Illinois Congressional Districts Key To House Control, Democrats Say

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/21/illinois-congressional-districts-house-control_n_1370832.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003

The relatively small number of Illinois Republicans who turned out Tuesday to vote chose Mitt Romney as their GOP presidential nominee. National Democrats, however, were much more focused on the state's Democratic strongholds, which they hope can help them regain control of the House of Representatives.

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee on Wednesday said five Illinois candidates qualify for the "Red to Blue" program. Committee chairman Steve Israel said these key districts, which mostly surround Chicago, can help Democrats win back the House.

“The road to the majority goes through Illinois," Israel said. "These Illinois candidates are going to be aggressively holding Republicans accountable for consistently choosing Millionaires over Medicare, oil companies’ tax breaks over middle-class tax cuts, and ideology over solutions."

One of the most important races in the nation, according to Israel, is the recently redrawn 8th Congressional District, which pits Iraq war veteran and Democrat Tammy Duckworth against Tea Party favorite Joe Walsh.



Illinois: DCCC Names Five Nominees to Red to Blue Program
http://atr.rollcall.com/illinois-dccc-names-five-nominees-to-red-to-blue-program/

[Gabi Hayes]

1. the tenth is my district, where I suffered under congenital liar slime mold Mark Kirk.

his replacement, another wingnut loon, Bruce Dold, won by 2 percent last time

in the neighboring 8th district, Joe Walsh (enough said about child non-supporter hypocrite tpartier) won his election by less than three hundred votes out of 200 thousand cast. the green party candidate in that race garned over three per cent of the vote, much more than enough to cost melissa bean (as much republican as democrat, actually) the election, giving that cretin a national stage upon which to display his borderline personality disorder