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Peter Janko #pete4illinois

I want take this opportunity to show my heartfelt thanks to all of you that voted to re-elect me as your Democratic State Central Committeeman.

This was a very important race for not only me but all of us. Democrats have lost most of rural Illinois to right wing extremists. A large number of the remaining Democrats in those areas have just given up and don't vote anymore. Southern Boone County was redistricted into the new 11th. Voter turnout was 4.4% for Democrats and 23.5% for Republicans.

Everyone is saying that we shouldn't worry. Illinois is an island of blue in a sea of red. That we don't have to worry about losing any of the rights that the Supreme Court is actively trying to take from us. The recent redistricting was to supposed to protect the blue districts. Call me skeptical but I am not seeing how the recent redistricting is going to save us from 5.34 Republican voters to each Democratic voter.

State Central Committeepersons, like PCs are also supposed to be the eyes and ears of the Democratic Party of Illinois. I have campaiged over a dozen candidates,from Presidential and Congressional candidates down to a number of local County
Board, County Clerk, County Recorder, County Treasurer, and Judicial candidates. I have worked the Dem booths at county fairs in several counties. You get to meet and talk to a hundreds of voters. You find out what we are doing wrong as well as what we are doing right. And what we learn from talking to voters is critical to developing effective messaging.

We better figure out fast how to get disenfranchised Dems into the voting booth in November.

I don't know about you but the idea of Trumper Darren Bailey as our next Governor and Trumper Catalina Lauf as our next Congresswoman scares the crap out of me. I am committed to trying to prenvent that from happening.

(That's me with the clipboard)

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Peter Janko #pete4illinois

Your choice between "Progress" or "Promises" is on the ballot.

The primary goal of a State Central Committee member is simply to help get good candidates elected and help neighbors partner together to get involved. I was elected in March of 2018 and since then have worked hard to fulfill this goal by devoting significant time and support to the campaigns of over a dozen candidates, from Presidential and Congressional candidates down to a number of local County Board , County Clerk, County Recorder, County Treasurer, and Judicial candidates.

I want to return the Democratic Party to where your votes are earned, not purchased.

As State Central Committeeman, I didn't stop there. As a community activist since high school advocating for all kinds of causes from civil rights, women’s rights, workers’ rights, global warming, and more, I used my newly found influence with Illinois legislators to help get $275 million dollars to restore Amtrak service into the Illinois budget. This will not only provide economic benefits to three counties in the new 11th - Kane, McHenry, and Boone.

Vote for a proven record of progress. Re-elect Peter Janko for State Central Committeeman - 11th Congressional District.

#pete4illinois #amtrak2huntley

A special note of gratitude goes out to Lynn Gray, whose time and effort helped make this possible.