IL-13: Davis moves from 'Lean Republican' to 'Tossup' [View all]
After coming 1,058 votes short against Davis in 2018, Democrat Betsy Dirksen Londrigan is running again and both parties view the rematch as a barnburner. Londrigan continues to outspend the incumbent, and Davis's new appeal to Biden voters to split their tickets is an acknowledgment that Trump's fortunes have taken a turn for the worse after the president carried the district by five points in 2016.
Over the summer, Londrigan's path looked more complicated as COVID-19 cast doubt on turnout at the major universities in the 13th CD, including the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (enrollment 49,000). It's still not clear turnout there will be at typical strength, but Davis, who tested positive for COVID-19 over the summer and warned his own party "don't be stupid," may be struggling to overcome Trump's drag.
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