And they're OFF!

Last Monday as of approximately 10:30a.m. John completed the petition stage of the campaign as he filed his petition and Statement of Candidacy in Springfield, IL. He was in line well before the 8:00 AM filing deadline to be included in the ballot position lottery. That lottery will determine the order of placement of his name on the ballot.

John's petition included 107 pages of 1,570 qualified signatures. Six additional petition pages trickled in after the deadline, but we are fine on numbers, as he well exceeded the statuatory requirement of 500. Since John is running a Circuit race which includes the five counties of Peoria, Tazewell, Marshall, Stark and Putnam, he felt it was important to secure a range of voter signatures that represented all five counties. Over the past 90 days, he has visited constituents and secured signatures from the following cities and townships:

Laura, Lacon, Hopewell, Henry, Toulon, Wyoming, Princeville, Brimfield, Peoria Heights, Creve Couer, Lafayette, Peoria, Baronville, Bradford, Chillicothe, Rome, Washington, Edwards, Dunlap, Pekin, Hanna City, Mapleton, Trivoli, Glasford, Tremont, West Peoria, Varna, East Peoria, Bartonville, Morton, Farmington, Edelstein, Delavan, Green Valley, Groveland, Mackinaw, Granville and Spring Valley.

It has been our pleasure visiting and getting to know the families throughout the Tenth Judicial Circuit. Thank you to the precinct committeemen and everyone who passed the petitions on John's behalf as well as all who signed it.

No matter how big or small, how wealthy or poor, all communities desire an honest, fair, and competant judiciary. Electing John as your Circuit Judge will achieve that goal. If you would like to meet John or have him speak at your club or organization please call the campaign office at 309-251-VOTE (8683) or email us at john@vespaforjudge.com