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Key #ILPrimary races if ranked choice were used:
#IL07: 1. Collins 2. Showalter 3. Ford, 4. Driver Jr
#IL08: 1. Ahmed, 2. Morrison, 3. Bankole
#IL09: 1. Abughazaleh, 2. Amiwala, 3. Biss, 4. Simmons, 5. Huynh
#IL15: 1. Davis, 2. Todd, 3. Raley, 4. Nudo
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My two cents: if you want to send a message to pull US politics Left, vote @anabelforcongress.bsky.social.
If you want to keep the Right Wing candidates (Boykin & Conyears-Ervin) from winning, vote for La Shawn Ford.
IL-07 #IL07
La Shawn Ford’s campaign launched a rebuttal ad against Fairshake, the crypto super PAC that has spent $2.5 million against him in #IL07. The ad points to TV and print coverage to show that Fairshake’s attacks omit a key fact: the charges against Ford were dropped.
She's running in IL-07 to:
✅ Fight Trump's fascist regime
✅ Hold the entire administration accountable
✅ Protect our democracy and freedoms
We deserve leaders who actually fight back.
#AnabelMendoza #IL07 #CourageCandidate #CitizensImpeachment #FightBack #ReplaceThemAll
NEW: SEIU’s PAC is up with a new anti-Melissa Conyears-Ervin ad boosting Anthony Driver in #IL07. The spot ties Conyears-Ervin to AIPAC-linked cash and her ethics baggage, including the $60K fine and whistleblower fallout. United We Can has now spent about $559K backing Driver.
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.
I just want to point out that this is a photo of where Kat actually lives, downtown in #IL07 and NOT #IL09.
On brand.. for not living here.
-I did not get $1500 for this-
#ReedShowalter #IL07 #CourageCandidate #CitizensImpeachment #MedicareForAll @handsoffchicago.bsky.social @refusefascism.bsky.social @vetsforliberty.bsky.social @indivisible-dt-chi.bsky.social @chiwomentakeaction.bsky.social @cookcountydems.bsky.social @indivisible-dt-chi.bsky.social
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
Really sick of talking about Texas Senate, #MESen, #MISen #IL09 primary. What are the most interesting primaries few people are discussing but will be important to watch?
I say #IL07 and #IL08
#GAGov
Texas AG primary
Nevada governor general
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
After dropping off my daughter to school this am, preparing for our health care livestream tonight at 7, I was surprised when Grok quoted ME in its answer, and my rough (but correct) est.
7 pm (at EhrlichforCongress.com).
#IL7Congress #Illinois7th #IL07 #ILDistrict7 #healthcare #medicareforall
Chicago doesn’t need another corrupt politician and
Melissa Conyears-Ervin has shown us exactly who she is. #il07
From early on Jason Friedman was running as a pro-Israel candidate. #IL07
I do find it interesting that the AIPAC shadow PACs are going after non-front runner candidates here in Chicago.
They went after Kat Abu in #IL09 and that was a sign that she was gaining momentum. Now they’re doing the same to Jason Friedman in #IL07.
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
Kina Collins has this propensity to bullshit her way through things. #IL07
Scrolling through Facebook, I saw a video of KC saying members of Congress should come from the poorest parts of their district...
chalk hopscotch grid drawn on the platform of Oak Park Metra Station. At the top of the grid, in large letters, it reads ‘Vote Reed.’ Chicago skyline in the distance
Random Photo of the Day
Ground game
#Grassroots #IL07
#StreetPhotography #ChalkArt #OakPark #OnlyInChicago
The most wholesome campaign ad I’ve seen this cycle
More outside spending for #IL09, #Il07, #IL08 (this is a new one)
The People's Lobby paid for a billboard?? to oppose Laura Fine, Melissa Conyears-Ervin and Melissa Bean
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#IL7Congress #Illinois7th #IL07 #IllinoisPolitics
I saw the NYT has new polling of #IL07 and #IL09 that appeared online last night.
I don't have a NYT subscription. So, I just saw a little.
La Shawn Ford 23%
Melissa Conyears-Ervin 15%
Which feels right to me.
La Shawn Ford is a friend of mine. I have never had the honor of voting for him in an election.
I have known him close to 30 years.
I know the role he played in passing the voting rights amendment to Illinois' constitution.
#IL07
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.
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
I expect the truth for Kina Collins is that she had something personal going on that made getting into the race earlier impractical or difficult.
If Kina Collins was good at politics, she would have had a better line to brush me off than telling something that was a lie. #IL07
Here's how Kina Collins' committee looked compared to others early. #IL07
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Kina Collins told me she had been in DC raising money. #IL07
It sounded like bullshit to me, but I figured the story would reveal its truth eventually.
Kina neither has an impressive campaign committee or sympathetic independent expenditures.
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Bob Skolnik's piece for Wednesday Journal captures how other candidates are making the case they are as good or better than Kina Collins in #IL07.
@anabelforcongress.bsky.social & @reedforcongress.bsky.social get discussed.
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