* Republican Jason Plummer won the 12th Congressional District race by 20 points last night. He now faces Democrat Brad Harriman in retiring US Rep. Jerry Costello’s district…

Jason Plummer, the GOP’s newly minted 12th U.S. House District nominee, talked up his party’s prospects in the November general election during a unity breakfast Wednesday.

“It’s great to see a united Republican Party,” said Plummer at St. Clair County GOP headquarters a day after his win in the Tuesday primary race.

“It’s not just a united Republican Party,” said Plummer, of Fairview Heights. “But a growing Republican Party.” […]

Plummer, however, might not be able to count on the help of Rodger Cook, who finished second to Plummer in the three-way GOP contest.

Cook, after sharing a perfunctory handshake with Plummer Wednesday morning, said he still felt some hard feelings toward Plummer.

* Commenter “Oswego Willy” has been firing on Plummer for years here with some of the funniest posts on the blog. So, this must-watch mashup of Plummer’s disastrous 2010 Chicago Tonight appearance, featuring EPMD’s “So What Cha Sayin,’” is for OW…