Most of all redistricting will play a part in this race, the Republicans did themselves no good in opposing Sotomayor. Redistricting will show and increase in the Latino population in the northwest suburbs like Schumburg, Arlington Heights and Dupage County. The redistricting map will not be finished by then, but the votes of those immigrants will play a role in electing Giannoulias our next Senator from Illinois.
Isn't redistricting when they change the congressional districts? Even so, how would this effect a senate race which is statewide. Everyone in Illinois votes for their senator regardless of their congressional district and whether or not that changed in 2002, or will change in 2012.
