DEMOCRATIC SWEEP IN PROVISO TOWNSHIP

Committeeman Yarbrough Praises Democratic Organization for

General Election Victories

Proviso Township voters in the November General Election supported the Democratic Party candidates in a landslide victory.

Governor Rod Blagojevich won 66% of the Proviso vote in his re-election bid.  Proviso voters backed Democratic constitutional officers by overwhelming margins-- Attorney General Lisa Madigan (86%); Comptroller Dan Hynes (80%); Secretary of State Jesse White(79%) and State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias (69%).  Voters supported incumbent Congressman Danny K. Davis with 87% of the vote.

Todd Stroger, the victorious Democratic candidate for Cook County Board President, won 57% of the Proviso vote; overall, in suburban Cook, Stroger only tallied 39% of the vote.  Bill Gomolinski, Democratic candidate for 16^th District Cook County Commissioner who lost to incumbent Tony Peraica, won half the votes in Proviso Township. 

Committeeman Yarbrough took particular pride in the stunning victory of Dr. Charles Flowers of Maywood, who beat incumbent Robert Ingraffia for regional superintendent of schools.  Flowers, recruited by Yarbrough and slated by the Cook County Suburban Committeemen, won with 61.7% of the vote. Flowers, a member of the Proviso Township Democratic Organization, won 72% in Proviso.  “We now have a committed professional educator from our community who will fight to improve schools throughout the suburbs,” Yarbrough said. 

Democratic Committeeman Karen Yarbrough, in her first official campaign as top Democrat in Proviso Township, was overwhelmed by the vote in Proviso.  “I want to thank all of the volunteers who worked every weekend to let people know how important the November 7 election was,” she stated.  “On election day, our sample ballot was distributed throughout Proviso from Northlake to Maywood and from Westchester to Brookfield.  Our Democratic victories resulted from intensive voter outreach,” she declared.