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ellisonz

(27,711 posts)
Thu Feb 16, 2012, 02:16 AM Feb 2012

4 Democrats face off in Illinois 10th District

February 15, 2012 9:38PM

Democrats in the 10th Congressional District have an enviable problem:

No matter whom they vote for in the March primary, they’ll be voting against several other highly credible candidates.

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The 10th has been redrawn to include more Democratic turf — 61 percent of the new district’s voters went for Barack Obama in 2008 — making incumbent Republican Bob Dold more vulnerable in November.

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There is Ilya Sheyman, at 25 just old enough to serve in Congress. He’s a community organizer and is allied with the strongly liberal wing of the Democratic Party. He was national mobilization director for the liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org, and he received a $10,000 donation from Democracy for America, the PAC founded by Howard Dean, the lefty former governor of Vermont.

More: http://www.suntimes.com/news/elections/10642884-505/4-democrats-face-off-in-10th-district.html




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4 Democrats face off in Illinois 10th District (Original Post) ellisonz Feb 2012 OP
Sheyman clearly should be supported over Schneider. David__77 Feb 2012 #1
Word. ellisonz Feb 2012 #2
Schneider the Republican ellisonz Mar 2012 #3

David__77

(23,598 posts)
1. Sheyman clearly should be supported over Schneider.
Thu Feb 16, 2012, 02:32 AM
Feb 2012

This is not a swing district by any means, though the media will pretend it will be.

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