The 2014 primary season ends (Sept. 9: DE, MA, NH, NY, RI)

[Oak Hills]

If the election was a week later, would Dillard have won? He outperformed the polls quite drastically.

Not necessarily. There was a big GOTV for inds and Dems to take GOP ballots for Dillard as the anti-Rauner. Polls can't catch that. There was also a bleed off of part of Brady's vote when it was clear who the most likely socon winner would be, and that might have continued going forward. The best thing for Dillard would have been for Rutherford to announce his withdrawal from the race, and they would not have gone to Rauner but split between Dillard and Brady.

Seriously?  Rauner is a much weaker candidate than Dillard would have been.

I think the idea is that Democrats think Dillard would be a more acceptable governor to them than Rauner would, and they know there's a high chance of Quinn losing.

Supposedly a bit of D crossover votes for Dillard. I'm guessing that they think Quinn is going to lose anyway, so why not get the most liberal Republican?

Dillard's actually quite conservative socially, though not as much as Brady. The difference for Dems is that Dillard's not anti-union.

[Oak Hills]

Just thought I'd pop in to say that insane state senator Stacey Campfield is getting crushed 68.5%-32.5% by primary challenger Dr. Richard Briggs, according to WATE's webcast coverage.

[Oak Hills]

It's not about Tennessee, but Politico will report live votes coming in for Hawaii, right?

Probably.

[Oak Hills]

LOL, lunatic incumbent Campfield has lost to Dr. Richard Briggs, 67%-28%.