More Than 1.2M Voters Turn Out
In Illinois Democratic Primary
Democratic Hermanos y Hermanas—
Thanks to you, Illinois Democrats turned out in higher numbers in more than a decade for a mid-term election. Remember, outside of Chicago and upper northwest, the rest of “downstate” Illinois has Republican representation in the House. And like what we recently saw Texas, it’s clear that Illinois Republicans are barely hanging on by a thread for the time being, and it’s up to us as voters to boot EVERY. SINGLE. REPUBLICAN. OUT.
For a list of IL election results, see here.
If you vote in Illinois, here are your Democratic candidates who we should be electing in November:
Governor
J.B. Pritzker (challenger to incumbent GOP governor Bruce Rauner, the most vulnerable governor in the country)
U.S. House of Representatives
IL-1
Bobby Rush (INCUMBENT)
IL-2
Robin Kelly (INCUMBENT)
IL-3
Dan Lipinski (INCUMBENT)
IL-4
Jesús “Chuy” García (challenger to open seat)
IL-5
Mike Quigley (INCUMBENT)
IL-6
Sean Casten (challenger to GOP incumbent Rep. Peter “I-never-met-a-tax-scam-I-didn’t-like” Roskam)
IL-7
Danny Davis (INCUMBENT)
IL-8
Raja Krishnamoorthi (INCUMBENT)
IL-9
Jan Schakowsky (INCUMBENT)
IL-10
Brad Schneider (INCUMBENT)
IL-11
Bill Foster (INCUMBENT)
IL-12
Brendan Kelly (challenger to GOP incumbent Rep. Mike “very fine person” Bost)
IL-13
Betsy Dirksen Londrigan (challenger to GOP incumbent Rep. Rodney “I vote with Trump 95.7% of the time” Davis)
IL-14
Lauren Underwood (challenger to GOP incumbent Rep. Randy “La-la-la-I-can’t-hear-you-la-la-la” Hultgren)
IL-15
Kevin Gaither (challenger to GOP incumbent Rep. John “I refuse to hold town halls” Shimkus)
IL-16
Sara Dady (challenger to GOP incumbent Rep. Adam “I proudly voted to rip affordable health care away from my constituents” Kinzinger)
IL-17
Cheri Bustos (INCUMBENT)
IL-18
Junius Rodríguez (challenger to GOP incumbent Rep. Darin “Wall Street is more important than Main Street” LaHood)
Continue to keep an eye out for the latest candidate endorsements by the Hispanic Caucus.
And remember, your overseas mail-in vote is your ticket to ride the Blue Wave Express. In preparation for the General Election in November, please try to spare a few minutes here and there to help us with phonebanking our members worldwide in reminding them to vote!
-Michael Ramos
DA Hispanic Caucus