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Wednesday Morning Update
This morning is 'high stakes' morning. While seminars continue, city and county governments remain in action with their daily meeting, and the state legislature considers and debates bills, all of them will be wondering..."who won?" Nearly every citizen is somehow involved in the state primary election, whether it be as a candiate, a member of the the campaign management team, or as a supporting citizen of candidates within the county. For those who win the primary, the campaigning will continue. For those who do not, they must decide who they are going to endorse. The polls close at noon, and then the counting will begin. Results from the state primary election will be posted with the afternoon update, or earlier if they are available.
Please note: This is the busy day for the webmaster as well with other duties contributing to the program...the reason this morning update is early, and upcoming afternoon update may be late.

As I boarded the small charter bus not knowing at all what I was getting myself into, I started to make my way to a life changing experience that I will never forget for the rest of my life. Boy’s State was not only an extremely fun and competitive experience throughout the intramural sports to the late night ping pong escapades in the lounge. But it was also an amazing learning experience being able to express my political views but also acting upon them in our city caucus but also the county level too where we all banded together to try and solve a problem to keep our county at its best. So in all actuality Boy’s state is much more than just something the legion provided for us. It was by far one of the most life changing things to happen in my short lifetime.

Samuel Whan
Mahoney City Treasurer
Hayes County Treasurer
Mercer County High School
Aledo, IL

 
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