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SPRINGFIELD Now that he’s running for governor, downstate Republican Darren Bailey no longer thinks Chicago should break away from the rest of the state.
The state senator from southern Illinois on Tuesday characterized his resolution calling for that two years ago as “a warning shot” to the city.
“I am going to fight to make Illinois stronger from the north to the south from the east to the west as a whole and to make Chicago the great city that it should be,” Bailey said Tuesday. “But unfortunately, it’s being held hostage with liberal terrible ideas.”
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For example, the new 108
th District appears to encompass the homes of both Representative Mike Murphy of Springfield and Representative Avery Bourne of Morrisonville. And the newly-drawn 107
th House District combines four current GOP incumbents… Dan Caulkins of Decatur, Brad Halbrook of Shelbyville, Adam Niemerg (NEE-merg) of Teutopolis, and Blaine Wilhour of Effingham.
Republicans say that’s no coincidence, and say it’s proof that Democrats drew the map only for political advantage.
McConchie getting relief and Bailey-Plummer, with Bailey running statewide (at least for now) helps (for lack of a better description I guess) in looking at how the party might make “changes by the map” and re-establish some of the pre-Rauner/Trump mentality to party, winning, and viability all over the state.
It’s like growing pains, but by packing districts it allows some serious discussions, choices, and a fork in the road to who or what the party is and can be in these next 10 years.
Even if those districts do remove 2 or 3 of Eastern Bloc guys it doesn’t mean IL GOP will moderate itself. Party rank and file are strongly with Trump and will elect someone who represents their views. Times have changed. The Edgar, Thompson, and Topinka wing of party will find themselves at home with Dems.
Some Republicans have accused Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker of going back on his campaign promise that he would not sign a partisan-drawn map. Here s what he said when asked about the issue Wednesday.Â
Illinois lawmakers responded Saturday to the first draft of the long-awaited proposed state legislative maps, which were released late Friday, setting off the once-a-decade process wrought with bitter, partisan strife.Â
Democrats dubbed their proposal âa fair mapâ that represents the broad diversity of the state, yet it was widely denounced by Republicans and good government groups, who said it relies on flawed data and is built to protect Democratic incumbents and give the party an overall partisan advantage.
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