Democrat Bill Foster Wins Hastert’s Seat
QuestionGirl March 8th, 2008 - 10:42 pmFrom the International Herald Tribune:
A Democrat has won the congressional seat of former House of Representatives leader Dennis Hastert in a closely watched special election in the longtime Republican district.
Bill Foster has won 52 percent of the vote compared to 48 percent for Republican Jim Oberweis with 556 of 568 precincts reporting.
Foster’s special election win Saturday means he will fill the remainder of Hastert’s term until it ends next January.
March 8th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Kewl!
March 9th, 2008 at 3:07 am
Nice! He’s not a Blue Dog, is he?
March 9th, 2008 at 9:23 am
I believe he is. This was a hard hit for the Republicans. From the WP:
The defeat — whether or not there are national implications — is a major setback for the NRCC and House Republicans. The NRCC spent nearly $1.3 million defending the seat, a significant percentage of the $6.4 million the committee showed on hand at the end of January. That is a major investment of limited resources — only to come up empty.
House Republicans, already dispirited by the loss of their majority in the 2006 election and more than two dozen retirements within their ranks since then, will likely take this defeat hard. Watch to see whether a rash of retirements breaks out over the coming weeks as vulnerable members take the Illinois special election as a sign of things to come in the fall.
March 9th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Sibel Edmons named Dennis Hasturds as one of the people acting as liason with the Turkish Govt. He belongs in prison with Bubba.