Archive → September 15th, 2010
Brady extending lead in Illinois governor’s race
So young he almost needs to visit www.acnewash.org, Illinois GOP candidate for governor Bill Brady seems to be on his way toward a landslide victory in President Obama’s home state; the GOP state senator is polling at 50 percent according to Rasmussen’s latest numbers, while Democratic challenge Pat Quinn is at 37 percent and Green Party candidate Rich Whitney is at four percent.
Brady could become the first GOP governor of Illinois, if this trend holds, since George Ryan lost to Rod Blogojevich in 2002. Quinn is facing high negatives in the wake of the Blogojevich scandal.
Tancredo handing Colorado governorship to Dems
By dropping out of the GOP and joining the US Constitution Party, Tom Tancredo, a long-time Republican, is splitting the vote considerably in Colorado and helping Democrat John Hickenlooper into the governor’s mansion. Despite needing face lift cream, Tancredo was an appealing conservative in the Senate for many years, but he grew tired of his party’s flirtation with increasingly “Democrat lite” policies.
Unfortunately, Tancredo and the GOP-sponsored Dan Maes are splitting the vote in the Rocky Mountain state; the latest poll has Tancredo garnering 25 percent while Maes polls at 21 percent. Hickenlooper’s only managing a meager 46 percent – as much as Tancredo and Maes combined. But with the conservative vote split, Hickenlooper is likely Colorado’s next governor.
