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Yesterday afternoon, local Democratic Party leaders in the 14th State Senate District met at the 34th Ward Regular Democratic Organization office, on 111th Street. They formally picked Emil Jones, III to replace his father on the ballot, who announced this week that he will retire. State Rep. Monique Davis, who has had a tenuous relationship with the Senate President, backed community activist Dozier Thomas over Jones the Third. While the elder Jones defended his choice, Mayor Daley told Chicago Public Radio that he would stay out of the fray. "That would be up to people in the Senate, that would be up to them to make the judgment what is good for the democratic party. They've had a lot of challenges over the years. I think they have to all come together in regards to a lot of issues," the mayor said. Threemil will face Ray Wardington Wardingley, who's hobby is running for office.
It's Threemil for Senate!
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His name is Ray Wardingley.
Slaphappy: Is it cool with everyone if I just refer to him as Spanky the Clown from now on?
Chicagoist tshirt to whomever sends me a bonafide photo of the guy doing his clown shtick.
Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeit!
-ley, Wardingley. Jesus, can't you read?
I love how Threemil says his strength is "economic development". Umm, yeah, your personal economics seems to be doing OK with your $60,000 state job, Threemil, but you do realize that wasn't arrived at in a vacuum, right?
Kevin, where should I send the pic and I expect Margaret Lyons to autograph my Chicagoist Commentator of the Month T shirt!
Threemil is a high school graduate who was woefully unqualified for that 60K a year gig.
His quote gives you an idea of the mind we're working with here.
"economic development is my strongest point."
First, it's strong suit, not point. And what does he mean by point? Of comparison? Why is it his strongest? What are his other points?
Nah, all that matters is he gets the job cause his daddy gave it to him. Schmuck.
Oh and Clay Davis and Emil Jones ("Sheeeeeeet") same number of letters in each of their names. Cue the creepy Lincoln/Kennedy comparisons.
Spook: If you actually have a photo of Spanky the Clown, I will personally hand deliver the tshirt to you. I can't promise the autograph, but I can certainly ask.
Well, we are not really a society free of racism until every group gets to rip off the taxpayers just like the Irish and other whites in Chicago have been doing for decades.
And until every group gets its own crappy sitcom.
As far as I know (what do I know) Spanky was just a write in name.
There is no Spanky Shtick.
Raymond Gerald Wardingley (R) • Challenger Back to top
Raymond Wardingley, 69, a retired entertainer, was one of 12 children reared on the Southeast Side of Chicago.
Wardingley served in the Air Force from 1955 to 1957 and studied briefly with the Goodman Theater Company in 1962, before moving to Hollywood, Calif.
There, he earned a living performing in commercials and as an extra in movies including "Hello Dolly" and "Paint your Wagon."
"I always played a drunk," he said. "It paid good."
Wardingley continued acting in commercials when he returned to Chicago in 1968. He ran against Mayor Richard J. Daley as a write-in candidate named "Spanky the Clown" in 1976.
He's run unsuccessfully for mayor several other times. This is the third time he has run for Congress against incumbent Bobby Rush. Wardingley currently lives in the city's Morgan Park neighborhood with his wife, Karen. The couple has no children.