Rock Island is a big military and defense contracting town (my company has a big contract there). No reason we shouldn’t be able to take this one.
Mmm... not really. The Arsenal is there and it’s a large employer but manufacturing is still the biggest source of jobs. That means unions. It’s also a place with a lot of older voters and that means New Deal Democrats. I don’t think this is a great Republican pickup. The seat’s been democratic for years.