Porter McNeil

Dec 7, 2024 | bleedingheartland.com | Porter McNeil |Laura Belin |Randy Evans |Kurt Meyer

Porter McNeil, an Illinois-based communications consultant, was Illinois Communications Director for the Kerry-Edwards’ presidential campaign. He assisted with the 2021 “factory town” report (American Family Voices & 21st Century Democrats) and was re-elected in 2024 to a seat on the Rock Island County Board.

Jun 7, 2024 | qctimes.com | Porter McNeil

On June 4, 1968, Sen. Robert Kennedy won the big prize - the California primary – in his quest to become president of the United States. He had won the midwestern primaries in Indiana and Nebraska, lost in Oregon, and then claimed wins in both California and South Dakota. The New York senator was looking ahead toward the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. “This is a difficult campaign,” Kennedy told a late-May crowd in Oregon.

Jun 6, 2023 | chicago.suntimes.com | Porter McNeil

Every year, in early June, I think back to Sen. Robert F. Kennedy’s last words in public after winning the June 4 California primary in 1968:  “And now it’s onto Chicago and let’s win there.” We know the horrific ending to Kennedy’s candidacy, when bullets ended the 42-year-old senator’s life, presidential campaign and the hope he represented for many that awful night in Los Angeles.

Jun 1, 2023 | qctimes.com | Porter McNeil

Share this article paywall-free. Regional economic engines require key ingredients like skilled workers, capable private sector partners, proactive economic development and elected officials. With the right leadership and vision, we can ride the wave of advanced manufacturing that will build on this region’s historic manufacturing foundation. Our inventory is strong. We have a skilled workforce, anchored by the building trades labor unions.

Feb 28, 2023 | bleedingheartland.com | Porter McNeil |Randy Evans |Gerald Ott |Laura Belin

Porter McNeil is an Illinois-based political consultant. He was Illinois communications director for the Kerry-Edwards 2004 presidential campaign and worked for Axelrod & Associates. He assisted with the 2021 “factory town” report referenced in this column. He’s currently a member of the Rock Island County Board. Follow him on Twitter @PorterMcNeil.