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Yeah I saw Brady's brother expressed interest right after he himself passed. I don't see him as having a great chance.

State Rep. Dan Brady (no relation to Bill and Ed but a cousin or something of PAT Brady) has also been mentioned as considering it. He's a combiner, yes? It's hard to see him running against LaThug. Too many Bradys and Ryans in this state.

Politics1.com lists State Rep. Tom Demmer as a potential candidate but I don't know if he's actually expressed interest.

~~Bill Brady~~, ~~Bobby Schilling~~, and Jil Tracy are the "big 3" choices.

Yeah, Dan Brady is a cousin of Pat Brady and a rival of Bill Brady. Bill Brady & Ed Brady are not related to Dan Brady & Pat Brady, but they hail from the same region of the state, so it confuses people. And none of them are related to Jim & Sarah Brady -- the husband & wife team who went from Reagan administration to gun control advocates. To make matters more confusing, Jim & Sarah Brady are from downstate Illinois as well.

There are also numerous pols named "Ryan" and "Murphy" in this state who are not related to each other. For example, there's a Matt Murphy in southwest Cook Co. who is the brother of Worth Twp. GOP committeeman Shaun Murphy. He ran as a Ron Paul delegate. He is not related to the Matt Murphy in northwest Cook Co. who currently serves as a State Senator and was elected as a non-combiner, anti-RINO candidate, but quickly sucked to the Republican establishment and became Andy McKenna's running mate.

When Patrick Hughes ran against Kirk for the US Senate, apparently it confused numerous people because there's some big liberal Democrat donor in this state also named Patrick Hughes. The two are not related.

Wish we could find an anti-combiner, anti-GOP establishment candidate named Kay LaHood or something, and slate her against the politician's son. That would be fun.

Also, to his credit, I didn't trust Rep. Dan Brady one bit when he was listed as "likely no" on gay marriage, since his cousin was pimping gay marriage like crazy at the time. But he remained a steadfast "no" when the bill came to the floor and they were twisting arms to get it pasted. I'm guessing he figured it would be political suicide in his conservative district if he voted for it.

His decent voting record aside (LaThug Jr. has a "decent" voting as well), both LaThug Jr. and Pat Brady's cousin are hardcore combiners, and neither deserves conservatives support in a contested primary.

The most amusing thing is LaThug Jr. ran as a Gingrich delegate while his daddy was pimping 0bama's reelection. So LaThug Jr. wanted daddy to lose his cushy job, or there had been a backroom deal for LaThug Sr. to stay on in a Gingrich administration? These combiners literally have their hands in everyone's pocket.