for candidate support and\u00a0will be donating funds earlier rather than later to Democratic candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Following the short business meeting, small group discussions centered on GOTV efforts for the primary\u00a0were led by the following individuals:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Steve Purduski<\/strong>\u2026making the most of your walklist information<\/li>\n<li><strong>Regina Brent<\/strong>\/<strong>Rose Johnson<\/strong>\u2026strategies that work for knocking on doors<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dianne McGuire<\/strong>\/<strong>Carole Kerr<\/strong>\u2026making the most of phone calls to voters<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ed Agustin<\/strong>\/<strong>Deanne Sereno<\/strong>\/<strong>Duncan Hughes<\/strong>\u2026how to educate voters regarding candidates and motivating them to vote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Next Up<\/strong><\/span>: <a href=\"http:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/event\/2016-naperville-st-patricks-day-parade\/\">St. Pat\u2019s parade on Saturday, March 12th in Naperville!!<\/a> We need volunteers to march with the following candidates:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Bill Foster<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Regina Brent<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Tony Michelassi<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We don\u2019t have the parade line-up numbers yet, but they will be assembling on <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=899+Mill+St+Naperville+IL+United+States\">5th avenue, just behind\u00a0the NNHS football field\/bus garage area<\/a>. It\u2019s a short parade route\u2026but an important event for\u00a0candidates. Please join us at 9 AM behind NNHS! More information will be forthcoming when we have\u00a0the line-up # and perhaps info re: a post parade get-together!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Next month<\/strong><\/span>: March 31\u2026De-Briefing of the Primary\u2026let\u2019s hear from one another what went right and\u00a0what we could do better\u2026and what happened! This will be a little like \u201cshow\u2019n\u2019tell\u201d\u2026 always interesting\u00a0to hear from one another.<\/p>\n<p><em>[Thank you, <a href=\"mailto:dianne@napervilledemocrats.org\">Dianne<\/a>, for another energetic and comprehensive write-up. \u00a0Steve]<\/em><\/p>\n<!-- sktbuilder starter --><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/sktbuilder-frontend-starter.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder-wordpress-driver.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var starter = new SktbuilderStarter({\"mode\": \"prod\", \"skip\":[\"jquery\",\"underscore\",\"backbone\"],\"sktbuilderUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/plugins\/skt-builder\/sktbuilder\/\", \"driver\": new SktbuilderWordpressDriver({\"ajaxUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\", \"iframeUrl\": \"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/the-pre-primary-countdown\/?sktbuilder=true\", \"pageId\": 3500,  \"nonce\": \"7ca83600d7\", \"pages\": [{\"title\":\"NTD Officers\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/napervilledemocrats.org\\\/ntdo\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=475&action=sktbuilder\"},{\"title\":\"2022 Election\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/napervilledemocrats.org\\\/ntdo\\\/wp-admin\\\/post.php?post=11490&action=sktbuilder\"}], \"page\": \"The Pre-Primary Countdown\" }) });<\/script><!-- end sktbuilder starter -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Candidate Extravaganza held at the February 25th NTDO meeting was a wonderfully inspirational\u00a0and exceptional experience! We heard from the following ten candidates or their representatives: Congressman Bill Foster (Ben<br \/><a class=\"moretag\" href=\"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/the-pre-primary-countdown\/\">+ Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Vote-clipart.jpg?fit=215%2C188&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2BzCg-Us","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3500"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3511,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3500\/revisions\/3511"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/napervilledemocrats.org\/ntdo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}