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?
I've been wondering too how the ILGOP could be so stupid. There were even other candidates volunteering to run who didn't run in the primary. Hell they could've just found some Republican janitor in Sptringfield, put his name on the ballot, not even bother with a campaign, and still would've done better than Keyes did, which might've saved Phil Crane.
