Will Pitt just posted two great links for watching the Illinois results

[Greeby]

http://www.nbc5.com/politics/3851555/detail.html

http://hotlineblog.nationaljournal.com/

Sorry if I'm stealing your thunder, Will ;)

[SammyWinstonJack]

1. Thanks! nt

[Caoimhe]

2. I am a member of the Will Pitt Cheerleaders

any linkage is good. hehe

[Nikki Stone 1]

4. I neither lead nor cheer, but I'll gladly kick and recommend

:)

[Sydnie]

3. Got to keep my eye on this

Thanks for the post!

[Greeby]

5. Numbers starting to come in nt

[movonne]

6. kick

[benddem]

7. does any one know

where IL 8 is? And who is the democrat?

[Greeby]

8. IL-08? Melissa Bean

Guess shes running unopposed

[KharmaTrain]

18. Yep...No Challenger In The Primary For Bean

The fun in the 8th is the Repugnican primary between Salvi & McSweeny (looks like McSweeny has an early lead)...and the GOOP has been pouring in the money and ground troops to try to win this seat back. Gym teach Denny sure doesn't like all them Democrats creeping up on his back door.

[LSK]

19. unfortunately - she votes with the GOP sometimes

[KharmaTrain]

24. True But A Far Cry From 30 Years Of Phil Crane

To those who call Melissa a DINO or try to compare this district (I live in the 8th...and have for over 20 years) with the "bluer" city districts to the east or to other "safer" Democratic areas don't understand the politics of the area and how far Democrats in this region have come.

Her biggest sin was to vote for the bankruptcy bill...which I strongly disagree with, but at the same time I heard her explanation which was a purely political. Much of the district still in heavily Repugnican areas, including the very rich Barrington area that was Crane's money base for decades. It was a calculated move to try to neutralize this group from getting more involved in the November election...and to exploit a fractured local Repugnican party. Consider this and the 6th as areas in transition...many city folks have moved out and the politics are slowly changing. It wasn't long ago that I was one of the lone Democrats in my precinct and votes for the GOOPs topped 65%. Those days are gone, but a lot of work remains.

[LSK]

9. keep an eye on his blog

http://blog.pdamerica.org/

And I got a thread in the IL section:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=150&topic_id=11972&mesg_id=11972

[madame defarge]

10. Other sites...

Chic Trib http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/elections/chi-primaryresults-htmlstory,0,2520894.htmlstory#otherraces
Lake County http://www.co.lake.il.us/cntyclk/elections/electionresults/current/EL45.htm
Will County http://www.willcountyillinois.com/press.htm
DuPage County http://www.dupageresults1.com/ (not posting results yet...this is where the Cegalis/Duckworth is)

[Greeby]

11. Some figures for IL-06 just came in on the Hotline blog

IL 06 (D) 00% Reporting

Tammy DUCKWORTH 40%
Christine CEGELIS 39%
Lindy SCOTT 21%

Looks like its gonna go down to the wire

[WilliamPitt]

13. That 21% for Scott

is outrageously bloated. It'll drop. Our numbers have him at 16%

[Rainscents]

12. Who are we hoping to win for Dem?

[WilliamPitt]

15. If "we" = "me", then "we" want Christine Cegelis.

:)

[Rainscents]

26. Thanks Will!

Of course, I want to see you win!!!

[nickinSTL]

21. that depends on whether you want the progressive

Christine Cegelis is backed by PDA (Progressive Democrats of America) and other progressive groups...

or whether you want the inexperienced Iraq War vet being pushed by the Democratic Party leadership, Tammy Duckworth.

[LSK]

14. this site is slow but its Dupage County

http://www.dupageresults.com/results/2006_03_results/dem-1.htm

[Crazy Guggenheim]

17. Good luck with Christine Cegelis!

:popcorn: :woohoo:

[Crazy Guggenheim]

16. I don't know that much about the IL. races. Who is

Rod Blagojevich?

[KharmaTrain]

20. Governor

and he's being contested by Progressive Edwin Eisendrath in the primary.

[tritsofme]

23. He's our Democratic governor

And is probably one of the most vulnerable incumbent governors in the country.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

22. First results!! For the (D) U.S. CONGRESS 6th District!!!!

Lindy Scott 192 21%
Christine Cegelis 350 38%
Tammy Duckworth 365 40%
Precincts Reporting - 3 out of 526 - 1%

[Breeze54]

29. AP Calls Dem GOV for Blagojevich - 69.75% AP CALLS n/t

[Freddie Stubbs]

34. Updated results:

520 of 526 Precincts Reporting - 98.86%

Duckworth , Tammy Dem 14,019 43.81

Cegelis , Christine Dem 12,939 40.44

Scott , Lindy Dem 5,038 15.75

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/elections/chi-primaryresults-htmlstory,0,2520894.htmlstory

[Crazy Guggenheim]

25. Another one to watch (D) U.S. CONGRESS 5th District. Rahm Em. is a DLCer.

(D) U.S. CONGRESS 5th District
Candidate Votes Percent Winner
Rahm Emanuel 0 0%
John Haptonstall 0 0%
Mark Fredrickson 0 0%

[Greeby]

27. Some of the other races are starting to flesh out

I'm keeping my eye on the race between Laesch and Zamora for IL-14 to run against Hastert. It's lasech going strong so far

Candidate Votes Percent Winner
Ruben Zamora 1,195 37%
John Laesch 2,026 62%
Precincts Reporting - 67 out of 555 - 12%

[madame defarge]

28. IL 10th District...

Dan Seals is leading Zane Smith by 68% to 31% with 25% of the precincts reporting.

It's an important race because Mark Kirk, the rubber stamp republican, needs to be beat. And if anyone can do it, Seals can. He's very much in the mold of Obama.

www.dansealsforcongress.com

[madame defarge]

33. Seals Wins!!!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/elections/chi-primaryresults-htmlstory,0,2520894.htmlstory#otherraces
The Trib calls it for him!

Now our work begins...

[Greeby]

30. Chicago Tribune calling it for most Dem incumbents

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/elections/chi-primaryresults-htmlstory,0,2520894.htmlstory#congress

THey've called it for Rahm Emanuel, Danny Davis and Jerry Costello. And to be fair, they are utterly crushing their challengers. So is Bobby Rush, but they haven't called it

[Guaranteed]

31. Let's fooking do this. nt

[tritsofme]

32. Cegelis is doing much than I expected.

nt