After an all-out war where the political mafia threw over a million bucks into getting Linda Holmes elected as a state senator previously against Terri Ann Wintermute, this time, the race has been far more quiet as Peter Hurtado challenges the incumbent, working hard to knock her out with old-fashioned retail campaigning and meeting voters.
The 42nd State Senate District includes portions of Aurora, Naperville, North Aurora, Montgomery, Oswego and Boulder Hill.
Holmes, who moved to Plainfield and voted to increase taxes for Illinois, has not waged a high-profile campaign and has a few hundred thousand dollars in the bank if she wanted to spend it.
She lists her accomplishments as finding ways to waste millions of taxdollars into Aurora Mayor Tom Weisner's park project that was supposed to be privately-funded.
Meanwhile, her challenger is Peter Hurtado, a business owner, who mission is to be fiscally responsible in Springfield and more involved in the community.
As Illinois is engulfed in an ethical and leadership crisis and appears to be headed off a fiscal cliff, Hurtado wants to change things while Holmes says she will continue to do more of what she has been doing.
Marie Wilson of the Daily Herald adds and reports:
Holmes said her ability to “be open-minded and listen” allows her to work across the aisle with Republicans and accomplish positive changes for her district, such as helping Aurora use the state’s River Edge Redevelopment Zone Investment tax credit to build RiverEdge Park and co-sponsoring a new unemployed veterans’ tax credit.
“It’s always been curiosity and fact-finding,” said Holmes, 53, of Aurora. “It’s doing all the background work and doing all the research to find out facts that I think has always been fascinating to me.”
Hurtado criticized state budgeting practices and said he would be “more fiscally responsible” than Holmes and “more involved in the community.” He said the state has a spending problem that can be fixed by budgeting with hard numbers instead of revenue assumptions and by removing “stupid spending.”
Holmes said the process of “budgeting for results” the state has been using the past two years is on the right track to producing more financial stability in the future.
12 comments:
Met Peter Hurtado a few weeks back and was very nice and sincere.
He got my vote.
Linda Holmes left her husband for Springfield lobbyists once elected.
That's what Kifowit will do, too if we make the mistake of electing her.
I'm voting for Hurtado for Senate and Pat Fee for State Rep. We need serious people in elected office.
I'm worried about Hurtado being willing to stand up to the Catholic church. His campaign flyer made me suspect he'll vote the church line.
This guy is nothing but a GOP name on the ballot. Look at his campaign website: only a few "issues" listed with a few vague statements, and NO biographical information. Who is this guy??? Why won't the GOP tell us? I also agree with 1:17 re: the church issue. Is this guy just going to serve the Pope or the people?
http://www.peterhurtado.com/
This is 1:17. I didn't look at his website, but there was bio type info in his mailer. But the info provided, and the whole feel of the flyer, is what made me concerned he wouldn't separate church and state. It really made me feel he'd put the priority on church -- his church.
Sincere, really, are you aware just a few years ago Hurtado ran as Democrat? You see he lied to the Beacon when he said he never ran for public office before, unless he meant as Republican, well no that also would be a lie because he ran and won election in a municipal race, so maybe he meant first time state wide - LOL. It is hilarious, Republicans are so desperate for people of color they allow Democrats like Garza, Irvin, Hurtado, Renteria to run under their moniker without even checking into their backgrounds.
Oh and speaking of Democrats running as Republicans, check out Hurtado’s so called deputy campaign director – Matt Harrington. You all remember Harrington the guy who was tossed off the ballot for Alderman at large a couple of years ago for falsifying his residency and who let loose with a string of profane/homophobic slurs last year that made national headlines. Oh by the way, make sure you look at the links. I love Harrington’s statement that “I do this neither for power nor prestige”. Aurora is blessed this clown running for Alderman in the 9th Ward – again. You might recall he also asked to be appointed. Make sure you review the link for Harrington’s ranting, read the comments where someone checks into his alleged background. Then realize he is running for public office yet again and the republican party appointed this guy as a Precinct Committeeman!
Hurtado has run 3 times:
http://www.elections.state.il.us/CampaignDisclosure/CandidateSearch.aspx?ddlLastNameSearchType=Starts+with&txtLastName=hurtado&ddlFirstNameSearchType=Starts+with&txtFirstName=&ddlAddressSearchType=Starts+with&txtAddress=&ddlCitySearchType=Starts+with&txtCity=&ddlState=&txtZip=&txtZipThru=&txtCanElectYear=&ddlCanElectType=All+Types&ddlCanOffice=All+Offices&ddlCanDistrictType=All+Types&txtCanDistrict=&ddlCanParty=All+Parties&chkFairCampYes=False&chkFairCampNo=False&ddlOrderBy=Last+Name+-+A+to+Z
Beacon reports Hurtado has never run for office before:
http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/photos/galleries/12998143-417/cant-tell-the-candidates-without-a-scorecard.html
The class of Matt Harrington(warning insane and profane ranting):
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2011/12/political-intimidation-continues-in-chicago.html
Matt Harrington tossed off the ballot:
http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/news/2858015-418/election-aurora-harrington-lofchie-petitions.html
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20101215/news/712169808/
Matt Harrington – Democrat:
http://www.elections.state.il.us/CampaignDisclosure/CandidateSearch.aspx?ddlLastNameSearchType=Starts+with&txtLastName=harrington&ddlFirstNameSearchType=Starts+with&txtFirstName=&ddlAddressSearchType=Starts+with&txtAddress=&ddlCitySearchType=Starts+with&txtCity=&ddlState=&txtZip=&txtZipThru=&txtCanElectYear=&ddlCanElectType=All+Types&ddlCanOffice=All+Offices&ddlCanDistrictType=All+Types&txtCanDistrict=&ddlCanParty=All+Parties&chkFairCampYes=False&chkFairCampNo=False&ddlOrderBy=Last+Name+-+A+to+Z
Matt Harrington - Deputy Campaign Manager of Peter Hurtado:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/matt-harrington/A/311/958
Matt Harington – Republican:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/101564017/Community-Notice-NTRO-Named-Matt-Harrington-as-The-New-Naperville-Township-Republican-Committeeman-34-Precinct
Matt Harrington – 9th Ward Alderman
http://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Back-Matt/125527340808040
Harrington asks to be appointed Alderman 9th ward:
http://beaconnews.suntimes.com/news/3358819-418/alderman-ward-council-keith-election.html
Hurtado and Harrington - yuck.
Thanks 10:16, I followed the inks and it is stunning.
Agree with 10:48 - I'll pass on Hurtado and Harrington and wait for a real Republican and not just a political cross dresser for convenience sake.
Hurtado can't seem to make up his mind if he is a Democrat or Republican.
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Democrat in 2006 (General and Primary)
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Peter Hurtado 17533 Virginia Dr
Plainfield, IL 60586 Democratic County Board Member/Will County County Board
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Republican in 2012
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Peter Hurtado 17533 Virginia Dr
Plainfield, IL 60586 Republican State Senator 42nd District State Senate 42
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