Democrats have never held a majority on the McLean County Board. It's a 10-10 split now, and they'd like to get over the edge to a majority. Republicans, of course, really don't want that to happen.
Whether the local government advocacy group takes action depends on the outcome of a pending court case on a referendum effort aimed at changing how Normal's town council is elected.
A petition effort in Normal is aimed at potentially changing the town council’s at-large representation system to one that is district-based. It's raising questions among some residents regarding the timing and political point of origin.
You can expect big money from outside of Bloomington-Normal to finance one of the marquee Statehouse races in Illinois in November. Democratic McLean County Board member Sharon Chung of Bloomington faces Republican and Normal Town Council member Scott Preston in the 91st District.