I think with the most recent senator and governor elections the state is starting to turn red. Combine that with Wisconsin going red too and Republicans could ride in on a wave in a few years. However, I think Hillary will pick up the state in 2016.
That Republican state House, Republican state Senate, Republican Governor, and nine Republican Representatives out of fourteen are all from an ATL, then?Although Michigan hasn't exactly gone Republican.
I think with the most recent senator and governor elections the state is starting to turn red. Combine that with Wisconsin going red too and Republicans could ride in on a wave in a few years. However, I think Hillary will pick up the state in 2016.
The whole area around Illinois is going red...Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, etc. While I think it will certainly be a long time before they (Illinois) goes red, I think the reds are coming.Dick Durbin, a Democrat was re elected to the senate in 2014, and Rauner won after 12 years of Blagojevich and Quinn, and despite the governorship going to the GOP, the state legislature is still in democratic control. While Kirk did win Obama's old senate seat in 2010, he is vulnerable for 2016. I don't think Illinois is going red (at least at the national level) anytime soon, unless something drastic happens.
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Illinois is really not all that solidly Democratic. Yes, Obama won big there both times, being a favorite son of sorts. However, the last Senatorial race went Republican, and the last governor's race was very close (46.8% to 45.9%), with the Republican candidate (Brady) winning 98 of 102 of the state's counties, but still losing because of the huge Democratic margin in Cook County.