Illinois Primary Results

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re The loophole primary.  Glancing at the delegate candidate list

CD1: Romney,Paul,Gingrich, and Santorum all have 3 candidates on the ballot--none of whom are noteworthy.  The Libertarian Candidate in the 2004 Senate race won by Obama is running as a Paul delegate, but that is fairly meaningless.

CD2: Romney,Paul,Gingrich and Santorum all have 3 candidates on the ballot--none of whom are noteworthy.

CD3:Romney,Paul,Gingrich, and Santorum all have 3 candidates on the ballot--Cook County Commissioner Liz Doody Gorman is running as a Romney delegate, but her conty board district is much much smaller than the 3rd CD, so it may give her a little boost because of name familiarity in media reports, but not too much.

CD4:Romney,Paul, and Gingrich all have 2 candidates on the ballot--none of whom are noteworthy.

CD5: Romney,Paul, and Gingrich all have 3 candidates on the ballot.  State Rep Patricia Bellock and former Rep Walter Dudycz are running as Romney delegates, but neither has universal name recognition.

CD 6: Romney,Paul,Santorum, and Gingrich all have 3 candidates on the ballot--none of whom are noteworthy.

CD 7:Romney,Paul, and Gingrich all have 2 candidates on the ballot--none of whom are noteworthy

CD 8: Romney, Paul, Santorum, and Gingrich all have 3 candidates on the ballot.  State reps Dennis Reboletti and Franco Coladipietro are running as Romney delegates, but again niether has a huge amount of recognition.

CD 9 Romney, Paul, Gingrich, Santorum, and Roemer have 3 candidates on the ballot, while Rick Perry has 1.  The only candidate with any recognition is probably Penny Pullen running for Santorum who is well known as a pro-life candidate.

CD-10 Romney,Paul, Gingrich, and Santorum are running 3 candidates each.  The only ones with any recognition--Steve Kim who lost the attorney General race in 2010 is running as a Romney delegate and Dan Sugrue who lost a legislative race is arunning for Santorum.

CD 11: Romney,Paul, Gingrich, and Santorum are running 3 candidates.  The only one with any recognition is tea party darling Cedra Crenshaw who got on Fox National news over her ballot acces battle is running for Gingrich.  Other than that--nobody noteable.

CD 12: Romney, Paul, Gingrich, and Santorum all have 3 candidates on the ballot.  The only one with any recognition is State Rep Mike Bost  running for Gingrich

CD 13: Romney, Paul, and Gingrich are running 3 candidates a piece.  State Rep Bill Mitchell is running as a Romney delegate while State Rep Wayne Rosenthal is running as a Gingrich delegate.


CD 14  Romney,Paul, Gingrich, and Santorum are all running 3 candidates.  Dennis Hastert's son Ethan is running as a Romney delegate, and former Senate, Sec of State candidate Al Salvi is running as a Santorum delegate.

CD 15: Romney,Paul,Gingrich and Santorum are all running 4 candidates.  State Senators David Leuchtefeld and Dale Righter along with former Rep Frank Watson are running as Romney delegatesand former State Rep Bill Black is running for Gingrich.

CD 16:  Romney, Paul, gingrich, and Santorum are all running 3 candidates.  State Treasurer and Romney campaign chair Dan Rutherford is running as a Romney delegate.

CD 17:  Romney, Paul, Gingrich, and Santorum are all running 3 candidates.  Congressional loser (2004/2006) andrea Lane Zinga is running as a Romney delegate

CD 18: Romney, Paul, Gingrich and Santorum are running 4 candidates each and there is one candidate for an uncommitted slot in this district.  State Reps Rich Brauer and Jill Tracy are on Romney's slate, but other than that nothing to see.

  In conclusion, the State Treasurer and several incumbent and former reps and senators on the ballot, but nobody who is going to drive a huge amount ticket splitting like Dennis Hastert did 4 years ago.  (He was elected as a delegate on the Romney slate even though McCain handily won the statewid beauty contest vote) If you really want to dig into the nittiy-gritty, then you can delve into the alternate delegate slates being voted on today as well..

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