[Mobile Vulgus]

The Ill. GOP suffer from two things, disorganization primarily, and no underlying ideology or direction secondarily.

The Ill. GOP seems to imagine that they should have power just because they merely exist or just because they claim NOT to be Democrats -- and I'm not sure which is worse?

[GRRRRR]

EARLY!! Returns From here: http://www.co.lake.il.us/cntyclk/elections/electionresults/current/EL45.htm HERE

(WITH 63 OF 481 PRECINCTS COUNTED 13.10%)

Judy Baar Topinka. . . . . . . . 1,589 34.88

Bill Brady . . . . . . . . . . 344 7.55

Jim Oberweis . . . . . . . . . 1,819 39.93

Ron Gidwitz. . . . . . . . . . 749 16.44

Andy Martin. . . . . . . . . . 49 1.08

WRITE-IN. . . . . . . . . . . 5 .11

Total . . . . . . . . . 4,555