Candidate Profiles - Will County Board District 12

On Tuesday March 20th, four Republican candidates will be on the 13th Precinct Republican ballots for Will County Board. Of the four candidates running, three live in New Lenox and one lives in Mokena. Voters are to select two of the four for placement on the general election ballot on November 6th. The four candidates in order of their ballot positions are:

1. Margo McDermed - Mokena
2. Tom Weigel - New Lenox
3. Raymond Tuminello - New Lenox
4. Chris Kosel - New Lenox

The first candidate, Margo McDermed, is a 33 year resident of Mokena. She lives in Mokena with her husband Ed Ronkowski. Margo is a life long Republican and currently serves as Clerk of Frankfort Township.

Margo is a personal friend of mine and a member of my church, Grace Episcopal Church in New Lenox. I know her to have a strong character and to be a staunch conservative (her cat incidentally is name Reagan).  She is a fine pistol shot and believes strongly in our 2nd Amendment rights.

Having served with her on our church board, I know her to be very responsible with other peoples' money. She knows how to prioritize budgets for the good of the community she serves. She is level headed, even keeled, highly intelligent and very experienced in matters of governance.

In addition to all of these other positive qualities, 13th Precinct voters should know that Margo is the only candidate on the ballot for Will County Board representing Mokena. She is the only voice out of 60 candidates running for Will County Board that would represent the interests of Mokena.

Margo has also been overwhelmingly endorsed by the Frankfort Township Republican Organization. None of the other candidates running for Will County Board District 12  received an endorsement from the Frankfort Township Republican Organization.

While the other candidates are all fine citizens and would make excellent County Board members, they all live in and support New Lenox. In the interests of having a competent and strong voice on the Will County Board for Mokena, I urge all 13th Precinct Republican voters to make Margo your top choice when you vote March 20th.

To learn more about Margo, I urge you to visit her web site at: margoforwillcounty.com

I also plan to hold a neighborhood coffee for Margo in the coming weeks to introduce her to our fellow 13th Precinct Republicans. Look for notices on this web site.

Welcome to Frankfort Township 13th Precinct Republicans Blog Spot!

Map Showing Will County Illinois, Frankfort Township, 13th Precinct (in pink)

Allow me to introduce myself to my fellow Will County, Frankfort Township, 13th Precinct Republican and Republican leaning voters. My name is Robert (Bob) Swale. I have lived in Will County and in Frankfort Township  now for nearly 22 years. My wife Linda and I moved to Frankfort Square in 1990 and moved to our present location in Mokena in 2008. We have two daughters, both now in college and a 12-year-old springer spaniel named Reagan (after the great Republican President Ronald Reagan).


I first became a staunch Republican in 1994 following the election of Bill Clinton and the beginning of his Administration's attempt to regulate my hunting firearms. His passing of the Brady Bill and assault weapons bans were bad enough, but the reaction of major left leaning organizations and members of his administration to the successful passing of this legislation, by calling for more bans and punitive regulations, cemented my commitment to the Republican party, which was and remains to this day a decidedly pro-gun and pro-freedom party.


In October of last year I was asked by my friend Ed Ronkowski, Chairman of the Frankfort Township Republican Organization, to run for precinct committeeman for Frankfort Township's 13th Precinct. I obtained the necessary signatures and am now on the ballet to be your 13th Precinct Republican Committeeman.


So what do Precinct Committeemen do exactly? Officially, they vote for the County Chairman of our respective party.  In cases of unexpected office vacancies, committeemen may be asked to vote to appoint a replacement to the vacant post.  Most importantly, precinct committeemen get to know their precinct and the voters who live there, educate voters on candidates for office and get out the vote on election days.

Now that introductions and background are done, let me fill you in on the purpose of this blog. My plans are to use this blog as a means to communicate information about Republican candidates for local, State and Federal office to the voters of the 13th Precinct. I believe it is especially critical to provide information to voters on local candidates, since many people (myself  included) sometimes have no idea who they are voting for when they step into the voting booth.


My goal will be to provide as much information as I can on the background and positions of local candidates, so that voters can make informed choices and we can select the best people for elected office. In the coming weeks, up to the March 20th primary, I will provide you with all the information I know on all of the Republican party's candidates on the March 20th primary ballot.


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