Result of Sweeney’s Write-in Campaign Could Come Friday

, a Republican from Park Ridge who ran as a write-in candidate to represent in the primary on March 20, is waiting for ballots to be counted, the Daily Herald reported. She needs 500 votes in order for her name to appear on the ballot in November, and if she does not succeed, Republican leaders can appoint a candidate to face Mayor , a Democrat from , in the general election.

Sweeney will have to wait at lease a few more days to find out if her efforts yielded 500 write-in votes. Kevin Artl, political director of the Illinois House Republican Organization, said they expected the ballots to be counted on Friday, but was not sure when the results would be available.

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“We’re compounding our debt because we’re borrowing more and we’re spending more, and the answer isn’t to tax more,” Sweeney said.

Sweeney said the only way to change Illinois was to get out and vote in representatives that are really willing to step up.

“We can change Illinois if we get the right people in office, and I believe the right people are going to the people that don’t put up with the same old shenanigans that we’ve had in Springfield,” Sweeney said.

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