ROCK THE VOTE 2014: YOUR GOVERNMENT AT A GLANCE

What’s In

Baby Boom 3.0

Small Indulgences

Aging of America

UP – To Date ELECTION RESULTS  

KNOW YOUR OWN GOVERMENT

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/G13/FL#H08   

  1. Consider Classroom Geography
  2. Focus on Process, Not Right Answers
  3. Build In Accountability to Each Other
  4. Let Students Teach Each Other
  5. Encourage Students to Be In Tune with Each Other
  6. Conflict resolution
  7. Resolution

At that box where you really matter

Know your government. Gov at a glance: Is your child’s teacher a republican or a democrat. Does it matter? 

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Illinois

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 113th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 2

Democratic Senator  Richard J. “Dick” Durbin First elected: 1996; re-elected: 2002, 2008[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994] Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
Democratic Senator  Richard J. “Dick” Durbin FEC S6IL00151; 30 Sep 13; Tot $2,888,719; Dsb $617,070
Democratic Kent Edward Fitzsimmons FEC S4IL00453
Republican     Kane County Regional Board of School Trustee  Chad Koppie
    Republican     William John “Bill” Lee• FEC S4IL00446; 30 Sep 13; Tot $561; Dsb $792
    Republican     Jose Manuel “Joe” Ruiz• Also running for the U.S. House CD 13 Seat• FEC S4IL00420
    Republican Douglas Lee “Doug” Truax FEC S4IL00438; 30 Sep 13; Tot $132,657; Dsb $101,503
Constitution Randy Stufflebeam – apparently not a candidate 5 January 2013: Announced.2 March 2013: “I will not be running for U.S. Senate in 2014.”
Libertarian Sharon Hansen

Class 3

Republican Senator  Mark Steven Kirk First elected in a special election to a partial term: 2 November 2010 (to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Barack Hussein Obama [Democrat] on 16 November 2008 in order to accede to the Presidency of the United States; he replaces Senator Roland W. Burris [Democrat] who had been appointed by the Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich [Democrat] to temporarily fill the vacancy). First elected to a full term: 2010.[also served in U.S. House- elected: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2008] Seat up for election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 23 January 2012: Suffered an ischemic stroke and underwent surgery.

  California        Democratic     Governor  Edmund G. “Jerry” Brown, Jr.

• First elected: 2010 (Governor Brown served 2 terms as Governor– from 1975 through 1983)

• Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

• The current Governor is unaffected by the State’s term limit.