New Candidate Filings

Following up on a previous post (and News-Gazette blurb here) more candidates have entered the fray through party nominations and appointments will begin tonight at the County Board to fill the remaining terms of seats empty due to resignations and moves. From the News-Gazette Tuesday:

Nominees selected to fill out three vacancies on Champaign County Board
On Tuesday, precinct committee members in District 10 proposed offering the seat vacated by Robert King, who moved out of state, to Tanisha King-Taylor, who defeated the other District 10 representative, Chris Stohr, in the Democratic primary.

If King-Taylor turns down the offer to serve out King's term, Democrats will nominate former county board member James Quisenberry instead.

King-Taylor will face Republican David Weisiger on Nov. 6 for election to a full term for the seat currently held by Stohr...

Earlier Tuesday, Democrats nominated University of Illinois doctoral student Pranjal Vachaspati to serve out the remainder of the District 9 seat vacated last month by Shana Jo Crews, who is moving out of the county.

Vachaspati, a participant in the 2017 "Jeopardy" Tournament of Champions, was already nominated in the primary to run for Crews' seat in November. He will face Republican Traci Nally, who is general counsel and vice president of human resources for News-Gazette Media.

Meanwhile, Republicans appointed Jodi Eisenmann of rural Mahomet both to serve out the remainder of Brooks Marsh's term and as the candidate for his District 1 seat in November's election.

Eisenmann has experience as an educator and farmer, assisting her husband, Derric, in their family farming operation, JDE Ag Farms Inc.

More at the full article here. Updates to the Elections, County Offices and District pages are coming soon to reflect the new filings and information.

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