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Foster, Laesch Pick Up More Endorsements in IL-14 Congressional

Democrat Bill Foster picked up another two newspaper endorsements while Democrat John Laesch picked up another union endorsement this past week. Foster gained the endorsement of the DeKalb Daily Chronicle and the Kane County Chronicle after picking up the Chicago Tribune’s endorsement last week. Laesch picked up the endorsement of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), Local Union 196, which adds to his AFL-CIO endorsement and other endorsements from the UAW, Operating Engineers, the Northwestern Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council, and others.

Bill Foster and John Laesch continue to dominate endorsements in the 14th District Democratic field that includes Democrats Jotham Stein and Joe Serra.

Comments 4

  1. Carl Nyberg wrote:

    Here’s a theoretical question for you.

    What if the Dem candidate who has the best chance to win in March is different than the candidate who has the best chance to win in November?

    For example, Candidate A has some advantage that gives him a leg up in a shortened election cycle, but has some liability in a longer election cycle.

    And Candidate B has a disadvantage in a short election cycle, but has strengths that will work in a longer election cycle.

    Is there a theoretical scenario that it makes sense to vote for different candidates in the primary, e.g. Candidate A for the March election and Candidate B for the November election?

    Of course the Dems would kinda be in an awkward position if A won the March election and wasn’t the nominee for November….

    Posted 23 Jan 2008 at 12:07 pm
  2. Bill Baar wrote:

    That’s perfectly possible in this election in either party…

    Posted 23 Jan 2008 at 5:21 pm
  3. Hiram Wurf wrote:

    Hi Carl and Bill,

    Carl, that’s an interesting question. I’m not sure that the scenario is true for the Dems in this case (I tend to think not), but I’d have to think about it more. Ditto the GOP.

    Posted 24 Jan 2008 at 1:34 am
  4. Bill Baar wrote:

    I think it’s Foster’s whole case. I was sitting next to two progressive Dems at the league of women voters debate and it was the only reason they would consider voting for Foster. Their hearts and minds were with Laesch.

    They’d vote for Lauzen over Oberweis too if the had too. In fact, if their was no race on the Dem side they would be crossing over to vote for Lauzen or anyone else for that matter because of antipathy towards Oberweis. Oberweis is like our own local version of HRC. A lot of folks in both parties just plain really dislike the guy.

    Posted 24 Jan 2008 at 6:10 am