A good night; an historic night

The Blue Wave which swept the Trump Republicans from US House leadership washed ashore in DuPage County and Milton Township as well. Three Milton Democrats won elective office: Mary Ozog was top votegetter in a 4 candidate field for County Board 4, most of which is in Milton. Linda Davenport won the first DuPage County Circuit Court Judgeship in DuPage history. Jean Kaczmarek capped a decade of good citizenship as watchdog over County Clerk and Election Commission shenanigans by decisively winning the County Clerk post. In DuPage, five and possibly a sixth Democrat will join formerly sole County Board Democrat Liz Chaplin who won her re-election bid in a walk. On a federal level the Blue Wave swept two of the most regressive congressmen ever in DuPage from office: Peter Roskam in the Sixth and Randy Hultgren in the 14th. DuPage voted decisively for Sean Casten over Roskam 54% to 46%, while Lauren Underwood trounced Hultgren 63% to 37% in the small slice of DuPage in the 14th. Every statewide Democratic candidate won DuPage, In Milton and York Townships Terra Costa Howard, dedicated to serving ALL her constituents, ousted religious zealot Peter Breen from the state house in the Illinois 48th District.

Excellent candidates and thousands of volunteers made this possible. Much difficult work ahead....but today is a day to kick back and celebrate. Onward.