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Rob Russell

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Russell Takes Coroner Race, Fellow GOP Win Many County Contests

Rob Russell wins the race with 56 percent of the vote. Here are some quotes and a recap of other Kane County races.

Republican Rob Russell won a contentious race Tuesday for Kane County coroner, according to unofficial election results. With 291 precincts reporting, Russell captured about 56 percent of the total vote. His opponent, Democratic candidate Tao Martinez, came in with 43 percent. "I’m very happy, very humbled for this opportunity," Russell told Patch. "I look forward to serving the citizens of Kane County for the next four years." Martinez said the campaign, his first time running for public office, was a challenging one. He congratulated all of tonight's winners on both sides of the political spectrum. "I have no regrets in how I ran my campaign," Martinez said. "I tried to set an example. I was not your typical candidate. Everyone noticed …

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Democrat Martinez Gets Conservative Endorsement in Coroner's Race and Kane County November 2012 Election Results (in Batavia Patch)

Kelly

9:20 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Yea where is your info coming from Romney won Kane county.   more ›

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Coroner Candidate From South Elgin Will Throw Hat in the Ring Wednesday

Russell emphasizes his law-enforcement experience.

  • ELECTIONS
  • Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Rob Russell will announce Wednesday that he's seeking the Republican nomination for Kane County coroner. He'll make the announcement at a press conference at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 31, in the downstairs Community Room at the PNC Bank, 2600 East Main St., St. Charles. Russell brings almost 20 years of law enforcement experience to the office of coroner, according to a press release. His police background is on the county-government level and includes crime-scene investigation, death investigation, patrol, emergency disaster deployment, corrections, court security and community policing. Russell has a master's degree in political and justice studies and a bachelor's degree in sociology with an emphasis in criminology. Russell resides South …

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Judge Upholds Charges Against Kane County Coroner—For Now (in Batavia Patch), Coroner, Deputies Fight Lawsuit Claiming They Tried to 'Compel' Whistleblower to Resign (in Geneva Patch), and Kane Board Chairman Calls on Coroner to Step Down After Civil Lawsuit Filed by Deputy (in St. Charles Patch)

Chris Diehl

9:50 pm on Tuesday, August 30, 2011

knew this article would mention Chuck and his "misconduct." seriously its just a TV... Theres far more worse to worry about people....   more ›

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