March Primary Winners
And the losers!
Mike Houlihan and I were talking about the looming general election and both of us feel it will be a barn burner, thanks to this March Primary shenanigans ( JB's Black Blago Blather & Bruce's Bosco Bunkum larded with his Ives/Madigan Metamorphosis) indicating a less than vigorous turn-out for JB and a dandy Rauner kick-to-the-curb.
The two people with the millions invested in their own personal interests will be disappointed. Rauner and Pritzker will have wasted more dollars than a rouge Gamblers Anonymous junket to Vegas.
Jeanne Ives has a mere 3.5 millions dollars in her war chest and Chris Kennedy bests her pile by a mere $2m.
Daniel Biss is the guy that New York wants, but he is still Danny Biss. Chris Kennedy and Jeanne Ives are mirror campaigns; Ives is the right choice and Chris Kennedy is the one the other side will settle upon, by March 20, 2018.
- Black voters won't and JB will need to content himself with marijuana futures.
- Unions will stay for JB, but the rank and file will vote for Chris Kennedy
- Ives will get many Democrat votes, retired, or non-union voters who could careless about drawing a GOP ballot this go-around
- Illinois is more than ready for a huge change and Chris Kennedy's primary victory will be the starting gun for the challenge to Rahm Emanuel
- The beating of JB Pritzker by Primary voters is the thumbs-way-down on Mayor Coon-eyes -definately and the oafish Dick Durbin - early JB cheerleader.
Houlihan and I agree, " The plutocrats have jumped the shark." Pro Publica's Mick Dumke offers this graphic:
tracking the Illinois Governor's Race
| TOTAL RAISED | PAST MONTH | SPENT | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Bruce Rauner (R, incumbent) | $102.7m | $238k | $46.4m |
 | Jeanne Ives (R) | $3.6m | $520k | $36k |
 | JB Pritzker (D) | $63.2m | $14.0m | $34.3m |
 | Daniel Biss (D) | $6.8m | $1.6m | $2.0m |
 | Chris Kennedy (D) | $5.6m | $1.3m | $3.0m |
| $182.0m | $17.6m | $85.9m | ||
