Your Vote: Orland Park Patch’s Guide to the Nov. 6 Election
Don Peloquin or Bobby Rush? Michael Hastings or Edgar Montalvo? Ricardo Fernandez or Fran Hurley? A guide to the ballot choices for Congress, state senate, state's attorney and more.
The 2012 General Election is at hand. What’s at stake this year? Notable among the contests is the clash over the 1st District Congressional seat, which extends through Orland Park and Orland Hills with Bronzeville on the northeast end and Elwood on the southwest boubdary, thanks to redistricting. Don Peloquin, a New Lenox businessman and mayor of Blue Island, is challenging incumbent Bobby Rush for his U.S. House seat. Peloquin, whose campaign has blogged on Patch as People for Peloquin, is running a grassroots effort and hopes the Will County turnout and the votes from Republicans in south Cook County will be enough to overcome the Democrats in Rush's South Side base. Races for the Illinois State House of Representatives and Senate will…
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