Christiansen wins — but it’s a narrow win
November 5th, 2008 at 03:24am Chuck Sweeny
Wow, if Democrat Paul Gorski had actually figured out that he had to raise money to have a real campaing, he might well have defeated Republican Winnebago County Board Chairman Scott Christiansen.
Christiansen raised loads of money, had good campaign commercials, but he defeated Gorski, a county board member from Cherry Valley, 52 percent to 48 percent. Gorski never raised enough money to meet the requirement of the state Board of Elections to file a contribution disclosure statement. The threshold is $3,000.
Gorski ran four years ago and nearly defeated Christiansen, who at that time was serving as appointed chairman.
Still, a win is a win is a win, and Christiansen can be expected to continue his aggressive agenda for economic development, not traditionally the role of a county board chairman.
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1. George Herbet Donaldson | November 5th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Scott Christenson is nothing more than a siding company salesman. A used car dealer in a suit.
I am a Republican in the image of Ronald Reagan and Christenson needs to go.
2. Milton Waddams | November 5th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Gorski didn’t got many votes that were for him; mostly, he got votes AGAINST Scott Christiansen. I’d imagine he knew this would be the case going in, and is the reason he didn’t try to raise much money.
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