Oberweis Getting His Shot in Springfield
Perennial candidate wins race for 25th State Senate seat.
Jim Oberweis has finally won his seat in Springfield.
The Republican outpaced Democrat Corinne Pierog Tuesday night by a total of outpaced 51,282 to Pierog's 37,802.
Oberweis won yet another GOP primary this March to take on Democrat Pierog for the 25th District State Senate seat.
The campaign was far from his first: Oberweis, chairman of Oberweis Dairy, has made tries for the U.S. Senate and House, as well as running for governor.
This time around, he was endorsed by the Chicago Tribune, despite the paper's vocal criticism of him in the past.
Pierog, a St. Charles resident, sits on the St. Charles School board and was appointed to the St. Charles Housing Commission.
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Pierog touted her community service background and experience working with nonprofit and public agencies.
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Logansdad
7:52 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
The Susan Lucci of politics finally gets his day to shine. LOL
Mike Bruno
8:04 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
A "Milk Dud" no more!
Silence Dogood
9:20 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Shannon - perhaps the words "Oberweis" and "shot" are not the best combination in a headline...
Richard R
8:10 am on Thursday, November 8, 2012
Yes free Ice-cream, for those in his district....