ElectionInspection skywrnchsr509@aol.com These are the Democratic candidates from the State of Illinois. public true 0.00 0 Richard Durbin false IL-Sen durbin 4800.00 10593.31 308 http://www.dickdurbin.com/home https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/325 0.00 0 Richard Durbin is the Senior Senator from Illinois, first elected in 1996, and with his position of Majority Whip, has been a thorn in the side of the Republicans. According to the National Journal, Durbin was the most progressive senator in 2006, and has compiled a solid record in the Senate and the House before that. Bobby Rush false IL-01 rush 4800.00 1525.00 2 http:// https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12726 0.00 0 Bobby Rush is an 8 term Congressman representing Illinois 1st Congressional District. Rush, a veteran of the military and a baptist preacher has compiled a very progressive record during his time in the house. Jesse Jackson, Jr. false IL-02 jackson 4800.00 4431.90 2132 http://www.jessejacksonjr.org/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12727 0.00 0 Jesse Jackson Jr. has served 6 full terms and 1 partial term as Congressman representing Illinois 3rd Congressional District. Jacoskn has combined a good deal of progessive advocacy with a large amount of attention to his district. Daniel Lipinski false IL-03 lipinski 4800.00 0.00 0 http://www.danlipinskiforcongress.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12728 0.00 0 Dan Lipinski is the Democratic congressman in IL-3. I have only one nice thing to say about him - he's better than the Republican facing him." Luis Gutierrez false IL-04 gutierrez 4800.00 4834.63 2621 http:// https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12729 0.00 0 Luis Gutierrez is the 8 term Congressman from Illinois 4th district and has held this seat since it was created in 1992. He combines a progressive record with an in your face style that has produced mixed results over the years. Rahm Emanuel false IL-05 emanuel 4800.00 1543.00 6 http://www.voteemanuel.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12730 0.00 0 Rahm Emanuel is the 3 term congressman from Illinois 5th Congressional District. Emanuel is a force in the house as the Democratic Caucus Chairman and was the director the Democrat's successful effort to take the House in 2006. Emanuel has a solidly progressive record and is well positioned to become Speaker of the House someday. Jill Morgenthaler false IL-06 morgenthaler 4800.00 267111.10 1563 http://www.jillmorgenthaler.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18559 0.00 0 This seat is held by Republican Peter Roskam and was heavily contested by Tammy Duckworth in 2006. Iraqi veteran Jill Morganthaler is the 2008 nominee and she is going to make Roskam run for his money. Morganthaler raised over 100,000 last quarter and has just over 36,000 cash on hand in a seat that can once again be kept competetive. Danny Davis false IL-07 davis 4800.00 18.00 1 http://davisforcongress.us/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12731 0.00 0 Danny Davis is the 6 term congressman from Illinois 7th district. Davis originally campaigned in 1996 as a big government liberal and has a mostly liberal voting record with the exceptino of his moderation on economic issues. He is a champion of organized labor despite oppsing income tax cuts even when proposed by Bill Clinton. Melissa Bean false IL-08 bean 4800.00 27225.64 317 http://www.melissabean.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12732 0.00 0 Melissa Bean is the 2 term Congresswoman from Illinois 8th Congressional Distirct. Bean thankfully defeated Phil Crane in 2004. She carries a very centrist voting record and has been a Republican target from the start and no doubt, will be again this year. Janice Schakowsky false IL-09 schakowsky 4800.00 1738.00 11 http://www.janschakowsky.org/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12733 0.00 0 Jan Schakowsky is the 5 term Congresswoman from Illinois 9th congressional district. Schakowsky is an outspoken progressive and has one of the most progessive voting records in the house. She regularly scores high rankings from progressive organizations. Dan Seals false IL-10 seals 4800.00 1279955.33 11060 http://www.dansealsforcongress.com https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/16318 0.00 0 This is the seat held by Republican Mark Kirk. The 2006 nominee Dan Seals is back again after running as a complete unknown in 2006. Seals shocked Kirk by taking 47% with little help from national democrats. Seals will be a top target race for the DCCC as they try to expand their house delegation. Seals raised over 900,000 last quarter and has over 600,000 cash on hand in a very winnable seat. Debbie Halvorson false IL-11 halvorson 4800.00 345438.50 1409 http:// https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18542 0.00 0 This seat is the seat of Republican Jerry Weller, who is retiring at the end of this term. State Senator Debbie Halvorsen is running for the Democrats and has a record that has been very effective in the Illinois state senate. Halvorsen raised just over 220,000 in the last quarter and has just under 400,000 cash on hand in a very winnable seat. Jerry Costello false IL-12 costello 4800.00 261.00 3 http://www.costelloforcongress.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12734 0.00 0 Jerry Costello is the 10 term Congressman from Illinois 11th Congressional District. Costello has a moderate to progressive voting record being more centrist on social issues with a progressive bent on economic issues. Scott Harper false IL-13 harper 4800.00 531551.67 1750 http://www.scottharperforcongress.com/index.htm https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18402 0.00 0 This is the seat held by Republican Judy Biggert. Scott Harper is the Democrat running. As a successful small businessman, Harper has been self funding the start of his campaign. Harper raised 134,000 last quarter and has just over 36,000 cash on hand in a seat that can be competetive if it sees some resources. Bill Foster false IL-14 foster 4800.00 179526.82 3214 http://www.foster08.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18068 0.00 0 Bill Foster is the recently elected Congressman from Illinois 14th Congressional district. He defeated Republican Jim Oberweis in the special election and he should defeat Oberweis again in the general, but this is a seat that should be very competetive. Foster raised over 2 million dollars last quarter but has only 84,000 cash on hand after an expensive special election. Robert Abboud false IL-16 robert abboud 4800.00 59841.00 117 http://www.robertabboud.com https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18469 0.00 0 This is the seat held by Republican Don Manzullo. Robert Abboud is the Democratic challenger here. Abboud was accepted into the US Navy Submarine Nuclear Weapons program and is a nuclear engineer. Abboud raised just over 126,000 and has just over 36,000 cash on hand. This seat can be competetive if the resources are sent here. Phil Hare false IL-17 phil hare 4800.00 6046.64 2821 http://www.friendsofphilhare.com/ https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/12735 0.00 0 Phil Hare is the freshmen Congressman from Illinois 17th Congressional district. Hare appears to have done well in this district and has not made any mistakes in his first term and is expected to cruise to re-election. Colleen Callahan false IL-18 colleen callahan 4800.00 61564.05 739 http:// https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/19089 0.00 0 This is the seat held by Republican Aaron Schock. The Democratic challenger is Colleen Callahan. She was appointed by local Democrats after nominee Dick Versace dropped out of the race. Callahan has just started her campaign and in order to make this race competetive, resources are desperately needed here. With Obama as the nominee, this race has the potential to have huge coattails. Daniel Davis false IL-19 daniel davis 4800.00 4856.18 58 http://www.runwithgiants.com https://secure.actblue.com/contribute/entity/18520 0.00 0 This is the seat held by Republican John Shimkus. Daniel Davis is the Democratic nominee here. He raised just over 12,000 dollars last quarter and has less than 1,000 cash on hand. I view this race as a longshot, but this is Illinois and Obama will be at the top of the ticket.