Glenn Poshard

•November 1, 2017•

By Harry S Truman
for the News Progress

Moultrie County Democrats gathering for the election season who kick off dinner at the Sullivan American Legion are in for a treat Friday, Nov. 3.

Glenn Poshard, retired three-term 19th District U. S. Representative, is the featured speaker with former 101st District State Representative Julie Curry (1995-2003), and State Treasurer Michael Frerichs completing the program that begins at 6:45 following the 5:00 p.m. spaghetti supper.

Julie Curry

Local Democrats will be joined by 15th Congressional District candidates Anthony March, Carl Spoerer and Kevin Gaither.

Keynote speaker Poshard’s last political race was against convicted Republican governor George Ryan in 1998 where he lost to Ryan 51% to 47%. Poshard endorsed campaign finance and refused to accept money from lobbyists during the campaign where Republicans outspent him four to one.

Poshard broke the story about Ryan’s licenses for bribes as secretary of state, which eventually led to the governor’s conviction on racketeering charges.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.