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Political remainders
Wednesday, Nov 5, 2008 - Posted by Rich Miller * Way down the ballot in Cook County and Chicago was a non-binding referendum question asking whether voters wanted the power to recall elected officials, and which explicitly mentioned the governor…
Some might call that a referendum on Blagojevich himself. * Speaking of the governor…
I wonder how that presser is gonna go. [The section in this post about the constitutional convention referendum was removed because as some commenters rightly pointed out, the AP has mixed up the results. Sorry about that.] * Obama’s Illinois victory, county by county…  * Bush vs. Kerry, 2004…  * Obama vs. Keyes, 2004…  * Dick Durbin’s 2008 victory map… 
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Big margins in congressional races a surprise to me, at least
Wednesday, Nov 5, 2008 - Posted by Rich Miller * I think the most surprising thing about most of the state’s congressional races was the victory margins. I figured Debbie Halvorson would win, but 58-34-7? Wow. The same goes for Mark Kirk. He looked at the end like he might squeak this one out, but he dominated Democrat Dan Seals 54-46. Jim Oberweis was obviously a goner. It’s obvious that people are tired of his schtick, but that’s still a pretty strong Republican district so I simply couldn’t fathom a 57-43 loss to Bill Foster. Congresscritter Peter Roskam, who seemed to be panicking a bit in the home stretch by tying himself to Barack Obama, beat former Blagojevich administration official (which hurt her badly, of course) Jill Morgenthaler 58-42. Obama did well out there, so Roskam apparently knew what he was doing. Aaron Schock was probably the only candidate who won with about what I privately expected, 59-38-3. With Barack Obama’s ascent, Schock may now be Illinois’ most capable campaigner. Your thoughts about all this would be appreciated. * Related…
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