Which I why I question the election "results" in Illinois. I believe Rauner was the only example in the entire country where a GOP challenger beat a RAT incumbent by a COMFORTABLE and clear majority, let had ZERO coattails on races further down the ticket. Rauner's victory only benefited Rauner.
And don't get me started on the 2010 election where "unelectable right-winger" Brady was polling way ahead of "moderate, electable" Mark Kirk throughout the ENTIRE campaign (there wasn't any 11th hour 'Bush drunk driving' type story that killed Brady at the last minute, either) including having higher favorables than Kirk with EVERY demographic group in Illinois. Then, on election day, Brady mysteriously "loses" while Kirk magically "wins".
Illinois ballot security is a joke. "Votes" are counted here from anyone and everybody the combine wants to.
To me that indicates Brady and 2014 GOP leg candidates were robbed, not that Kirk and Rauner didn’t actually win.