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« on: April 19, 2005, 01:34:34 PM » |
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dailykos.com
IL-06, 18: GOP retirements by kos Tue Apr 19th, 2005 at 03:53:38 PDT
Rep. Henry Hyde is calling it quits. On the Democratic side we have Christy Cegelis, who gave Hyde a serious scare in 2004 despite being grossly underfunded. Democrats are already grumbling about her fundraising this past quarter -- a sign that the party may try and muscle in a different candidate?
On the Republican side, it's a free for all:
Look for a stampede of Republicans to succeed Rep. Henry Hyde -- but when the dust clears, most political insiders expect state Sen. Peter Roskam to be in the lead. "I see Roskam walking into this," one DuPage Republican said [...] "Now that state Sen. Dan Cronin has withdrawn his name as a possible successor to Congressman Hyde, state Sen. Peter Roskam would appear to be the front-runner," said DuPage County Chairman Kirk Dillard, a state senator from Hinsdale [...]
Other names include state Sen. Carole Pankau (R-Roselle), 57; former state Rep. Tom Johnson of West Chicago, 59; DuPage County State's Attorney Joe Birkett, 50; and former DuPage County Recorder of Deeds J.P. Carney, 58.
Birkett has already said he's running for governor, and has no interest in a congressional race. Rep. Ray Lahood (R), who represents the Peoria-area 18th CD in Illinois, wants to run for governor and may also leave the House at the end of this term. The political jockying in that district has already begun.
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