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« on: March 02, 2012, 01:51:50 PM »
anyone know how this guy kept winning in his district? Considering how liberal a voting record he had, I would have thought he would have gotten primaried or would have lost. Maybe snowstalker is right after all.
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« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2012, 02:23:42 PM »
  He had a very close call in 1998  against Mark Baker (51.56%-48.44%)  After that Illinois 17 was gerrymandered into the rabbit on a skateboard format that made it considerably more Democratic.  He consistently got reelected after that fairly easily.
  Part of his appeal is that he was a Vietnam veteran and was very involved in veterans affairs.  That probably made him more appealing to Western Illinois.  Also that part of the state has swung very Republican only in the past couple of years.  It was 'moderately' GOP in the years Evans was in the house.

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