Wanda Cantrell, Chairman
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SB35 (formerly SB600). Chairman Cantrell’s position on Senate Bill 35 is unknown.
Precinct Committeemen 2012. Kankakee County has 85 precincts. In 2012, only 28 precincts had a candidate for Republican Precinct Committeeman. No Republican ran in 57 precincts.
Precinct Committeemen 2010. In 2010, Kankakee County had 90 precincts. Only 33 precincts had a candidate for Republican Precinct Committeeman. No Republican ran in 57 precincts.
2012 Presidential Race. In the 2012 Presidential election, the county supported Republican Mitt Romney 51-48% over Democrat Barack Obama.
2008 Presidential Race. In the 2008 Presidential election, the county supported Democrat Barack Obama 52-47% over Republican John McCain.
2004 Presidential Race. In the 2004 Presidential election, the county supported Republican George W. Bush 55-44% over Democrat John Kerry.
About Kankakee County. Settlers came to Kankakee County in 1834, after the federal government signed the Treaty of Camp Tippecanoe in 1832. As word spread about the government acquiring the land, many immigrants of New York and Vermont moved their way west, mostly locating in Momence, Illinois.
An act of the Illinois Legislature created Kankakee County out of the north part of Iroquois County and the south part of Will County on February 11, 1853. The six original townships were: Yellowhead, Rockville, Bourbonnais, Momence, Aroma Park, and Limestone. The population of the new county was about 8,000. It wasn’t until 1855 that the two western townships of Norton and Essex were taken from Vermilion County and added to Kankakee County.
Its county seat is Kankakee, Illinois.
Kankakee County was named for the Kankakee River. Learn More
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