2018 US House Election- Democrats need a net gain of 24 seats.

[davsand]

15. That district was redrawn in 2011 for the 2012 election.

The 13th was Chicago burbs from 2001 to 2011 it was Orland Park, Downer's Grove etc. (Parts of DuPage, Will, and Cook, essentially.) In 2011 the 13th came downstate. Those old guys you talk about would have ended up in the 12th back in 1971. In 2001 much of what had been the old 13th ended up in what is mostly the 11th now. There is no part of the current 13th that was ever even a tiny part of the any previous 13th district! :O

You have to love Illinois politics!

The 13th now is downstate with slices of Springfield, Normal, Decatur, Champaign Urbana, and Metro East included with a lot of rural area thrown in. Visualize a wad of Red with Islands of Blue scattered around. Not great turf but certainly not the worst I've seen either. (Look at the 15th if you really want to feel ill. Shimkus is an absolute fundy asswipe, and given how gerrymandered that district is, the only hope I see there is to take him out with a moderate Republican. It is the garbage dumpster of the state.

I'm not deny that flipping that seat is gonna take work. It will. But it is worth taking on simply because Davis has never REALLY been road tested. The pressure is on him now, and he's making mistakes--getting snappy and nervous. It is well worth it to keep on pushing his buttons. This project has helped with that: https://www.google.com/#q=%22flat+rodney%22


Laura