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*** UPDATED x1 *** Question of the day
Wednesday, Oct 31, 2018 - Posted by Rich Miller * Candidates love to shake hands and distribute campaign fliers at Metra and CTA train stations, but Sen. Tom Cullerton (D-Villa Park) adds a twist to that tradition…  I like it. * The Question: Have you seen any memorable campaign lit this fall? Tell us about it. *** UPDATE *** A friend of mine who always, always takes Republican primary ballots and lives in a very Republican area says he’s now received 7 mailers from the Democratic Party of Illinois and nothing from the state Republicans or the Rauner campaign. Here’s the latest… 
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- G'Kar - Wednesday, Oct 31, 18 @ 12:02 pm:
If Rauner did one of these, the answer to every clue would be a seven letter word that starts with an M and ends in a N.
- Colin O'Scopy - Wednesday, Oct 31, 18 @ 12:10 pm:
I recently picked up a copy of Cullerton’s crossword puzzle, and believe me, it’s tough!
- Highland Il - Wednesday, Oct 31, 18 @ 12:31 pm:
Jason Plummer’s…..oh never mind. /s
- Fixer - Wednesday, Oct 31, 18 @ 12:47 pm:
Most campaign lit I get ends up in the garbage, unfortunately. My wife can’t stand campaigning and gets home well before me most days.
Also Rich, if I can make a suggestion for a caption post, Amanda Vinicky’s 1150 tweet would be a fun one.
- Todd - Wednesday, Oct 31, 18 @ 12:48 pm:
not this fall but when I ran back in ‘92 I handed out pot holders at the door
- Cheryl44 - Wednesday, Oct 31, 18 @ 12:57 pm:
I miss the emery boards and kitchen sponges with the candidates’ names on them.
- notsosure - Wednesday, Oct 31, 18 @ 1:11 pm:
It wasn’t literature, but Paul Stone used to hand out combs. He didn’t have much hair.
- itsmike - Wednesday, Oct 31, 18 @ 1:15 pm:
I remember Jim Oberweis handing out coupons for free ice cream - obvious, of course, but hey, ice cream.
- frisbee - Wednesday, Oct 31, 18 @ 2:14 pm:
I am not sure if it was campaign literature or just a mailer from my State Rep. but it proclaimed how she is a teacher yet the sentence contained the wrong usage of “their”
- Amalia - Wednesday, Oct 31, 18 @ 3:15 pm:
tom fullerton is a great guy. what a fun idea for passing out to commuters.
- Red Eft - Wednesday, Oct 31, 18 @ 6:56 pm:
The Jackson County Democrats “Meet the Candidates” newspaper has a word search in it with candidate names.