Weekly Update Newsletter: Blue Shade News

[October 16th Issue]: Exciting news! We’re thrilled to announce that Terry Cosgrove will be keynote speaker at our Lake Dems Shades of Blue Annual Awards Reception. Terry Cosgrove is the former longtime president & CEO of Personal PAC, the leading reproductive rights group in Illinois. Under Terry’s leadership, the Illinois legislature transformed from anti-choice to the most pro-choice legislature in the country.

We will also be presenting our Leadership Award to State Rep. Candidate Maria Peterson and our Volunteer of the Year Award to Joy Anes.

Weekly Update Newsletter: Candidates Doubleheader

[October 9th Issue]: Don’t miss your chance to see Democratic Lake County State’s Attorney Eric Rinehart and Democratic Lake County Circuit Court Clerk Erin Cartwright Weinstein and their Republican challengers on a live Zoom forum…

The forum is sponsored by several League of Women Voters chapters and the Mano a Mano Family Resource Center. Questions will be posed by a League of Women Voters-trained moderator. Zoom’s multilingual “translated captions” feature will be available.

Local Republicans Partner With Right-Wing Extremist Candidate For North Carolina Governor Mark Robinson To Help Downballot Candidates And To Win Wisconsin For Trump-Vance

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – September 16, 2024
Lake County, IL – Local Republicans have announced they’re working with notorious right-wing extremist candidate for Governor of North Carolina Mark Robinson, who is set to appear at a suburban fundraiser on September 29, with the goal of “supporting local candidates and helping Trump-Vance win the battleground state of Wisconsin.” Rather than hide such a disgraceful connection, Lake County Republicans are actually promoting it.