As was recently reported here at IPR, the Illinois Herald, an online publication, recently endorsed two Green Party candidates for U.S. House in Illinois. The Herald has also endorsed Julie Fox for Illinois Comptroller. From Mark Wachtler at Opposition News:
The lone Libertarian candidate receiving the endorsement of the Illinois Herald is Julie Fox, candidate for Illinois Comptroller. With a slate of five Libertarians running for state-wide offices in Illinois, the independent publication only made one endorsement, and that was in the race for State Comptroller.
As the Illinois Herald points out, it couldn’t honestly endorse the other Libertarian candidates because they just didn’t seem to be taking the effort seriously. One didn’t return three months worth of requests for information and another didn’t even have a campaign website and was only running a Facebook campaign. But Libertarian Comptroller candidate Julie Fox is the real deal and more than worthy of the publication’s endorsement and the support of Illinois voters.
“The incumbent is a big-government, triple-dipping Republican,” the Illinois Herald endorsement of Julie Fox begins, “The Democratic candidate is the state’s forgettable Lt. Governor and a party misfit. And the Libertarian challenger is actually the most qualified for the job, but like always, is blacked out by the corporate media. The Illinois Herald is proud to endorse Libertarian Julie Fox for Illinois Comptroller. Her financial experience in both the public and private sector, combined with her unquestionable ethics and sincere anti-corruption platform, make her the best choice for Illinois voters. Borrowing a tagline from the candidate’s website, Julie Fox is the right person for the right reason at the right time.”
Very nice! If any other candidates or staff are reading this and want one of those let me know and I’ll give you info on the application process.
In related news, Julie Fox has just received the endorsement of Governor Gary Johnson.
http://juliefox.nationbuilder.com/former_governor_gary_johnson_endorses_julie_fox
Saw a couple Julie Fox for Comptroller lawn signs on the north side of Chicago yesterday, around Montrose and Cicero. It put a smile on my face a mile wide.
If the governor candidate gets 5%, we have full ballot status for all partisan offices for 4 years. If Julie or other statewide slate candidates get 5%, we get ballot status for Federal and state slate only and for just two years.
Also, we will have to garner 5,000 valid petition sigs compared to the 25,000 we would have to get for our 2016 presidential ticket.
Awesome! Correct me if I’m wrong, 5% in her race gets us ballot retention too, right? Some things coming out of national make it sound like that could only be the Gov race, although they did not exactly say that.
We are excited, also!
Thanks, George! Julie Fox has been endorsed by former Congressman Joe Walsh (IL-8).
http://juliefox.nationbuilder.com/former_congressman_joe_walsh_endorses_julie_fox_for_comptroller
We are running campaign ads during morning and afternoon drive time on Chicago’s WIND AM 560. Julie’s campaign keeps gaining momentum.
We are very excited!
Congratulations Julie and best wishes for the election!