Hynes To Make Announcement

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Feb 4, 2010 3:20PM

Dan Hynes, the opponent to Gov. Quinn in the Democratic primary for governor, will make an announcement from his campaign headquarters at 10 a.m. this morning. Speculation is that he will concede the race to Gov. Quinn. As of last night, with 100 percent of the precincts reporting, Gov. Quinn held a lead of just over 8,000 votes. The margin, though, is still less than one percent, well within the range necessary to ask for a recount. Still, President Obama made a congratulatory phone call to Quinn yesterday and Quinn himself has declared victory, so all signs point to concession.