IL-Sen. 2016 Thread: Duckworth nearly triples Kirk Q2 fundraising

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Rep. Robin Kelly "doing her due diligence to see if there is a path" to the Senate

http://chicago.suntimes.com/news-chicago/7/71/314849/rep-robin-kelly-mulling-senate-run

I've been a Kelly fan for a while now. She and Bustos are the best potential candidates at this point in my opinion.

WOO HOOO!!!!!!

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Kelly got Crushed the one time she tried to run statewide before so I don't understand all this hype and excitement over her

I don't buy that. Robin Kelly increased her share of the vote by 8% between the 2013 special and 2014. Mark Kirk won in 2010 by less than 2% and under 50%, while Kelly lost by 5% in what was a large wave election. Kirk might hold it close in the end, but I think he'd lose.

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Kelly defeated Halvorson 56-20 which was thought to be a competetive race and would be a better Senator than Duckworth.

Good point. I forgot about the primary, but now that I think of it I recall everyone was sure that the black vote would split and stick us with Halvorson.

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Duckworth is terrible. I hope she loses the primary and we get someone more competent to take over her House seat.

Why do you think she is terrible?

Pervading narratives.