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Aight folks. Place your predictions for Illinois' primary. I'll throw mine in
#ILSen: Stratton with a late burst +4
#IL02: Jesse Jr. squeaks by
#IL07: La Shawn Ford
#IL08: Ahmed squeaks by
#IL09: Biss +2
#IL02 UPDATE: AIPAC and their allies have now spent ~$4.4 MILLION supporting Donna Miller against our endorsed candidate, @robertpeters.bsky.social.
Some of the AIPAC-connected groups spending in #IL02, #IL07, #IL08 & #IL09 have the junkiest websites and logos.
Elect Chicago Women is especially funny. Its homepage looks like this. Yeah, there's a logo there, but we have to zoom in to see it.
"My passion is graphic design."
"Everything is normal"
US Sen--???
Comptroller--Holly Kim?
#IL02--??? JJJ?
#IL05--Quigley
#IL06--Casten
#IL07--Ford
#IL08 --Morrison? Bean?
#IL09 --Biss
#IL10 --Schneider
#IL13 --Budzinski
Cook--Preckwinkle, Kaegi, Irizarry?
If Dylan Blaha gets elected in #IL13, who moves up in progressive politics will be decided by a team that will probably include:
• @robertpeters.bsky.social #IL02
• @delia.bsky.social #IL03
And to be clear, I would never stigmatize mental illness as something that should keep people from living their best lives once they get treatment. But I don’t understand how anyone in #IL02 can be comfortable sending someone with JJJ’s history back to Congress
www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/j...
There are ten Democrats on the ballot for US Senate in Illinois. There are four Dems running for Comptroller.
#IL02 has ten Democratic candidates.
#IL05 has four D candidates.
#IL07 has fourteen D candidates.
#IL08 has eight D candidates.
#IL09 has fifteen D candidates.
Nightmare scenario for the competitive Illinois U.S. House and Senate results next week: empty suit Juliana Stratton as the Senate nominee, corrupt Melissa Conyears-Ervin as #IL07 nominee, corporate sellout Melissa Bean as the #IL08 nominee, and mentally ill Jesse Jackson Jr. as the #IL02 nominee.
Thank you @shiakapos.bsky.social for featuring my research in POLITICO Illinois Playbook!
Total Chicago area congressional super PAC spending by district (as of 3/12/26):
#IL02: $7.1 million
#IL07: $8.4 million
#IL08: $7 million
#IL09: $9 million
Total: $31.4 million
AIPAC and their allies have now spent >$15.8 MILLION on independent expenditures across 4 Democratic House primary elections in Illinois:
⚠️ Donna Miller #IL02
⚠️ Melissa Conyears-Ervin #IL07
⚠️ Melissa Bean #IL08
⚠️ Laura Fine #IL09
IL02 primary super PAC spend (as of 3/11/26):
AIPAC pro Miller: $4.4M
Think Big (AI) pro Jackson: $1.4M
Fairshake (crypto) anti Peters: $817K
Progressive Promise pro Peters: $210K
National Nurses pro Peters: $100K
Working Families Party pro Peters: $100k
#IL02 Total $7.1M
If campaigns that have money to do polls aren't publishing polls, one can infer the polls they are doing are not flattering to the campaign.
As others are noting, it seems like there should be more polling of IL-02, IL-07, IL-08, & IL-13.
#IL02
#IL07
#IL08
#IL13
Working Families Party PAC released an ad in #IL02 attacking Donna Miller, saying she “folded” and “voted to hand over our personal, private information to ICE,” while contrasting Robert Peters as a progressive fighter. Is internal campaign polling showing Donna Miller up?
AIPAC and their allies have now spent >$15.8 MILLION on independent expenditures across 4 Democratic House primary elections in Illinois:
⚠️ Donna Miller #IL02
⚠️ Melissa Conyears-Ervin #IL07
⚠️ Melissa Bean #IL08
⚠️ Laura Fine #IL09
Let's say progressives win in #IL02, #IL07, #IL08, & #IL09 (no, Biss isn't a progressive).
That's just OK.
Progressives are supposed to win Democratic primaries.
Anthropic's super PAC is the first super PAC to go negative against Jesse Jackson Jr in #il02. One million dollar expenditure against Jackson.
Between super PACs UDP, Elect Chicago Women and Affordable Chicago Now, AIPAC has dumped nearly $15 million into #IL09, #IL08, #IL07 and #IL02 in just 30 days
Election day is still two weeks away
AIPAC spending is flooding #IL02: Affordable Chicago Now, widely reported as a dark money front for AIPAC is now at $2,325,841 boosting Donna Miller. Latest ad touts her Planned Parenthood leadership. Donors not yet disclosed.
Crypto super PAC Fairshake reported, per FEC filings, spending $82,055 on mailers attacking IL State Sen. Robert Peters in #IL02 Democratic primary. Peters is endorsed by Bernie Sanders and is a leading statehouse progressive who sponsored crypto regulation. Mailers troll him as a "corporate pawn."
How effective have you, Rep. Robin Kelly, been in a) reducing gun violence, or b) passing bills you thought would reduce #GunViolence?
#IL02 #ILSEN
An AIPAC-aligned PAC supporting #IL02 congressional candidate Donna Miller called me at the worst possible time...right before the start of a NASCAR Cup Series race on a Sunday.
I'm voting for @robertpeters.bsky.social.
MUPAC proudly supports Anabel Mendoza in IL-07 and Robert Peters in IL-02. We stand with candidates who answer to voters, not to a foreign policy lobbyists.
We're tracking every dollar. 📊
#RejectAIPAC #IL07 #IL02 #AnabelForCongress #AIPAC #MUPAC #MuslimsVote #ProtectOurPrimaries #FollowTheMoney
Full statement from a spox for Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston):
No news on whether she plans to endorse someone else in #IL02
I lived in #IL02 and was underemployed so I was curious about which employers Congresswoman Kelly was talking about.
The next day I called the office and asked. The staffer got back to me and said that it was a general complaint of employers, not specific employers she was talking about.
The cryptocurrency PAC is AGAINST @robertpeters.bsky.social (D- #IL02) and Rep. La Shawn Ford (D- #IL07).
www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
The pro-crypto super PAC, Fairshake, has almost $200 million at its disposal to buy elections in favor of politicians who'll work to make crypto billionaires richer.
The crypto industry is afraid of @robertpeters.bsky.social because he's committed to putting working people first. #IL02
Congressional progressive caucus-endorsed candidates Junaid Ahmed #IL08, Daniel Biss #IL09, Robert Peters #IL02 and Anthony Driver Jr. #IL07 held a joint press conference in the Loop today to discuss AIPAC money in their respective races
My 2026 #ILPrimary endorsements guide is out now.
Key endorsements:
#ILSen: @julianastratton.bsky.social
#ILComp: @hollykim.bsky.social
#IL02: @robertpeters.bsky.social
#IL07: Kina Collins
Full list and reasonings:
jgibsondem.substack.com/p/my-2026-el...
#Twill