Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Candidate Information

 

There's a lot of new information, interviews, questionnaires and links for candidates in the April 2nd Consolidated Election (early voting has already begun!). The Champaign County Voter Alliance still has the best organized page for getting to know local candidates on your ballot (from the web, to social media, to email/phone contacts) here: Candidate Guide.

I've updated the Cheat Sheet: C-U Local's election page with candidates in the local government bodies we cover here. Below I have some links to various forums and events I've found on-line with the candidates and will be adding News-Gazette interviews as they're published:


Candidate Information and Links:

Here are links to videos and coverage of recent local candidate forums organized by the News-Gazette, Champaign County NAACP and League of Women Voters:

February 27th Candidate forums: (video from CGTV)
  • Urbana School Board Candidates: Additional News-Gazette coverage here.
  • Champaign School Board Candidates: Coverage here.
  • Parkland Community College Board Candidates: Coverage here.
February 28th Candidate forums: (video from CGTV)
  • Champaign City Council Candidates: Coverage here.
  • Champaign Mayoral Candidates: Coverage here.
  • Urbana Park District Candidates: (video only)
March 6th Candidate forums:
  • Illini Democrats forum for Champaign City Council candidates coverage here. 
  • Champaign Federation of Teachers forum for Unit 4 candidates here. Facebook event information.

Candidate Meet & Greets:

Candidate Interviews and Questionnaires:

WILL Champaign candidate interviews on the issues.
CCVA Questionnaires here.
Smile Politely Candidate Guide here and Questionnaires section here.
Washington Street Questionnaires here.

News-Gazette Interviews and Questionnaires (N-G election webpage):
Champaign Mayor:
Champaign City Council:
Champaign School Board - Unit 4:
Champaign Park District:


Urbana School Board - District 116:

Urbana Park District:


Results: (update 4/5/2019)

There was a lot of coverage of election results, including the County's unofficial results here. The News-Gazette had their visual results here. WILL had text results here. Incumbents generally held on during some historically low turnout, even for a municipal election. From the News-Gazette Wednesday:
New Champaign County clerk's only problem in first election: Too few voters
Preliminary results indicate turnout was down Tuesday in Champaign County compared with similar local consolidated elections.

Just over 17,000 ballots were cast Tuesday, or 13.27 percent of the 128,000 registered voters in the county.

Four years ago, 21,839 ballots were cast, or about 19 percent, and eight years ago, 20,890 ballots were cast, or about 17 percent.

In 2007, 18,897 people voted, or about 16 percent.
More on election day hiccups and logistical issues dealt with by the County clerk at that full article here. WCIA had some turnout comparisons with area counties here. This election process began within weeks of the massive turnout of the 2018 midterm, with candidates having to file shortly afterward for this election. In political cycles there are often ebbs and flows of enthusiasm. I'll leave it to the reader to stare at midterm versus municipal turnout fluctuations over the years to see if they can unlock the secret. The News-Gazette also had stories on individual races:

The paper also had coverage of election day with the Mayor and the crazy schedule running for a local office can entail here.

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