ADAM ANDRZEJEWSKI SURGING IN ILLINOIS RACE …Update: Maybe Not …Update: Brady Wins
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, February 2, 2010, 4:24 PM
Conservative Tea Party Candidate Adam Andrzejewski is within striking distance.
From the Andrzejewski campaign insiders–
Metro East St. Louis may decide primary.
There is a record low turnout in the Chicago burbs. Downstate and specifically Metro East will determine outcome for Adam, Hughes, others. Please pump conservative GOTV hard.
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UPDATE: (6:30 PM CST) Exit polls show a two man race and one of them is Adam. VOTE!
Here is an earlier video from Chicago:
UPDATE: If you haven’t read this yet— Founding Bloggers has a great post on how the Chicago media is isn’t reporting on Adam’s campaign.
UPDATE: The Other McCain is following the primary today.
UPDATE: The Politico is tracking the primary results as they come in. Adam climbed to #2.
UPDATE: Adam is 4th place with 24% of the precincts reporting.
UPDATE: Adam is still in 4th with 26 precincts reporting. The Sun-Times is also tracking results. Mark Kirk is winning handily in the GOP Senate primary.
Here are the results with 30% reporting:
McKenna , Andy GOP 31,576 26%
Ryan , Jim GOP 24,080 20%
Dillard , Kirk GOP 23,361 19%
Andrzejewski , Adam GOP 18,176 15%
UPDATE: Unfortunately, the night did not end well for our tea party favorite Adam Andrzejewski. He started his sprint to the finish much too late in the race. It is a loss for Illinois. Instead the voters chose a seasoned politician.
Here are the latest totals with 98% of precincts reporting:
Brady , Bill GOP 154,225 21%
Dillard , Kirk GOP 152,510 20%
McKenna , Andy GOP 141,840 19%
Ryan , Jim GOP 126,718 17%
Andrzejewski , Adam GOP 108,629 15%
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Poopsicle commented:
Geez… still pushing this guy? You don’t even live in Illinois.
Chisum commented:
What a crybaby you are, Poopsie.
Ladue Pundit commented:
Tremendous work, Jim, on highlighting the race just across the river.
As part of our national community, Illinois has been a laggard of a state due to the number of Democrats in office. It’s become a shambles.
The tide is turning.
Kukee American commented:
Hey Poopsie, At least he’s a real American and has his papers.
Janek Ignace commented:
There were no voters at my Niles precinct at noon when I voted. The judges looked weary from a long and boring day.
Major Kong commented:
Janek @ #7
Same story in my district in south suburbs of Chicago. Hopefully, this works against Mark Kirk and Kirk Dillard.
Chuck commented:
In the NW suburbs of Chicago, there had not been 50 voters for 2 precincts when we voted at 10:00 AM
Steve S. commented:
My wife said she was voter #264 in our ward at 2:00 this afternoon.
This morning WGN had on their political analyst (always a liberal in Chicago TV) who essentailly called all republican candidates for gov liars because they’ll have to raise taxes. I hate the Chicago media. They’re all way too liberal.
H H commented:
I did my part, voted for the underdogs and tea party candidates running against the RINO folks from the Daley machine. Low voter turnout may benefit the underdogs… I hope.
bg commented:
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low turnout for one is low turnout for all..
if Adam loses by a wide margin, we’ll know who did the voting..
if he wins by any margin, we’ll also know who voted..
Godspeed either way Adam!!
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Scott commented:
Are the dead people voting early and voting often today?
d_fitz commented:
Three voters, including me, at noon in my precinct. GO ADAM!!
Major Kong commented:
Regarding low voter turnout:
As a conservative I would have sat out the primary in stead of voting for Mark Kirk. I enthusiastically voted for Adam and Hughes, however. As of last week 35% of likely Republican voters were still undecided and I wondered just how firm Mark Kirk’s support truly was. Conservatives have been anything but enamored of his candidacy We’ll know tonight.
Dumbama commented:
Obama may be the worst president eva in the US history. This year he hopes to break his spending records and borrow 1/ 3 of our ‘total’ budget from foriengers.
Aaron commented:
I was voter 60 at about 9:30 this morning in Madison County, IL. Best of luck to Adam!
Hedgehog commented:
It seems that the Democommies have atomized the people of Illinois. Wake up people!
penny commented:
If the suburban vote sat at home when they had a chance to start reversing the Chicago corrupton rot they deserve every bit of future misery that those creeps deal out to them.
At the end of the day people get the governance that they deserve. The progressive idiots in Oregon just voted in the demise of that state’s business class. They’ll be a whole lot poorer as time passes.
Peggy commented:
We both voted Adam A and Patrick H in Monroe Co. My huz was the 20th voter at about 8:30. At 9:30, I saw 3-4 other voters. So, let’s say we might have a few hundred at the end of the day. About a dozen or more poll workers, oldsters. No Acorn or SEIU. But we saw union guys put up Dem signs around town.
Lots of Allman listeners said they voted Adam; some weren’t sure who they vote for Senate. Some voted Brady as he’s got experience. But in this state, experience isn’t such a good sign.
I think we should pay attention to how many folks take the GOP ballot v Dem ballot. That may give a hint about anger at Dems.
Go Adam and Patrick.
Polls now closed. We love election nights. And LOST. Tough night!
Carbon Monoxide commented:
OMG! If turnout is this low, call all your friends and drive them to the polls. It might make all the difference. Drive old polish ladies to the poles. It is going to be won or lost by a few votes per precinct.
Peggy commented:
We’re going to have to wait for SO-IL results. We’d better hope SO-ILians voted at a higher rate than Chicagoans.
It doesn’t look good for the good guys so far. Kirk is killing Hughes. Adam is not in 2nd place. He’s in 4th, 12 points behind the current leader.
I hope things change…
Jim Hoft commented:
FYI- Sorry for the down periods tonight. The IT dept. decided to switch servers tonight.
Peggy commented:
Jim,
Thanks for updating. Your headline was looking kinda embarrassing given the facts on the ground. Let’s hope for better things later tonight.
Cheers.
Atomic Lib Smasher commented:
I voted for Brady.. a downstater, not a Chicago insider. Andrewjewski had some good ideas, but no political experience, and didn’t have a lot of name recognition. I seriously hope Kirk The Jerk (the one running for gov,.. we already now have one running for Senate) doesn’t get in. He guy is a huge RINO like the other KTJ.
nedpotter commented:
Yes, Brady is a seasoned politician, but he’s a downstate, Republican, seasoned politician and that matters(like our last honest governor, Jim Edgar). I voted for Adam, so it’s disappointing he didn’t win. I like Brady’s chances, though. Coming up with campaign points against Pat Quinn is like picking low-hanging fruit.
Jim commented:
So what’s the scoop on Brady? I know Andrewjewski was the tea party favorite? Was Brady the next best guy conservatives could have hoped for?
maverick muse commented:
Adam did great for his first (and belated entry) effort. He’s young. I hope he doesn’t quit his involvement in politics. Rather, keep at it and win another race for conservatism.
Warthog commented:
Well, he got his name out there but the field was too crouded for a newcomer. A four way split with low name recognition told.
Perhaps a run at congress first and maybe he can come back later.
laddy commented:
Brady is probably a decent choice. You can see he swept most of the counties in Ilinois. He’s been one of my reps for several years. Andrzejewski was too connected to Chicago and probably too ethnic. Our latest disgraced governor, Blago, made ethnicity an issue with lots of voters, fair or not. Adam A. was a total unknown and people who really care learned the lesson about voting for unknowns from the last Presidential election. People outside of Chicago and the bedroom burbs are sick of the Chicago way. Because of population, Chicago area reps dominate both legislative houses. The Fall election will pit a downstater against the Chicago machine. That’s a good thing.
laddy commented:
We probably aren’t going to know who actually won for quite a while with recounts having to take place, it would seem.
Peggy commented:
What’s funny is that Hynes is contesting his race w/Quinn, which had a greater margin than Brady-Dillard. This should keep Quinn as damaged goods. Alexi G is damaged too. I hate Mark Kirk, however. [Both Kirks, in fact, I dislike.]
Brady was my 2nd choice. Pro-life Roman Catholic. Being “downstate” is important. I think Chicago politics are making a lot of people sick. Thank you folks who voted for Brady. What a sleeper victory.
Atomic Lib Smasher commented:
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February 3rd, 2010 | 8:49 am | #34
What’s funny is that Hynes is contesting his race w/Quinn, which had a greater margin than Brady-Dillard. This should keep Quinn as damaged goods. Alexi G is damaged too. I hate Mark Kirk, however. [Both Kirks, in fact, I dislike.]
Brady was my 2nd choice. Pro-life Roman Catholic. Being “downstate” is important. I think Chicago politics are making a lot of people sick. Thank you folks who voted for Brady. What a sleeper victory.
Very true. We need someone from downstate (he’s from Bloomington, which is about 60 miles away from me) to bring true conservative values and rid Illinois of the Chicago Daley machine and help get us on the right track. We’ll see what happens. According to the Peoria Journal Star as of 11AM, Brady leads by just 500 votes with 1% of the precincts still unaccounted for.