[LPIL - Board of Directors] Secretary of State Candidate

[Justin Tucker]

Jon Stewart is now our SOS candidate.

On 2022-08-09 08:42, Kelly Liebmann-LPIL IT Operations Director via 
Lpil-bod wrote:
> Can we get an update on what happened at the meeting last night?
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Kelly Liebmann
> 
> Greenwood Township Trustee
> Selective Services Region 1 Board Member
> Deputy Voter Registrar
> Treasurer, McHenry County Libertarians
> LPIL IT Operations Director
> Greenwood 3 Libertarian Party Precinct Committeeman
> Convention Committee Member
> 
> _"It is the duty of the patriot to protect his country from its
> government." -Thomas Paine_
> 
>> On Aug 7, 2022, at 5:38 PM, scc3--- via Lpil-bod
>> <lpil-bod at lists.lpillinois.org> wrote:
> 
>> On 2022-08-03 17:43, Chase Renwick via Lpil-bod wrote:
>> 
>>> The action of a background check is typical for statewide
>>> candidates
>> 
>>> to my knowledge.
>> 
>>> On Aug 3, 2022 5:23 PM, Brett Ryan via Lpil-bod
>> 
>>> <lpil-bod at lists.lpillinois.org> wrote:
>> If Donny says he's good, that's almost enough for me alone.  Is he
> 
>>> going to be invited to the meeting to give a little spiel?
> 
>>> Also, based on the mistake in PA where they nominated a candidate
> 
>>> that they didn't know the background of, can we at least get some
> 
>>> sort of attestation he's never been a felon, or at least disclose
> 
>>> any skeletons he might have?  I'm not one to judge stuff like
>>> that,
> 
>>> but just knowing instead of being blindsided later is important to
> 
>>> me.
> 
>>> Yes, it's really crappy I'm thinking the worst of people, but I
>>> just
> 
>>> want to have some sort of assurance to point to, or to be able to
> 
>>> respond with something like, "Yes, we knew he didn't pay his taxes
> 
>>> for 4 years and we're totally great with that!"
> 
>>> Thanks!
> 
>>> Brett Ryan
> 
>>> On Aug 3, 2022, at 11:25 AM, Jon Harlson LPIL SCC 11 via Lpil-bod
> 
>>> <lpil-bod at lists.lpillinois.org> wrote:
> 
>>> I would be 100% willing to support him as a candidate.  I only
>>> have
> 
>>> one reservation.   Did he pull a partisan ballot during the
>>> primary?
> 
>>> If he did, will have an affect on the legal status of his
>>> candidacy?
> 
>>> In Liberty,
> 
>>> Jon Harlson
> 
>>> Libertarian Party of Illinois
> 
>>> State Central Committee Representative
> 
>>> District 11
> 
>>> On Tue, Aug 2, 2022 at 9:31 PM scc17--- via Lpil-bod
> 
>>> <lpil-bod at lists.lpillinois.org> wrote:
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>>> Board-
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>>> I have a potential option for our Secretary of State nomination.
>>> My
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>>> friend Jon Stewart has expressed interest. He’s from up in
> 
>>> Deerfield and
> 
>>> he owns/operates his family’s car dealership. You can imagine he
> 
>>> has had
> 
>>> some dealings with SoS office. Jon was once an LP candidate for
> 
>>> Governor
> 
>>> and lost to Kash Jackson by one vote in the LP primary
>>> (convention)
> 
>>> in
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>>> 2018. He also is an ex-professional wrestler that wrestled by the
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>>> name
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>>> “The Illustrious One Jon Stewart” for many years.
> 
>>> There’s no perfect replacement for a name or guy like Jesse
>>> White.
> 
>>> But I
> 
>>> think Jon would fill in quite well. His proximity to Chicago and
>>> his
> 
>>> background would put him in a good spot to represent the party.
> 
>>> If you guys have any questions for Jon before Monday, please
>>> don’t
> 
>>> hesitate to reach out to him at (847)456-0555. I intend to
>>> nominate
> 
>>> him
> 
>>> and he will make himself available at our meeting.
> 
>>> In Liberty,
> 
>>> Donny Henry
> 
>>> Libertarian Party of Illinois
> 
>>> State Central Committee Representative
> 
>>> District 17
> 
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>  Hey everyone,
> I will be unable to attend tomorrow's special meeting since my head
> will be in the clouds (literally) and unfortunately I will be flying
> late. If we can somehow find someone named Jesse White (or something
> like Jessie Whyte) to take the other Jesse White's place that would be
> the most ideal and biggest "FU" to the Democrats for trying to
> intimidate us. However, that is probably not feasible so I support Mr.
> Henry's nomination of Jon Stewart. Besides, voters might think he's
> the Daily Show Jon Stewart which could benefit us. Very unfortunate
> that we lost Jesse, we had him as a guest at LP Chicago and he seemed
> like a fantastic candidate.
> 
> Your Friendly Libertarian Flight Attendant,
> Dan Lewis
> SCC-D3, Chicago
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-- 
Best,
Justin Tucker
Executive Director, Libertarian Party of Illinois