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After an increasingly nasty campaign, science nerd Bill Foster prevailed over perennial candidate Jim Oberweis to win the 14th District congressional seat vacated by Dennis Hastert. The jury is still out as to if Foster won because of his methods to get out the vote, or just because even a lot of Republicans think Oberweis is a douche. But the flurry of mailers featuring cow puns and fear mongering isn't over yet -- thanks to Denny's bad timing of his retirement, Foster and Oberweis will face off yet again in November.
Or will they? As if this whole situation couldn't get any messier, Foster's challenger in the primary, John Laesch, has filed a recount petition citing a number of different voting issues, and has also filed a Freedom of Information request in search of tidbits about "missing election materials, names and background information of employees who handed those items and details about 'failed memory cards' associated with vote tabulations." With Foster only having won the primary by 398 votes, it's not entirely out of the question that Oberweis might be facing a completely different challenger in 8 months. When he'll lose. Again.
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Can we hold an election that invalidates Oberweis from running for office in the State of Illinois? Next stop, Sanitation Commissioner. Think about it, Jim.
He might have won the primary by ~400, but he won the general by 5,000. Better to stick with him come round 2,
Fifth time is the charm milk-boy!
Sigh...this post really made me crave milk duds.
Thanks a lot, prescott.
I am glad he lost. We need a Republican in that seat, but I'd rather wait four years to try for one rather than have this jerk.
I'm glad that's over with. I was getting very, very sick of the radio attack ads.
"Sure liberal Bill Foster, has never been linked to the killing of JonBenet Ramsey, but on the other hand, he's never denied the killing. Does he have something to hide? This message paid for by people with little conscience and expensive suits."