Jerald F. Jacobs

In the recent Republican caucus in Iowa, Ted Cruz won a close race over Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Dr. Ben Carson and other candidates. These results were not predicted. It seems that the Cruz campaign had sent out an email just after the caucusing started indicating that Dr. Carson was withdrawing, which was not true. […]

I recently ran for the District 186 School Board and lost by 53 votes in a very close election when 28 percent voted in Springfield. Having read ‘Undercount’ by  James Krohe Jr. [April 14], I can add some insights to the process. Running for school board was my full-time job for over three months and […]