Monthly Archives: September 2009

We had out biggest turnout for the Morton Pumpkin Festival Parade.  Over 50 people walked the 1.5 mile parade route in support of Chris!  Chris spent the entire parade talking to the crowd, meeting as many people as possible.  We … Continue reading →

On Wednesday, September 16th, Chris returned to the UAW hall in East Peoria for the UAW retiree pot luck lunch.  There was a great turnout for the lunch, and the food was wonderful.   We had an opportunity to meet and … Continue reading →

The campaign is off and running, and we have been collecting many signatures.  Illnois law requires a judicial candidate for the 10th Circuit to submit 500 signatures to have his or her name placed on the ballot.  The first day to … Continue reading →

We had another great showing in the Pekin Marigold Parade, with 45 people walking in the parade!   We also debuted the new banner.  The weather was again beautiful, a little warmer than Labor Day, but still a beautiful day for … Continue reading →

On Friday night, we are headed to downtown Pekin for Family Night at the Marigold Festival.  We are all looking forward to the lip sync competition, the food and seeing many old friends.  Saturday look for our new parade banner … Continue reading →

After the Delavan parade, where we had over 40 people walk, we rushed to the Peoria riverfront to catch a shuttle to the staging area for the Peoria Labor parade.  The parade started on Monroe, across the US 74 bridge, … Continue reading →

Chris and State Rep. Mike Smith On Saturday, September 5, 2009, Chris stopped by the UAW family picnic at the UAW Local 974 headquarters in East Peoria .  Chris had the opportunity to address the crowd, and then visited with a number of people … Continue reading →

Monday was a very busy day for the campaign.  We started the day in Delavan at about 10:00 a.m.  Over 40 people showed up to walk with us.  We followed the Tazewell County Democrat float, distributing candy along the parade … Continue reading →

Going to be a very busy weekend.  After the Pekin-Limestone football game Friday night where Chris won the 50-50 drawing and donated the money back (Julia might shoot him), Chris played in the Brad Campbell Memorial Golf Outing at 7:00 … Continue reading →

The Tee-Shirts are here!  Look for the campaign tee shirts on Labor Day in Peoria and Delavan, and in the Pekin Marigold and Morton Pumpkin parades.  We are looking forward to a great turnout for all of the parades and events.  Should be a great … Continue reading →