U.S. House Redistricting: Illinois

[Lunar]

Imagine if Bill Brady were governor, Dems could have been stuck with an incumbent protection map

[Lunar]

Cinyc -- wouldn't they have to forgo the rest of the Republican primary ballot though? I have a feeling far more voters would be interested in, say, the Republican presidential race primary (2012) or the Republican governor primary (2014) , than voting Democratic in some scheme

[Lunar]

If we can get back to actual redistricting commentary, the state House has reportedly passed the map with a slight alteration to the 13th district (the Springfield-Champaign-Urbana district).

Does it impact any other district? Otherwise it must have been VERY slight.

[Lunar]

And he's more worried about the primary with a well-funded opponent already announcing his  intentions and his weird healthcare switcheroo vote to the negative.  

It's a machine Democratic area (kinda blue collar, so Lipinski plays well in the general), so I'm not sure how the primary would even manifest itself  if one were to still emerge.