“Sharon Brannigan celebrated a more than two-to-one margin of victory over Diane Harris as the Republican nominee to challenge Daniel Lipinski in the U.S. 3rd Congressional District.”
http://lagrange.suntimes.com/news/congress3rd-LAG-03182014:article
At least there is one race where the 2 candidates oppose amnesty. Brannigan is a true reformer according to NumbersUSA. When Lipinski voted against the Dream Act there was talk of him getting a Latino primary challenger.
http://www.wbez.org/blog/achy-obejas/dream-act-how-they-voted
“I’ll put money that Lipinski gets a Latino challenger in two years, and that he’ll have a race on his hands.”
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2014/03/17/gutierrez-ethics-scofield-legal-fees/6524913/
“WASHINGTON — Rep. Luis Gutiérrez, D-Ill., has spent nearly $30,000 in legal fees since last summer, hiring a lawyer who specializes in ethics and congressional investigations after USA TODAY reported the congressman had kept a Chicago lobbyist working in his congressional office for years.”
The Senger race seems like an okay outcome. The Tea Party candidate Balkema is close enough to challenge her again if she votes like a RINO assuming she wins. I wonder if any of these candidates are going to be smart and go after the open borders agenda of the Dems. Foster and Durbin are big amnesty supporters working in the interests of the Mexican government. How can a RINO outpander them?
https://www.numbersusa.com/content/elections/races/congressional/Illinois
CD-3 actually voted slightly more GOP for President than several seats we are targeting (8, 10, 11, 17). Trouble is it has a nasty chunk of Chicago called Madiganistan.
Best of luck to Brannigan, she sounds like as good a challenger as we could have hoped for but probably won’t come close to winning.
If Lipinski loses to some moonbat in the primary someday that would give us a better shot.
Balkema lives outside the 11th district (works inside it) which many see as a major problem for his electablilty so Senger’s win is probably a good thing, even though Balkema is more conservative.
The 12 district is our top target, State Rep Mike Bost in a district that Obama won by an eyelash. We have a good chance in the 10th (with RINO Dold comeback bid). Bobby Schilling has a shot of taking back the 17th. Senger has a chance in the 11th. It remains to be seen if Larry K can compete in the 8th.