The Democratic blowout up and down the ballot highlighted by GOP losses in suburbs that were once the home of bedrock Republicanism.
The Democratic wins even forced a changing of the guard in GOP leadership in the Illinois House and possibly the state Senate. ]
Don Tracy, who chairs the state GOP, called the results “very disappointing” and acknowledged Republicans did “terrible in the suburbs.” “I think the story of this election is Republicans cannot nominate a guy who was just radioactive in the collars — I don’t care how much you run up the score downstate,” Burge said. Citing the 2014 win of single-term Republican Bruce Rauner as governor, Burge said, “You can’t go from 60% Rauner in 2014 and 40% Bailey in Lake County and even think about winning. That’s not possible.”
Durkin noted his votes in favor of ratifying the Equal Rights Amendment and a previous proposal to ban assault weapons as examples of positions on “commonsense issues” in the voter-rich and increasingly Democratic-leaning suburbs. “I think people underestimated the abortion issue,” said Edgar, who supported abortion rights as governor. “I think that was the underlying issue in this election, not only in Illinois but throughout the nation. But I think it’s an example of where Republicans seem like they’re on the wrong side of issues.”
as primary voters backed Bailey, who was assisted by more than $30 million in ads from Pritzker and the Democratic Governors Association that saw Bailey as an easier candidate for Pritzker to defeat in the general election. State Rep. Dan Brady, the Republican nominee for secretary of state, campaigns at Manny's Cafeteria & Delicatessen on Jefferson Street in Chicago on Oct. 5, 2022.The Trump factor also looms large over Republicans in a state that has overwhelmingly opposed him.
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