Illinois 6 is an open seat for 2006.
In 1985, served as a Legislative Assistant for Health Care and Education for Congressman Tom DeLay.
Any pictures of that service?
He’s also endorsed by the Illinois State Rifle Association–you remember the group that was highly critical of Jim Ryan for being against Concealed Carry legislation—how will that play in a suburban district like the 6th?
And of course, he gets a 100 from the Illinois Family Institute that to call anti-gay would be to downplay the vigorous level of bigotry they espouse.
On the other hand, with virtually no elected Dems in a District that went 46% Kerry, Christine Cegelis looks to be the likely Dem nominee and is already amassing campaign funds and volunteers–in case a special election gets called if Hyde moves on to the Vatican or something like that. Be sure to help her out with time or money.
One of my sharpest critiques of her 2004 campaign was that she didn’t raise enough money. I’ve been assured that isn’t problem this time around and will be addressed by the campaign. She’s already raised about $40,000 and that’s a great start.
Overall, she still has some issues that are not quite consistent with that District, but pulling in 44.2% of the vote should tell us all that District isn’t as conservative as it used to be and as an open seat this is a special opportunity.
Hyde – Open Seat
Archpundit has the low-down. Go see who the Republican front-runner is, please let it be him……