Learn about the Lieutenant Governor Candidates

Here is well organized and interesting article on the candidates for lieutenant governor. An issues link for each candidate is listed on the RHS of each candidate's name.

Justin Oberman for Treasurer

I met Justin Oberman at the Dan Seals Campaign office this past weekend. He is running for the office of Treasurer and was handing out information about his campaign. He mentioned that he has had some Mikva students volunteer at his city campaign headquarters. Below is his campaign contact info. If you are interested in volunteering, please use the following contact information, John Langford, Field Director, john@obermanforillinois.com .

Dan Hynes Suburban Canvassing Locations

For the final 3 weekends of the campaign calendar, Dan Hynes is canvassing in suburban locations. Below is the information for a couple locations that are somewhat close to our schools. Canvassing will start at these locations for the next 3 weekends, Saturdays 10:00-2:00 and Sundays 12:00-4:00. This is a good opportunity for suburban students to catch up with and volunteer for a state-wide campaign.

Du Page County
IBEW Hall
28600 Bella Vista Parkway
Warrenville,

IL 41st Ward
Wendy’s
7243 N. Harlem Ave.
Niles, IL 60714

Why are Illinois Primaries So Early?

Here is an interesting blog about why our primary is so early and how it compares with other states.

New Hamos Campaign Office

More good news for Waukegan. Julie Hamos, another 10th Congressional candidate, has just opened a new field office at the Chapala Restaurant at 2211 Grand Ave. Our contact is Akil Holmes and he can be reached at Akil@juliehamos.org . It is so great that the campaigns are adding new field offices as we get closer to the election. The 10th district is large, Here is a picture so there is a lot of territory to cover.

"Where is Mikva? " T-Shirt Contest!!

Yes, announcing the first (and maybe only?) Mikva T-shirt contest!  Send me a  picture of you wearing your t-shirt in an interesting place. This can be in a campaign office, canvassing, with a candidate or with your grandpa. Maybe the Grand Canyon, Washington DC, or Springfield. ???  Prizes will be awarded for different categories. I really haven't decided on the categories yet but I'm thinking things like...most original, farthest place, most 'political', and others.  You can also share your T with someone else...say a campaign field worker, a candidate, or your baby sister.  I will post the winners here at the end of the elections program (end of Feb). We will use these photos for some of our Mikva video that we are creating. Also ANY Mikva t-shirt counts. For you old-timers out there, there are plenty of different designs (10 years of them) to go around. Send photos to annalisa@mikvachallnge.org.  If you need an extra T to share, just email me and I can get you one.

10th Congressional Campaigning this Past Weekend

Mikva students were present at 2 of Dan Seals's campaign offices this past weekend. His Arlington Heights office at 1310 W NW Hwy is a great cozy space jam packed with computers. Here students work with VoteBuilder software to do phone banking. The field staff there is so friendly and welcoming.  THIS OFFICE IS WALKING DISTANCE FROM THE ARLINGTON PARK METRA STATION. The contact here is Ram Villivalam and you can reach him at rvillivalam@dansealsforcongress.com
Dan's Waukegan office at 818 Washington Street held an open house on Saturday. This colorful  and happy office is WALKING DISTRANCE FROM WAUKEGAN SCHOOL. The event was attended by many volunteers and local elected officials. Dan spent time speaking with the students and our Mikva Waukegan teacher. I was also so happy to hear Dan speak to the crowd and give a shout out to the students, saying that people should not say that young people don't care or are uninvolved, because here they are! That's what Mikva believes and is all about. The contact here is Adithi and you can reach her at adithi.chandrashekar@gmail.com