Democratic Party of Wayne Township — Please join us for our next meeting, which is scheduled for
Monday, May 19th, 2008 from 7pm - 8:30pm
Bartlett Community Center, 700 S. Bartlett Road, Bartlett, IL

WASHINGTON - The news just keeps getting worse for Republicans in this year's campaigns for Congress.

When New York Rep. Tom Reynolds announced he was retiring Thursday, that made it 26 current GOP lawmakers who are calling it quits, opening up chances for Democrats this November. Only seven seats are being given up by the Democrats, who see bright opportunities to fatten their majority in the House -- and the Senate as well.

By Steve Zalusky | Daily Herald Staff Published: 3/10/2008 12:08 AM

What's more difficult, finding a subatomic particle or winning a seat as a Democrat in the 14th Congressional District?

Former Fermilab scientist Bill Foster of Geneva couldn't quite answer the question Sunday when he thanked voters for making him the first Democrat in decades to hold that position.

It's "a completely different set of brain cells," said Foster, who once participated in Fermilab's discovery of the so-called "top quark."

By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff Published: 3/9/2008 12:21 AM | Updated: 3/9/2008 12:28 PM

A Democrat is taking over the 14th Congressional District seat long held by Republican Dennis Hastert.

In a rare special election Saturday, Democrat Bill Foster of Geneva was elected to fill the remaining 10 months of Hastert's seat.

Foster defeated Jim Oberweis of Sugar Grove, 52,010 to 46,988, according to unofficial totals.

By Jake Griffin | Daily Herald Staff Published: 3/6/2008 12:19 AM

Operation: Turn DuPage Blue can no longer be considered an offshoot of the county's Democratic Party.

They're running things now.

The splinter group's chairman, Bob Peickert, handily defeated incumbent DuPage County Democratic Party Chairman Rob Bisceglie at Wednesday night's convention in Wheaton.

In all, 215 of the nearly 250 Democratic precinct committeemen showed up to vote for new party leadership.

Daily Herald staff reports | Published: 10/18/2007 7:51 AM | Updated: 10/18/2007 7:55 AM

A published report today claims that Congressman Dennis Hastert will resign his seat in Congress later this year.

The Web site of Washington D.C.-based newspaper Roll Call cites sources as saying there will be a special election to succeed Hastert, and that the former house speaker might announce his resignation today.

by Andrew Malcolm

The Roll Call newspaper in Washington reported on its website last night that former House Speaker Dennis Hastert of Illinois intends to resign his House seat later this year.

The subscription-only site said Hastert, who had already announced he would not seek reelection in 2008, was calling friends and associates and telling them of his decision. His early departure would create the need for a special election in his exurban Chicago district, possibly on Illinois' Feb. 5 presidential primary day.

Additional feeds from MSNBC have been added to the News & Events section for each Democratic Presidential candidate. These feeds will be updated on a regular basis, so you'll be able to get as much information about the candidate on WayneDemocrats.com as possible.

We have also categorized the feeds to make it a little easier for navigation. Candidate Feeds contains news feeds from the candidate websites, MSNBC Feeds contain feeds from MSNBC.com, and Political Site Feeds & Blogs contain all the other feeds from the web.

You Are Cordially Invited to participate in the DuPage County Democrats First Annual Golf Outing

Friday, September 28, 2007. Tee Times Start @ 10am
White Pines Golf Club, 500 West Jefferson Street, Bensenville IL, 60106
www.whitepinesgolf.com
$100 Per Golfer (Dinner only $50)
Click to see/print Golf Outing Information

Contact Rob Freedman (freedman@dupagedemocrats.org 630-915-1325) to reserve tee-times or for more information.

So everyone knows, the State Legislature passed the new primary date so that means that new dates were set for the start of Petition circulation and filing of those petitions.

Please be advised that dates for starting petition circulation and filing of those petitions are as follows:

1st Day to Circulate - Tuesday, Aug 7th
1st Day to File Petitions - Monday, Oct. 29th
Last Day to File Petitions - Monday, November 5th

If you are interested in attending a regional hearing of the State budget, here are the dates, times and locations:

Hoffman Estates 9/18/2007 6:00pm
Hoffman Estates Village Hall Cafeteria, 1900 Hassell Road, Hoffman Estates, IL

Aurora 9/19/2007 - 6:00pm
Phillips Park Visitors Center, 1000 Ray Moses Drive, Aurora, IL

McHenry County 9/19/2007 - 6:00pm
McHenry College Conference Center, 8900 US Highway 14, Crystal Lake, IL

Cicero 9/20/2007 - 7:00pm
Clyde Park District, 1909 S. Laramie, Cicero, IL