{"id":255016,"date":"2010-01-31T11:24:05","date_gmt":"2010-01-31T16:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/?p=5533"},"modified":"2010-01-31T11:24:05","modified_gmt":"2010-01-31T16:24:05","slug":"shape-your-future-vote-for-iea-recommended-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/255016","title":{"rendered":"Shape your future:  Vote for IEA-recommended candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Tuesday, the more than 240,000 members of the state\u2019s two major education employee unions can be difference-makers.<\/p>\n<p>By showing up Tuesday, members of the Illinois Education Association (138,000 members) and the Illinois Federation of Teachers (103,000 members) could decide close races in a low turnout election.\u00a0 Tuesday\u2019s forecast calls for freezing temperatures and snow.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Democratic primary for governor<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IEA and IFT are backing Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes in the Democratic primary for governor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4593 aligncenter\" title=\"Hynes\" src=\"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/media\/Hynes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blip.tv\/file\/3097252\">IEA President Swanson disusses Hynes in a brief video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Republican primary for governor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>On the Republican side, IEA is backing State Sen. Kirk Dillard for governor.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5225 aligncenter\" title=\"kirkdillard1\" src=\"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/media\/kirkdillard1-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blip.tv\/file\/3097285\">President Swanson discusses Dillard in a brief video<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rep. David Miller for Comptroller<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition, IEA and IFT are recommending Rep. David Miller for Illinois Comptroller in the Democratic primary. <a href=\"http:\/\/blip.tv\/file\/3097343\">VIDEO:\u00a0 President Swanson on David Miller<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5242 aligncenter\" title=\"david_miller_head\" src=\"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/media\/david_miller_head.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"180\" height=\"261\" \/><\/p>\n<p>What lies before us in the next legislative session is a huge budget deficit and energized public education opponents hoping to exploit dissatisfaction with the economy by pushing bad ideas such as vouchers and unfair and unwarranted &#8220;pension reform.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Every IEA member, Republican, Democrat and Independent, has reason to vote for candidates recommended by the IEA Board of Directors.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/illinoiseducationassociation.org\/featured\/iea-members-can-be-difference-makers-on-tuesday\/\">A list of all the recommended candidates can be found here.<\/a> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Encourage your friends and family to support these candidates as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your future is at stake.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow IEA on Twitter:\u00a0 <em><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/ieanea\">http:\/\/twitter.com\/ieanea<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Tuesday, the more than 240,000 members of the state\u2019s two major education employee unions can be difference-makers. By showing up Tuesday, members of the Illinois Education Association (138,000 members) and the Illinois Federation of Teachers (103,000 members) could decide close races in a low turnout election.\u00a0 Tuesday\u2019s forecast calls for freezing temperatures and snow. 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