Via Osage ResearchPosted on 10/31/2022 10:01:55 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
President Trump’s endorsee for Illinois governor, Darren Bailey, is closing the gap in the polls heading into November, posing a serious threat to incumbent Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Ill.
According to a press release from Bailey’s campaign team, “Recent public polling shows the race for Governor is single-digits, with billionaire J.B. Pritzker floundering and Senator and Darren Bailey closing strong despite being outspent by over $2 million in Pritzker spending this week alone. “
Bailey has been running a well-rounded campaign that poses a staunch threat to incumbent Gov. JB Pritzker, D-Ill.Per the statement, internal polling from Osage Research found in a survey among 600 likely general election voters that if the election were held today, a total of 42 percent would cast their ballots for Bailey, while 44 percent would cast their ballots for Pritzker. That two-point gap places Bailey within easy striking distance of his Democrat opponent.
Bailey’s campaign manager, Joe Durbin, stated via the release:
“Darren Bailey meets with thousands of people weekly to earn their trust and vote. We’ve been on the ground and know our grassroots movement will outperform poll numbers. J.B. Pritzker has governed like a tyrant pushing extreme policies that have made our streets unsafe while decimating our schools and economy. Working people, parents, students, and everyone who has been ignored the last four years are ready for a Governor who will fight for them.”
Bailey is a former Illinois state representative and currently represents the 55th district in the Illinois State Senate, per his campaign website.
Via Osage ResearchPresident Trump endorsed Bailey for governor in June ahead of a hotly anticipated Save America rally in Mendon, Illinois. “Darren is just the man to take on and defeat one of the worst governors in America, JB Pritzker. He’s one of the worst,” Trump told the crowd during the rally, via the Illinois Newsroom.
He continued, “I had to deal with this guy [Pritzker] for a long time on COVID…. He was a disaster. His numbers are terrible. Everybody’s fleeing your state, okay? This is a disaster, and Darren is the opposite.”
Woot!
Thank you for posting :)
Pritzker is the most beatable Governor currently in office.
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I hope you’re right. Pritzger has the democrat party behind him.
Nope. Evers, Sisolak, Kelly, Waltz, Whitmer and Hochul will lose before Pritzker loses.
If people from Illinois are awake they will realize their lives will change January 1, 2023 because Governor Prick didn’t have the balls to veto it.
https://nypost.com/2022/09/17/illinois-no-cash-bail-law-will-turn-the-state-into-the-purge/
Let me guess Schluter is a Losertarian. I swear the democrats have to be putting these people on the ballot. Have you heard any Liberatarian complaining about the DOJ and FBI? Of course not. Just like the ACLU doesn’t seem to care.
All very encouraging, but it reminds of the 2021 NJ race where the Republican came in a close second. Sorry I’m a pessimist.
Look, I hate the fat POS and wish someone would hand him a ham sammich next time he's live on TV so he can explode and be gone.
Fact is, the idiots in this state are too damn' STUPID to vote anything other than (D) for governor.
I'll bet you dinner at an establishment of your choosing becuase that's how confident I am that I'm right.
Not that I *want* to be right, I'd really rather be wrong. And yet, I'm not and here we are.
Generally, in Hellinois, however Chicago votes is how the state goes . . . regardless that the rest of the state is red expect for about half of Sangamon county (Springfield).
No small part of the GOP advantage in this election will be anti-incumbent sentiment that tends to escape detection by pollsters. Pritzker is ripe for a fall.
Chicago decides our elections. Most of the state is red
98% of the state is red. Its only a few counties that decide our fate.
It does not matter. Leftists in chicago will manufacture enough votes to win statewide everytime.
with billionaire J.B. Pritzker floundering …
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Floundering? More like beached whaling.
Tough year for Democrats. Pritzker should be winning this easily.
Why Illinois Is In Trouble – 132,188 Public Employees With $100,000+ Paychecks Cost Taxpayers $17 Billion
Open The Books ^ | Oct 29, 2022 | Adam Andrzejewski
Posted on 10/30/2022, 5:06:32 PM by george76
The new ‘minimum wage’ for government work is now $100,000+...
So, just who is making all of this money?
Meet the Illinois government employee $100,000 Club. It’s comprised of 132,188 public employees and retirees who earned a new ‘minimum wage’ of $100,000 or more.
While crime skyrockets in the neighborhoods, test scores plummet in the public schools, and inflation decimates private-sector paychecks, the Illinois public employee class is living the good life.
Our auditors at OpenTheBooks.com found nearly 500 educators in the public schools with salaries between $200,000 and $439,000. In small towns, city managers made up to $341,300. Three doctors at the University of Illinois at Chicago earned incomes between $1 million and $2.1 million.
Barbers trimmed off $104,000 at State Corrections; janitors at the Chicago Transit Authority cleaned up $143,634; bus drivers in Chicago picked up $242,812; and suburban community college presidents made $418,677.
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Following The Money..
Public schools (43,500) – Last year, 26,904 educators earned six-figure salaries while 16,592 retirees pocketed $100,000+ pensions. However, test scores plummeted with only 31-percent of students reading at grade level.
Big salaries: Eighteen school superintendents made $300,000+, among them Edward Mansfield (Homewood Flossmoor D233— $434,323); Michael Lubelfeld (North Shore School D112— $392,952); Gregory Jackson (Ford Heights D169—$379,465); Kevin Nohelty (Dolton School D148—$373,626); and Blair Nuccio (Indian Springs D109—$355,154).
Big pensions: Eighteen retired school superintendents received $300,000+ in retirement pensions
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Chicago (28,000) – Why is crime out of control in Chicago? It’s a matter of political will— not pay. The Chicago police and fire departments paid 600 employees between $200,000 and $480,000 in cash compensation last year.
In Chicago, 41 ‘street light repair’ workers made between $100,000 and $196,123 and 61 city ‘sign painters’ made six-figures up to $145,341. The boss at the city auto pound reaped $124,783 while the janitors at the auto pound made six-figures too. ‘Sanitation laborers’ made up to $125,783.
In Chicago Public Schools (CPS), CEO, Janice K. Jackson made $361,762: $298,923 in salary with $62,839 in benefits. Jackson’s salary alone exceeded the pay of the U.S. Secretary of Education ($203,500) — a cabinet-level position – by $95,423.
However, student scores plummeted. Just 26-percent of eleventh graders perform at grade level in math and seven in ten students could not read at grade level.
No matter, we found the average teacher in the Chicago Public Schools made $108,730 last year when including benefits. In addition, there were 1,823 employees across six departments – outside the classroom – now dedicated to diversity, equity, inclusion efforts.
The Chicago Transit Authority, operator of trains and busses, paid rail service supervisors up to $294,609; ironworkers as much as $251,376; and line workers $240,835. A signal maintainer took home $302,075, a telephone line worker was paid $247,677 and a customer service representative made $207,202.
Incredibly, 378 CTA bus drivers took home $100,000+ and top earner Yolanda Harris picked up $242,812.
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Colleges & universities (18,000) – University of Illinois basketball coach Bradley Underwood earned $3.2 million last year. Fady Toufic Charbel ($2.029 million); Mark Gonzalez ($1.059 million); and Konstantin Slavin ($1.041 million) are million-dollar doctors at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC).
Universities: Highly compensated employees included those that work for the University of Illinois Foundation—a private fundraising foundation for the university. A staggering 42 employees cleaned off nearly $7 million in cash compensation making between $100,000 and $294,700 each. The top-paid employee, Edward Wald ($294,700), out-earned the president at Northern Illinois University and every other state university (except Illinois State).
Retired professors have some of the biggest pensions: University of Illinois at Chicago professor Wolodymyr Minkowycz ($426,656), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign physics prof Gordon Baym ($285,669) and engineering prof Vernon Snoeyink ($274,664).
Junior colleges: The top paid presidents included Christine Jean Sobek (Waubonsee Community College — $418,677) and Thomas Ramage (Parkland College—$339,000). Top retirees included Zelema Harris (Parkland College—$253,297); John Swalec (Waubonsee Community College—$239,871); and Vernon Crawley (Moraine Valley Community College— $239,851).
State of Illinois (16,500) – Eight barbers at Corrections made between $102,300 and $104,000. Veterans, Human Services, and Corrections paid 484 nurses between $100,100 and $255,300.
The top paid sergeants at the State Police earned $309,600. We found more state police officers retired on six-figure pensions (1,555) than officers currently paid on six-figure salaries (1,540)!
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Cities & villages (14,500) – Small town managers collect high pay, along with perks and pension benefits. Top paid managers were Michael J. Ellis (Village of Grayslake –- $302,408); Reid Ottesen (Village of Palatine — $300,900); Richard Nahrstadt (Village of Northbrook – $280,516); and Stephanie Hannon (Village of Bannockburn – $252,360).
Most local six-figure employees are in the police and fire departments. The top-paid local police officer worked in Deerfield, John Sliozis ($226,241) although the next five officers making more than $200,000 worked for the Aurora department.
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Illinois may have already crossed the Rubicon. And now the public-sector unions are giving the state the last push off the cliff.
Note: all compensation amounts listed are cash compensation, or pensionable compensation and do not incorporate the cost of benefits, i.e.
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Pritzker looks like your garden variety fat Union thug.
An R sweep of guvs would be awesome.
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