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IL-08
State Wide Blog(s): PrairieStateBlue
| Incumbent | Melissa Bean |
| Party | Democratic |
| Seeking Re-election? | Yes |
| Candidate Website | House Website Campaign Website |
| Other Resources | Congresspedia profile on Melissa Bean |
| 2004 Presidential Vote (2CP) | Bush - 55.7% Kerry - 44.3% |
| 2006 Election Margin | Bean (D) - 50.90% McSweeney (R) - 44.01% Scheuerer (M) - 5.08% |
| District Blog(s) |
| Challenger | Steve Greenberg --businessman whose family owns the Ben Franklin variety store franchise |
| Party | Republican |
| Source of Information | Campaign Website |
| Candidate Website | Campaign Website |
| Other Resources | Congresspedia Profile on Steve Greenberg |
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| deltar | Possible Melissa Bean challengers for '08 | 0 | Jan 27 2007, 10:05 AM EST by deltar | |
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Thread started: Jan 27 2007, 10:05 AM EST
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Based on '06, moderate Republicans probably won't interested in trying to win the Repub. primary. Too much money is available from the right fringe, and to win the Repub primary the candidate will have to swing hard Right. Then in the general election Bean will again be allowed to occupy the center and almost all of the Left.
What's left is the right-wing, where there are several possibilities and lots of money. The opposition in '08 will likely come from the well-funded, Reagan-inspired, social conservatives ala Dave McSweeney again. The trouble with that for the Republicans is that nobody but Reagan has Reagan's charisma. Plus, they are looking back instead of forward. Anyway, my opinion (again, no hard facts) is that McSweeney will not try again. He dumped major coin into this race against a first term Dem. in a right-leaning district and couldn't pull it out. He's the type of rich candidate who doesn't really want to serve the public, he wants to be a powerful Washington politician. Also, he sure looked unhappy campaigning. But who else? Very hard to gueass right now. The Salvis (husband and wife) still have lots of money, and plenty of ego. We'll see... |
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| deltar | Melissa Bean's future plans | 0 | Jan 27 2007, 9:55 AM EST by deltar | |
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Thread started: Jan 27 2007, 9:55 AM EST
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I have zero inside information, but I can make conjectures based on what I saw last election cycle in this, my home district. So consider this info to be low-grade intelligence.
Melissa Bean is young and has connected to our district very well as a pro-business, moderate Representative. This district was very conservative but is gently moving to the center, it will not support anyone who's really liberal. Keep that in mind when you review Melissa's votes. She's had 2 strong successes, and I figure she'll run again, and win again. She has done a great job of staying connected to home, and moderate Republicans (like State Rep. Beaubien in '06) are not interested in taking her on. |
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