The 2004 primary was a lot less organized.
So there were seven candidates in that race who weren't Jack Ryan, and yet the IL GOP had to draft an out-of-state psycho to take over the nomination after Ryan dropped out?
Yeah, very, very odd when you look back on that. We even had a pretty impressive candidate, businessman Andy McKenna, who had a fairly impressive background and the money to run the race. I was a strong Ryan supporter but McKenna was my second choice for the nomination. He is now chair of the IL GOP.
