Lake County Republican Convention

Hundreds of lanyards hung for each committee member, given as they checked in at the Lake County Republican Central Committee Convention at Midlane Country Club in Gurnee.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Lake County Republican Central Committee Convention with individual township meetings at Midlane Country Club in Gurnee.  From left, Virginia Wood, Mahan Manian (Libertyville Township treasurer), and Cornelius Shanahon of Fremont Township, mingling before the convention kicked off.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Lake County Republican Central Committee Convention with individual township meetings at Midlane Country Club in Gurnee.  Flint Grinnell III (left) with Mark L. Shaw, both from Deerfield, preparing their decisions for the candidates of 2012.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Lake County Republican Central Committee Convention with individual township meetings at Midlane Country Club in Gurnee.  Bob Bednar, candidate for Lake County Recorder of Deeds, talks with Christine Borland.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Lake County Republican Central Committee Convention with individual township meetings at Midlane Country Club in Gurnee.  The Waukegan Republican committee deciding who their 2012 candidates will be.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Big turn out at the Lake County Republican Central Committee Convention at Midlane Country Club in Gurnee.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Lake County Republican Central Committee Convention with individual township meetings, food and drinks, and mingling, at Midlane Country Club in Gurnee.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Big turn out at the Lake County Republican Central Committee Convention at Midlane Country Club in Gurnee.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)

Lake County Republican Central Committee Convention with individual township meetings and a great chance to talk to with your 2012 republican candidates and committees of Lake County, Illinois, at Midlane Country Club in Gurnee.  (Mark Ukena/Sun-Times Media)