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<p>All, <br>
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<p>Apologies for the delay in getting the April report in. There
wasn't much happening in the three weeks since the April meeting,
which is why there isn't a May report. All divisional developments
from the month of May will be in the June report.</p>
<p>With the likely potential that we will opt not to petition for
the only statewide race in Illinois for 2024 (POTUS/VP), we may
need to prepare to focus on petitioning drives for other races
from county-level to General Assembly.</p>
<p>Jim Humay, Regional Deputy Director for the Chicago/Cook &
DuPage Counties region has been reaching out to those who
previously expressed interest in running for General Assembly in
2022, but never responded to email or phone communications leading
up to said election cycle. We're hoping that some of them will opt
to run in 2024, regardless of whether the Cook County Clerk and
the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners want to play their
dirty political games like they did two years ago when it came to
our established party status in the county.</p>
<p>We have two more inquiries within his region since the April
meeting:</p>
<ul>
<li><b>Phillip Perez</b></li>
<ul>
<li>First contact: April 27, 2023<br>
</li>
<li>Resident of Posen - 9th Congressional District/SCC
Representative: Jason Decker</li>
<li>Current trustee, Posen Park District<br>
</li>
<li>Seeking to run in Senate District 15. SD15 runs into parts
of Will and Kankakee counties, so signature requirements would
based on new party/independent rules. Established in Cook and
Kankakee counties, not currently established in Will County.
District often runs uncontested Democrat, currently held by
Sen. Napoleon Harris. <i>All or parts of </i><i>Beecher,
Blue Island, Bourbonnais, Bradley, Burnham, Calumet City,
Chicago, Chicago Heights, Country Club Hills, Crestwood,
Crete, Dixmoor, Dolton, East Hazel Crest, Flossmoor, Ford
Heighs, Glenwood, Goodenow, Harvey, Hazel Crest, Homewood,
Kankakee, Lansing, Lynwood, Manteno, Markham, Midlothian,
Momence, Oak Forest, Olympia Fields, Park Forest, Peotone,
Phoenix, Posen, Riverdale, Robbins, Sauk Village, South
Chicago Heights, South Holland, Steger, Thornton, Tinley
Park, and University Park.</i></li>
<li>Nearest chapter (currently): Libertarian Party of Chicago
(at least until South Cook Libertarians reestablishes)</li>
<li>Will be attending a LPC meet-and-greet in Blue Island on May
20</li>
</ul>
<li><b>Aris Garcia</b></li>
<ul>
<li>First contact: May 11, 2023<br>
</li>
<li>Resident of Streamwood - 8th Congressional District/SCC
Representative: Julie Fox</li>
<li>Seeking to run in Senate District 22. SD22 runs into parts
of Cook and Kane counties, so signature requirements would
based on new party/independent rules. Current sitting state
Sen. Cristina Castro has run uncontested the past couple/few
cycles. Established in Cook County, not currently established
in Kane County. <i>All or parts of Barrington Hills,
Bartlett, Carpentersville, East Dundee, Elgin, Hanover Park,
Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg, South Barrington, South Elgin,
and Streamwood.</i><br>
</li>
<li>Has previous experience working as a project manager for
Sen. Castro a couple of election cycles ago, worked the
position to get insight and experience</li>
<li>Immigrant from Germany who is a naturalized citizen, small
business owner, late 20s</li>
<li>The 2022 Libertarian ticket (statewide + countywide) did
perform quite well in the Cook County portion of this
district.</li>
<li>Nearest chapters: Northwest Cook Libertarians, Libertarian
Party of Chicago, Fox Valley Libertarians</li>
</ul>
</ul>
<p>Only one other candidate inquiry came in since the April meeting,
and I'm handling that currently:</p>
<ul>
<li> <b>Curtis Ryan</b></li>
<ul>
<li>First contact: May 11, 2023</li>
<li>Formerly of Decatur, now residing in Taylorville - 15th
Congressional District/SCC Representative: John Phillips Jr.<br>
</li>
<li>Was briefly in the running for 2022 gubernatorial race
before dropping out</li>
<li>Initial campaign interest: Senate District 54. SD54 runs
into parts or all of Christian, Cumberland, Effingham, Macon,
Macoupin, Menard, Montgomery, Moultrie, Sangamon, and Shelby
counties. Montgomery County is only established county within
district. Went uncontested Republican in 2022, represented by
Sen. Steve McClure. <i>All or parts of Assumption, Athens,
Auburn, Carlinville, Chatham, Decatur, Effingham, Gillespie,
Girard, Hillsboro, Litchfield, Macon, Moweaqua, Neoga, Pana,
Raymond, Riverton, Shelbyville, Sherman, Sullivan,
Taylorville, Virden, Williamsville, etc.</i></li>
<li>Open to: Christian County Circuit Clerk OR Christian County
Coroner. Would be a target campaign in Christian County due to
being a collar county around currently established Montgomery
County. <i>Could be manageable if we can maintain between 627
and 1,003 signatures based on the 5% to 8% range, but this
is still an early projection until the official numbers come
out from County Clerk Jodie Badman next year.</i></li>
<li>Chapter in rebuilding: ChrisMont Libertarian Central
Committee (estimated re-establishment: April 2024)<br>
</li>
</ul>
</ul>
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<b>Jake Leonard</b></font><br>
<font size="2">
<b><font color="black">Interim Chairman and Executive Director</font>
| <font color="#12AD2B">ChrisMont Libertarian Central
Committee</font></b> (<i>Christian County, Montgomery County</i>)<br>
<i><b>Congress</b>: 15</i> | <i><b>Montgomery County</b>:
Illinois Senate 54/55, Illinois House 107/108/110</i> | <i><b>Christian
County</b>: Illinois Senate 48/54, Illinois House
95/96/107/108</i><br>
<br>
<b><font color="black">Political Director</font> | <font
color="#12AD2B">Libertarian Party of Illinois</font></b><br>
800 Capps Ave. | Nokomis, IL 62075-1415<br>
<b>Mobile</b>: <a href="tel:2175659709">(217) 565-9709</a> | <a
href="tel:2175659273">(217) 565-9273</a> || <b>Work</b>: <a
href="tel:2175694230,700">(217) 569-4230 ext. 700</a> | <a
href="tel:2177185281">(217) 718-5281</a> || <b>Fax</b>: <a
href="tel:2177178079">(217) 717-8079</a>
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