As we get closer to the March 20, 2012 primary election in Illinois, I wanted to review the races in each congressional district, to see who’s running and who’s likely to win. Here’s my review. 1st Congressional District – this south side Chicago district is heavily Democratic, and will likely continue to vote for incumbent…
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2012 Update: Illinois Congressional Districts
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Illinois’ Redistricting Bloodbath
The redistricting process is well underway around the country, and whether you like it or not, this process affects who will represent you in state legislatures, and in Congress. Most people think that it’s their votes that send a person to Congress, but that’s where they’d be wrong. Individuals’ votes only account for perhaps 40% in the decision of who goes to Congress.
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Redistricting: A Political Junkie’s Fantasy
Today is a big day for political junkies, because today the U.S. Census Bureau released its re-apportionment data for the 2010 census (and, if you’re like me, you were salivating all the way to 11 AM EST clicking the refresh button until the new data appeared). This re-apportionment will greatly affect the 2012 elections.
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Election Post-Mortem
Taking a page from Charles Krauthammer in the Washington Post (though he did his before the election), here’s my election post-mortem:
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