Illinois
Related: About this forumKinzinger to be "primaried" by David Hale
Hale is a tea party nut to the nth degree. We need to find a viable Dem for 2014.

gopiscrap
(24,359 posts)Tx4obama
(36,974 posts)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illinois%27s_16th_congressional_district
Adam Kinzinger (R-16) BIO ---> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Kinzinger

raising2moredems
(733 posts)I'm now wondering if we should cross over and oust Kinzinger. I just don't see the farmers in the area supporting Hale plus it would be rather easy to put Hale's wacko views front and center. But first we need to find a dem to run (and funding for him/her).
murielm99
(31,937 posts)I used to be involved with the Ogle County Democrats. They are so backward it is not funny. They infight and they are cliquish. Their so-called chairman does not even know how to use a computer. Most of them are very elderly, and I am 65. They do not find candidates, and they do not know how to raise money. Work with some of the other county committees in the 16th district, but prepare to find apathy, and many, many repubbies. Nothing will happen, unless Kinzinger is involved in a scandal. Even that may not be enough.
I have turned my activism to other areas of the Democratic party.
raising2moredems
(733 posts)Manzullo-lite's TV ad - I liken it to the Twilight Zone episode "To Serve Man". Servant leadership is that the 1% call the shots as the 99% serve them.
And we need to get the younger folks involved.
murielm99
(31,937 posts)A good candidate:
http://www.electrandallolsen.com

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