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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
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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