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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 2002
Page
1
Regional results highlight county board races in Jackson and Pinckneyville areas with incumbents prevailing in sheriff and school measures. Phelps wins 118th legislative race while Madigan reelected attorney general and regional results summarized in late page coverage. GOP invites 24 cities to bid for 2004 convention. Weather outlook mostly cloudy with mixed temperatures.
In Chicago, Rod Blagojevich won the Democratic gubernatorial primary with 37 percent as 96 percent of precincts reported. Paul Vallas 34 percent and Roland Burris 29 percent trailed, boosting Blagojevich's union support and downstate edge. He faces Attorney General Jim Ryan in November.
About 5,000 fans filled SIU Arena to celebrate SIU Salukis 28-7 season as Jessica Davis met Jermaine Dearman for autographs and Ed Buerger cheered. John Peterson said he will travel to Syracuse to see SIU face UConn in the NCAA East Regional semi final.
In Johnson County voters cast ballots amid rain to decide support for Governor Ryan’s stance on reopening the Vienna Correctional Center. Steve Bellamy, a 29 year corrections veteran from Vienna, said Ryan's pledge to reopen influenced his vote as uncertainty looms from the governor’s January plan to close the prison.
Incumbents Gwen Nickel and Gary Hartlieb won the Democratic nominations for two Jackson County Board seats in District 5, defeating James A. Temple. Nickel led with 425 votes, Hartlieb 346, Temple 266, with unopposed Republican Shawn McClure receiving 403 in Carbondale.
Brandon Phelps led by a wide margin with 97 of 155 precincts counted, collecting 7,702 votes to Jay Williams 3,399. The Saline County natives campaigned on coal industry revival, prison policy, infrastructure and tourism in the 118th District, pledging a clean race.
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