Takeaways from Illinois primary: Big money, party splits
Takeaways from the nation's second statewide primary in President
RICH GOVERNOR, RICHER CHALLENGER, TWO APPROACHES
The general election for governor will pit one wealthy businessman against another. The pair's combined personal spending on the race tops
Republican Gov.
Rauner, who's battled the Democratic legislature at every turn, offered his fall campaign theme Tuesday night by inviting support from anyone "disgusted by our system of corruption." Pritzker countered by embracing the populist liberalism that now animates the Democratic base; he promised to put "
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DEMOCRATIC GROUNDSWELL
With 94 percent of precincts reporting, 1.2 million Democratic votes had been cast in the governor's race, compared to 655,000 for
For comparison, in 2010, the year of a Republican general election wave, the Democratic advantage was 959,521 to 783,060. In 2006, the last time the
Besides reclaiming the governor's mansion,
TWO DIVIDED PARTIES
In the
The question is whether that approach, basically repeating his 2014 pitch as a chamber-of-commerce problem solver, can be enough without the national
Perhaps Rauner's best comfort is in his Democratic rival's primary struggles. Despite his spending advantage, Pritzker couldn't manage a majority after a primary race that featured his two closest competitors calling him a "fraud" and a "liar." And Pritzker's pledges to working families notwithstanding, the liberal groups and activists that have propelled the anti-Trump resistance movement lined up mostly behind the second- and third-place finishers,
Pritzker must hope that the most outspoken liberal branches of the party follow the lead of Indivisible Chicago, which called for party unity Tuesday. The statement called Pritzker's platform "progressive" and said he "represents a significant upgrade" over Rauner. Perhaps not a full-throated endorsement, but a first step toward what Pritzker needs.
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Lipinski, whose father held the
Newman was endorsed by
Even if Lipinski survives, the fact that Newman battled him to a near draw will embolden liberals in other Democratic primary battles.
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