Oberweis is a rich, flipflopping liberal a$$hole who has never even been able to win an office. Unlike Lauzen, who has been elected since 1992 to the IL State Senate. Oberweis’s disgusting and sleazy conduct during the campaign resulted in his loss in the special (and an even wider loss in the general when he refused to step aside). But, hey, the GOP faction of the Combine is always happy to have a Democrat win in the absence of a corrupt RINO, and they got their wish.
Oh hell, I know that. The 14th District run was what, his third or fourth attempt at national office? He won the nomination because he had money and the name. And that might be enough to get Hastert the younger the nomination, too.