Another update for the
elections page and the
county office races page. From the News-Gazette today:
Former Urbana mayor enters race for treasurer
Seven months after she left the mayor's office in Urbana, Laurel Prussing said today she wants to be the Democratic Party nominee for Champaign County treasurer.
Prussing said she would file her nominating petitions Monday to appear on the March 20 primary election ballot. She needs at least 251 signatures to qualify as a candidate.
John Farney, currently the county auditor, so far is the only candidate for treasurer from either party.
Shortly before she left the mayor's office last spring after being unseated by Diane Marlin in the Democratic Party primary, Prussing, 76, said she "needed a break from this stuff."
Seven months was enough, she said today.
"I had enough of a break," she said. "I wasn't planning on doing this but I was looking for candidates and I couldn't find anybody. Qualified people just didn't want to do it and I thought we needed a candidate and I thought that maybe I should do it.
In the article she mentions that George Danos will run again for County Auditor. The News-Gazette
article on his last attempt was described as "razor-thin:"
John Farney has lived the scenario that played out Tuesday night before. In 2012, during his initial run for Champaign County auditor, the Republican's race against Democratic challenger George Danos came down to the wire, with Farney winning by a margin of 2,036 votes.
Tuesday's rematch between Farney and Danos was even tighter, with the incumbent collecting 50.08 percent of the vote, narrowly defeating the Champaign challenger with 49.92 percent. When all the votes were counted, Farney had 42,516 votes to Danos' 42,385, for a margin of 131.
It's looking like a very good time to get involved and learn about Champaign County politics!
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