Alexi Giannoulias 351,120 38.9%
David Hoffman 303,719 33.7%
Cheryle Jackson 178,941 19.8%
Robert Marshall 51,606 5.7%
Jacob Meister 16,232 1.8%
All five RAT candidates were solid socialists. Hoffman is Inspector General of Chicago, Daley/Madigan's choice to take out Giannoulias. Jackson was the lone black candidate and that was her base. Meister was the far-left openly gay candidate and his base likewise was the "equal marriage rights now" crowd. Marshall was an Alexi plant who was recruited to go after Hoffman and peal away votes from him. Had Marshall's votes gone to Hoffman, he would have beat Alexi by 5,000 votes.
With both Kirk and Alexi's negatives skyrocketing, the little known Green Party candidate is now polling 14% despite his lack of advertising and money. It will be interesting to see what happens if both Constitution Party nominee Randy Stufflebeam and Libertarian Party nominee Mike Labro remain on the ballot.
On as positive note.... in our Governor's race, the Brady/Plummer ticket continues to stay ahead by double digits and have been running an disciplined and effective general election campaign, with 80% of their stops in the Chicagoland area. Bill & his wife Nancy marched in my hometown's Independence Day parade on Friday with the local tea party (I spoke with him and his son Will briefly). Brady outnumbered Quinn signs 10-to-1 in the audience, and I'm in an area that gave Obama 60% of the vote two years ago.
Bill Brady appearing on the local Chicago affliate of Fox News
Jeb Bush stumping for Bill Brady & Jason Plummer in Peoria
Bill Brady's new campaign bus unvealed
Bill Brady signing autographs at the Will Co. Tea Party Alliance