Sangamon County Democratic Party Chair Doris Turner says she’s proud of her organization for its recently completed get out the vote efforts — noting roughly 600 volunteers canvassed the county.
She was disappointed her candidate for county Sheriff, Jeff Regan, lost to Wes Barr. But she’s surprised at how much he lost by.
“I thought that Jeff was a very, very, very good candidate,” turner told Joey McLaughlin on the WTAX Morning Newswatch. “He worked really hard throughout the entire county. You can’t take anything away from Wes, he’s a popular guy. He’s been around doing a lot of community work.”
But Turner says there’s still hope — she points to the re-election of State Senator Andy Manar as a bright point. She says he’s been actively involved in Sangamon County and that likely helped him win.