Yesterday, Democrats filed challenges to all eight of the recently-slated Republican candidates for State Legislature in the City of Chicago. The filings were an attempt to knock Republicans off the ballot, giving the Democrats a free ride in the the November election. If the objections were to be sustained, voters in most districts would have only a single choice on the ballot in the fall.
"Chicago Democrats have driven this state into the ground, and they're rightly worried about voters punishing them at the ballot box this November," said Adam Robinson, Chairman of the Chicago Republican Party. "It's shameful, but not surprising, that they're attempting to deny Chicago voters a choice. We will vigorously defend our candidates' right to run for office."
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The Obama coattails are awfully short this election season and the Republicans will most likely take back the US Senate and hold the House. No telling what will happen on the state level, especially in this corrupt shithole of a state, but down-staters might very well punish statewide democrats just on general principles. That means Madigan and his merry band of thieves have to hold every seat they can by hook or by crook.