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* This is good advice. The Republican congressman from the 14th District Randy Hultgren shoulda probably taken it…
Ftr, spending in each competitive IL seat is:
IL6: D-$9.8 mil R-$9.3 mil
IL12: D-$5.4 mil R-$5.5 mil
IL13: D-$5.9 mil R-$4.6 mil
IL14: D-$7.6 mil R-$2.1 milWord of advice: If a seat is Tilts/Leans R to start and you get outspent by $5 mil, don't be surprised when it's close
— Noah Rudnick (@rudnicknoah) November 1, 2018
GOP candidate spending: $1,388,015
GOP outside group spending: $765,447Dem candidate spending: $2,786,072
Dem outside group spending: $4,784,288This is as of last night's filing
— Noah Rudnick (@rudnicknoah) November 1, 2018
* Related…
* Naperville nurse gets support of former VP against incumbent Randy Hultgren: “I’m not a politician, I’m a nurse,” Underwood said, to thunderous applause from the 1,400 people attending the rally. “But even the politicians tell us that this is the most important election of our lifetime. But I honestly believe that this year, it’s true, because our health care is on the ballot.
* Joe Biden emphasizes health care as he stumps in St. Charles for congressional candidate: Biden said any Republican who, like Hultgren, claims the GOP-backed American Health Care Act would have guaranteed coverage of pre-existing conditions is “simply lying about their commitment to pre-existing conditions.”
* Ex-Vice President Joe Biden stumps for Democrat Lauren Underwood: Hultgren, of Plano, was on stage with President Donald Trump in southern Illinois over the weekend. Hultgren said just a few words at the rally, telling the crowd hundreds of miles from his district to get out and vote early. “We’ve got a tough battle,” he said from the podium with Trump by his side, adding that Underwood is “absolutely dying to support Nancy Pelosi for speaker.”
* Paul Ryan attending Chicago-area rally for Congressman Hultgren
* Race to Watch: Rep. Randy Hultgren vs. Lauren Underwood in Illinois’ 14th District: President Donald Trump won the district in 2016 by 3 points - his slimmest margin of victory in all of Illinois’ Congressional districts that he won.
* Letter: Vote for values, not leftist, pricey campaigns: Randy Hultgren doesn’t have $2 million from George Soros to stop Lauren Underwood’s lies about his record with TV ads. All Randy Hultgren can hope for is that his exemplary record in Congress will stop his constituents from believing the lies.
posted by Rich Miller
Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 1:35 pm
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I thought I read recently that Hultgren still had $1 million or so on hand. Is he saving that for a rainy day or did he finally decide to spend it?
Comment by 47th Ward Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 1:43 pm
Can’t figure out the thinking of the Hultgren crew. Even if they win, they’ve been recklessly lazy in the face of a clearly serious challenge.
Has he even produced a bio/intro spot? A poll here a couple of weeks ago showed that half his district didn’t know who he was.
Comment by wordslinger Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 1:45 pm
Some people have a 401k, others have a campaign fund. If I’m the RNC I have trouble putting money in this district when the candidate refuses to do so.
Comment by Almost the weekend Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 1:45 pm
If Hultgren is taken down, it won’t be as much about a wave or the district changing…
… if Hultgren loses, Hultgren will be the next that was flat-footed, and let things happen *to* him, instead of always running like you’re 4-5 points behind.
We’ll see, Could make the night longer, could flip a seat, but what is for sure is this race now is on the radar, and Hultgren let the door be open by passiveness.
Comment by Oswego Willy Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 1:46 pm
Some races are unavoidable—like Roskam or Bost. Some are on watch lists. DCCC was watching this race and every break they needed they got. Better environment, good fundraising and an incumbent with no campaign. Hultgren could have put this race away in August by spending a modicum amount of money. Now he will spend everything, waste national resources and maybe not even survive.
Comment by WOB Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 1:56 pm
US Representative Hultgren seems prepared to be this year’s Phil Crane.
Comment by Practical Politics Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 1:57 pm
One of my biggest regrets was campaigning for Hultgren because I lazily bought into the ACA rhetoric. Here’s wishing Underwood the best of luck in defeating Randy.
Comment by Norseman Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 2:13 pm
Hultgren losing this race would be very satisfying.
Comment by Montrose Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 2:32 pm
Don’t quite get the hypocrisy of the GOP. Liberal billionaires dumping money into Dem campaigns is bad. But conservative billionaires dumping money into GOP campaigns is good.
Comment by Huh? Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 2:36 pm
Tax the campaign contributions already. Look at the debt reducing possibilities in all areas of government.
Comment by Generic Drone Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 2:55 pm
If Hultgren loses it’s because he found out too late that the R behind his name is no longer the golden ticket into office that it once was. You might have to actually work now to keep your seat.
Comment by train111 Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 3:05 pm
The Illinois State Board of Elections shows no contributions by Soros to Lauren Underwood at all. Nor is Nancy Pelosi or Rosie O’Donnell listed. I wonder where letter writer Elsie Morrissey got her “facts”?
Comment by 17% Solution Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 3:17 pm
==I wonder where letter writer Elsie Morrissey got her “facts”==
She posts on his facebook page… frequently.
Facts are not what her posts are known for.
Comment by TheInvisibleMan Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 3:24 pm
Interesting that Bain Capitol is an Underwood contributor, though. Isn’t that Mitt Romney’s company?
Comment by 17% Solution Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 3:24 pm
Oswego Willy is right If Con. Hultgren loses, it will be his own fault. Nice man and a great dad. Has trouble taking a stand, lazy and burned through volunteers and staff.
Comment by Old and cranky Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 3:41 pm
You can always raise more money if you win reelection.
Comment by Don't cheap it Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 4:06 pm
I live in IL14. Randy Hultgren has been phoning it in since 2010. I don’t think he wants to work at being a congressman, whether it’s doing any measurable governing while in Washington or being responsive to his constituents here. It’s never seemed that his heart was in it.
Comment by Lefty Lefty Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 5:07 pm
Randy Hultgren–Great guy; Good Congressman; Dreadful candidate.
Comment by Midwestern Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 5:54 pm
Underwood had a fundraiser in Geneva last night featuring the 90’s band Cake. It is wrong for me to suggest that she is Going the Distance and will defeat Cousin Randy?
Momentum is a big thing.
Comment by Jake From Elwood Thursday, Nov 1, 18 @ 6:39 pm
every single republican congressman who cast countless votes to eliminate ACA and the protections of coverage of those with pre-existing conditions, every single one are lying now about it. Having insurers “offer” is not “requiring”….its karma and they will lose BIGGLEY
Comment by truthteller Friday, Nov 2, 18 @ 8:30 am