Winfield Township Illinois Democratic Candidates For Township Office

Progress on our campaign:

· April 20^th 2021; FINAL results

For details see https://www.dupageresults.com/IL/DuPage/108904/web.276603/#/summary?category=C_2

Supervisor Race: Maury Goodman narrowly lost to Nicole Prater, 2427 to 2503

Trustee Race: With 4 to be elected, Judith Lukas was 1^st and Shawn Hacker was 4^th. Barb Alekna and Don Voelz also won

They will be sworn in on May 17^th

· We want to thank many of the people who helped our success, including:

Lynn Casey-Maher, David Harding, Melissa Ferguson, Susan Himmelfarb, Byron Miller, Joan Churchill, Shannon Burns, Angela Berguson, Cynthia Paulsen, Jennifer Sanner, Aesook Byon, Shieila Rutledge, John DeCanto, Stephanie Lukas & Jeremy Crawley, TJ and Hardy Grewal, Teamsters Local 673,

IronWorkers, IBEW 701, Sheet Metal Union Smart 265, Laborers’ 68, Operators Joint Labor-Management PAC, Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters PAC, Administrative District Council 1 of IL/Bricklayers, Leah Goodman & Nicholas Graf , Kathy Davalos, Ellen Bales, Jeffrey Jacobson, John Senne, Art & Jeanne Kreymer, Dan Bailey, Stan Zegel, Doug Henk, Laura Ellman, Karina Villa, Lauren Underwood, Bill Foster, Sean Casten, David Brummel, Vivian Lund, Erik Spande, Cynthia Borbas, Vince Hardt, Lorena Pereira, Laura Haule, Moriah Meeks, Nancy Conradt, Cynthia Krejci, Barry Dredze, Arnolfo Santoro, Shabbir and Munira Nomanbhoy

· April 9^th, 2021; Many late-arriving vote-by-mail and provisional ballots are now included

o Shawn Hacker is now in 4^th by more than 100 votes, so he will almost certainly join Judi as a Trustee

o Nicole now leads Maury by only 2490 to 2399

o Judi is now within 6 votes of first among the 6 candidates

· 6^th, 2021, Election Eve results with 100% of the precincts, but some late vote-by-mail votes still to be counted

o We congratulate Judith Lukas as the first Democrat elected as a Winfield Township Trustee in memory

o Shawn Hacker is 11 votes behind, so that race is too close to call

o Maury Goodman lost to Supervisor Nicole Prater by 2454 to 2229.

o Thanks greatly to all our supporters. We would have liked to do better, but we couldn’t have achieved this victory without the help we did get!

· April 6^th, 2021, Election Day. We joined Representative Lauren Underwood as she traveled the area to urge a high voter turnout. See pictures here.

· April 5^th, 2021, Campaign ad to remind people to vote runs on WLS Radio, 890 on your dial.

· April 3^rd, 2021,Illinois State Senator Laura Ellman joined a 13 car caravan which drove throughout Winfield Township urging people to vote. See pictures here.

· March 28^th, 2021; As we passed former Warrenville mayor Vivian Lund, during her 93^rd birthday drive-by in downtown Warrenville, she stood up and shouted “Good luck Maury, I hope your team wins!” photo

· March 27^th, 2021; We are the “Candidates who Care”, Cynthia Paulsen’s letter about CARES funding appears in the Daily Herald. [see March 9^th]

· March 22^nd, 2021; Extended early voting has started. There are 15 locations, one in Winfield Township. Go to the Courtyard Restaurant at 3s200 Rt 59, Warrenville. For hours and other locations see here.

· March 20^th, 2021; Our second piece of literature is being mailed. It mentions the poor management of the current board regarding recent funding meant for COVID relief. See here/aqui.

· March 18^th, 2021; We appear at a forum sponsored by Indivisible DuPage. You can see the video at https://www.facebook.com/IndivisibleDuPage/videos/1591441691044386 and we appear at 1:09:00

· March 17^th, 2021; 11^th Congressional District Congressman Bill Foster adds his enthusiastic endorsement of Maury Goodman, Judith Lukas and Shawn Hacker in Winfield Township as seen here in his letter to his supporters in Warrenville, Winfield and West Chicago.

· March 14^th, 2021; We continue to be endorsed by leaders in Warrenville, West Chicago and Winfield, as well as Springfield and Washington. Our slate has now been endorsed by 14^th District Representative Lauren Underwood as part of her Farmteam. We have also received support from 6^th District Representative Sean Casten, and Illinois State Senators Karina Villa and Laura Ellman, as well as many citizens including Democrats, Republicans and Independents.

· March 13^th, 2021; We had a meet and greet at Kindred Coffee Roasters, 148 W. Washington St. in West Chicago. The guest speaker was State Senator Karina Villa. See pictures of the event here.

· March 9^th, 2021; Winfield Township resident Cyd Paulsen studied the response to CARES funding which each township in DuPage County received and found the Winfield Township was the worst in terms of using that funding for the benefit of residents affected by COVID-19. Here is her letter to the editor and a table showing the use of the money by each township.

· March 7^th, 2021; We’ve printed our “trifold” which will be mailed to regular municipal election voters in Winfield Township. You may download a copy here.

· March 6^th, 2021; Aspects of the March 2021 Winfield Township Newsletter look quite a bit like a campaign piece for our Republican opponents. In response, we have issued a statement on election integrity.

· March 4^th, 2021; Maury, Judith and Shawn are endorsed by Illinois State Senator Laura Ellman. See Ellman press release ; Other recent endorsements include Winfield Village President Erik Spande; Winfield Trustee Bob Greer; Warrenville Alderman Kathy Davalos, Warrenville Alderman Bill Weidner. Endorsements.htm

· February 28, 2021; Yard signs are in. Contact Shawn by phone(630-800-0500), text or email

· February 25, 2021; Early Voting has begun. Visit our Voting Guide for information on strategic voting, requesting a mail ballot, early voting, and other races that will be on the April 6, 2021 consolidated election ballot.

· February 24, 2021; Video statements from our candidates were made available for the League of Women Voters Election Video Guide. Links are on the three candidate pages, or hear Maury, Shawn or Judith.

· February 22, 2021; Our slate receives endorsements from leaders in local government throughout Winfield Township, including Warrenville Mayor David Brummel and former Warrenville mayor Vivian Lund, county board members, and leaders elected to city, park, library and school boards: endorsements.htm

· February 18, 2021; We unveil our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/2021-Winfield-Township-Democratic-Candidates-108246197971264

· February 16, 2021; Illinois Appellate Court denies an expedited hearing of the appeal of the DuPage Court ruling putting Winfield Township Democratic Candidates back on the ballot. This guarantees that our slate will be on the April 6, 2001 consolidated election ballot.

· February 13, 2021; Dupagepolitics.org covers conflict of interest of current Winfield Township Republican board. link

· February 12, 2021; Chicago Tribune Editorial criticizes incumbents trying to keep other candidates off the ballot for “paper clips”. Link [In Norridge, it was members of the same party who are trying to keep the other party off the ballot. In Winfield Township, it is the actual Republican candidates themselves who have tried to keep the Democrats off the ballot.]

· January 25, 2021; DuPage Court rules that Winfield Township Republicans were wrong to exclude Democratic Candidates from the ballot: link: press1.pdf

Maury Goodman, Candidate for Winfield Township Supervisor

Shawn Patrick Hacker, Candidate for Winfield Township Trustee

Judith M. Lukas, Candidate for Winfield Township Trustee

Goodman/Lukas/Hacker - Vote for a scientist, a nurse and a carpenter

Working for a better Winfield Township

Please vote April 6, 2021

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Last Updated April 27, 2021

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