[LPIL - Board of Directors] April P.D. Report and additional notes

[Ken Mattes]

Thank you Jake. I added the report to the April minutes.

On 2023-05-16 18:03, Jake Leonard via Lpil-bod wrote:
> All,
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> We have two more inquiries within his region since the April meeting:
> 
>  	* Phillip Perez
> 
> 	* First contact: April 27, 2023
>  	* Resident of Posen - 9th Congressional District/SCC Representative:
> Jason Decker
> 
> 	* Current trustee, Posen Park District
>  	* 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. _All or
> parts of __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._
>  	* Nearest chapter (currently): Libertarian Party of Chicago (at
> least until South Cook Libertarians reestablishes)
>  	* Will be attending a LPC meet-and-greet in Blue Island on May 20
> 
>  	* Aris Garcia
> 
> 	* First contact: May 11, 2023
>  	* Resident of Streamwood - 8th Congressional District/SCC
> Representative: Julie Fox
> 
> 	* 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. _All or parts of
> Barrington Hills, Bartlett, Carpentersville, East Dundee, Elgin,
> Hanover Park, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg, South Barrington, South
> Elgin, and Streamwood._
>  	* 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
>  	* Immigrant from Germany who is a naturalized citizen, small
> business owner, late 20s
>  	* The 2022 Libertarian ticket (statewide + countywide) did perform
> quite well in the Cook County portion of this district.
>  	* Nearest chapters: Northwest Cook Libertarians, Libertarian Party
> of Chicago, Fox Valley Libertarians
> 
> Only one other candidate inquiry came in since the April meeting, and
> I'm handling that currently:
> 
>  	*    Curtis Ryan
> 
>  	* First contact: May 11, 2023
> 
> 	* Formerly of Decatur, now residing in Taylorville - 15th
> Congressional District/SCC Representative: John Phillips Jr.
>  	* Was briefly in the running for 2022 gubernatorial race before
> dropping out
>  	* 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.
> _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._
>  	* 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. _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._
> 
> 	* Chapter in rebuilding: ChrisMont Libertarian Central Committee
> (estimated re-establishment: April 2024)
> 
> --
>  Jake Leonard
>  Interim Chairman and Executive Director | ChrisMont Libertarian
> Central Committee (_Christian County, Montgomery County_)
> _Congress: 15_ | _Montgomery County: Illinois Senate 54/55, Illinois
> House 107/108/110_ | _Christian County: Illinois Senate 48/54,
> Illinois House 95/96/107/108_
> 
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Ken Mattes
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