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The weather was perfect, the food was plentiful and the crowd was amazing. The day’s events started with a 7:30 a.m. tee off with Representative Jim Watson, 97th District joining the other golfers on the greens. After his round of golf, he stayed and joined McCann and Rosenthal for a Town Hall Luncheon, where the three gentlemen spoke with those in attendance and answered questions from the crowd of 100+ people.

After the Town Hall Luncheon, the afternoon flight of golfers teed off around noon. The evening event was held in the “Big Tent” that was set up between the Carlinville Country Club and The Glades Restaurant to accommodate the large crowd. Dinner attendees enjoyed speeches from Adam Andrzejewski, who was the Master of Ceremonies; Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno; Jason Plummer, Republican Candidate for Lt. Governor; Bobby Schilling, US Congressional Candidate for the 17th; Sam McCann; and Wayne Rosenthal.

During his speech, Adam Andrzejewski made reference to the “Macoupin County Miracle”. This event was a huge accomplishment for all of the Campaigns, the Republican County Committees, and the 9-12 Groups that have worked hard together throughout the district to get the word out to voters that they do have a choice in November to elect public servants and not career politicians.
Macoupin County has been a stronghold for the Democrats since the early 1970’s, especially during Vince Demuzio’s career as State Senator. But Friday night was a testament to the changing times. This time last year, no one would have even imagined that the Macoupin County Republican Party would have 200 guests at its annual Lincoln Day Dinner or that there would be over 500 people in Carlinville attending a district wide event to support the candidates on the Republican ticket.

During the Macoupin County February Primary, ballots cast for Democrats decreased by almost 40% from the 2006 Primary and that was with a contested race for County Clerk. Most would say that was due to low voter turnout for the February Primary. That argument could be made if the Republican ballots cast had not increased by more than 80% in 2010 from the 2006 Primary.

With a combination of solid Republican candidates on the ticket, the state of Illinois’ economy, the state of our Nation economy and bad policy decisions being made at all levels, this could quite possibly be the year for Macoupin County to turn from blue to red.



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Ms. Monke presented her resume to the Macoupin County Republican Central Committee during their meeting on April 1st. After a discussion with the Committeemen on why she wanted to run for this office and answering all their questions, a resolution was passed by the MCRCC to make Ms. Monke the Republican Candidate for County Clerk. More than double the signatures required have been gathered by friends, family and committeemen this past week to put Jennifer on the November ballot. She will be officially filing her papers with Michele Zippay, the current County Clerk, this next week.

Ms. Monke graduated from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 2004 with a B.S. in Plant & Soil Science. She is currently employed by The Mennel Milling Company in Mt. Olive as the Quality Assurance Manager. Her primary responsibility is ensuring quality products for customers throughout the country by maintaining and auditing quality and food safety records to remain in compliance with ever changing and increasing regulatory constraints of the food industry. The skills she has learned through her job experience will be necessary in effectively overseeing the vital records of this county.

Ms. Monke told the supporters in attendance that she is entering the race for County Clerk to offer a choice to Macoupin County voters. “Too many elections have gone by with no opposition. Instead of standing by and waiting for somebody else to take the lead, I am taking the initiative and stepping forward. Not as a politician, but as an ordinary, hard working resident of this county who is ready and willing to serve the people.” Ms. Monke stated, “I am the candidate with the skills, education and work ethic necessary to do the best job possible for the people of Macoupin County. I look forward to the challenge before us and with your help, we will win in November.”

Jennifer is a member of the Illinois Wheat Association and the American Association of Cereal Chemists. She and her husband Nate reside in rural Mt. Olive where they farm and raise livestock on their family farms. She is a member of St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Staunton and has been a church organist since 2008.

For more information about Jennifer Monke’s campaign you may contact Jennifer at (217) 999-3746, Pat Roddick at (217) 456-8001 or County Chairman Terri Koyne at (217) 851-4789.



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I would like to thank all of our speakers; Representative Jim Watson, Jason Plummer, Sam McCann, Wayne Rosethal, Steve Kim and Bobby Schilling.

I would also like to thank Tammy Boston for all her hard work with the decorations, those who helped decorated the hall and those who stayed to helped with the clean-up.

A special "Thank You" to Barry Lakin, our Chairman Emeritus, for being my mentor and my friend. This year's Lincoln Day Dinner was dedicated to Barry and his wife Donna, who passed away last year, in honor of all their hard work and dedication to the Republican Party.

I look forward to seeing everyone again next year and hope that you bring a friend.

Terri Koyne
Republican Chairman
Macoupin County


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