plenty of Republicans ouside of Chicago (look south)
Or look just northwest of the city limits.
In Springfield? Not enough Republicans to do squat there. Before there can be any GOP recovery in Illinois the grassroots need to fire EVERYONE running the state party. Illinois has had the most hapless bunch of RHINOs running things for years. Running a guy for gov with the same name as the incumbent known crook was merely the most flagrant error they've made recently. Or so it seems from across the Mississippi. Not that the Iowa GOP is doing that great, but at least they're not embarrassing.